Litigation/Liability Trends
Tropical Storm Dorian Is Gaining Strength as Second System Starts Forming
Tropical Storm Dorian is gaining strength as it lumbers toward the Caribbean island of Barbados, potentially approaching hurricane strength by Tuesday. A second system is forming in the waters off ...
Amazon Says It Has Also Dealt With Tesla Solar Panels Catching Fire
Walmart Inc. isn't the only corporation that has seen its Tesla Inc. solar panels catch fire. On Friday, Amazon.com Inc. said a June 2018 blaze on the roof of one of its warehouses in Redlands, ...
Small Business Owners Face Heightened Cyber Risks From Remote Employees
Remote employees place businesses at risk, yet many small business owners are not properly mitigating potential cyberthreats, nor are they adequately protecting their employee platforms, a new report ...
Four Facebook Users Refile Lawsuit Over Cambridge Analytica Privacy Scandal
Four Facebook Inc. users revived a lawsuit against the social media company, claiming it invaded their privacy and violated its terms of service by selling their data to Cambridge Analytica and more ...
Endo Settles First Federal Court Opioid Case for $11 Million
Endo International Plc agreed to an $11 million settlement to avoid going to trial in the first federal court cases targeting opioid makers and distributors over the public-health crisis caused by ...
Walmart Alleges ‘Widespread’ Tesla Negligence Over Solar Energy System Fires
Walmart Inc on Tuesday sued Tesla Inc, accusing it of "widespread negligence" that led to repeated fires of its solar systems and asking a court to force Tesla to remove solar panels from more than ...
Arch Insurance Asserts Policy Exclusion Frees It From Covering USC’s $215M Sex Abuse Settlement
Arch Specialty Insurance Co. is arguing in a recently filed a lawsuit that it shouldn't have to cover the University of Southern California's $215 million settlement in a case where the school's ...
With Billions in Lawsuits From Fire Victims Pending, Shares of California Utility Tumble
Shares of PG&E Corp. plunged before the start of regular trading Monday after a judge ruled that a jury should determine whether it should pay as much as $18 billion in damages to wildfire ...