Litigation/Liability Trends
Nuclear Verdicts Surged to $14.5 Billion in 2023: Report
Nuclear verdicts of at least $10 million reached a 15-year high in 2023, while 27 verdicts were "thermonuclear," or more than $100 million, according to a new study by research firm Marathon ...
Class Action Settlements Flooded With Fraudulent Claims by Scammers
Artsana, a maker of child car booster seats, last year agreed to settle claims that it had misled customers about how to use its products, offering $50 to people who had bought Chicco-brand ...
Class Action Opposes Limiting Ship’s Liability for Baltimore Bridge Collapse
A Baltimore small business has filed a class action against the owner and operator of the cargo ship Dali that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month. The suit, filed Thursday by Karen ...
Judge Won’t Dismiss Lawsuits Against Travis Scott Over Deadly Astroworld Concert
A judge has declined to dismiss hundreds of lawsuits filed against rap star Travis Scott over his role in the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in which 10 people were killed in a crowd surge. State ...
GM Ends OnStar Driver Safety Program After Privacy Complaints
General Motors Co. has ended its OnStar Smart Driver program after customers complained it violated their privacy. OnStar had cut deals with LexisNexis and Verisk to share personal driving data as ...
Chamber of Commerce Sues to Block FTC’s Non-Compete Ban
Business groups led by the US Chamber of Commerce sued the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday seeking to block a rule finalized this week that would outlaw non-compete provisions that prohibit ...
Once Praised, Settlement to Help BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing
When a deadly explosion destroyed BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ...
The Supreme Court Just Complicated Employer Diversity Initiatives
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that a St. Louis police sergeant can sue over a job transfer she claims was discriminatory was championed by human rights groups as "an enormous win for ...