Litigation/Liability Trends
Botox Maker Allergan Sues Rival, Alleging It Stole Manufacturing Secrets
Allergan Plc and partner Medytox Inc. are seeking to block U.S. imports of a new rival to the wrinkle-treatment Botox, claiming it was developed using stolen manufacturing secrets and turncoat former ...
Bayer/Monsanto Fails to Keep Controversial Evidence From Roundup Cancer Trials
A federal judge overseeing lawsuits alleging Bayer AG's glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer causes cancer on Monday tentatively allowed pieces of controversial evidence that the company had hoped to ...
Cryptocurrency Thefts and Scams Reached $1.7B in 2018: Report
Cryptocurrencies stolen from exchanges and scammed from investors surged more than 400 percent in 2018 to around $1.7 billion, according to a report from U.S.-based cyber security firm CipherTrace ...
$27 Billion: Predicted Insurance Payout for Global Malware Attack
A co-ordinated global cyber attack, spread through malicious email, could cause economic damages anywhere between $85 billion and $193 billion, a hypothetical scenario developed as a stress test for ...
Technology, New Risks Will Keep D&O Pricing Pressure On: A.M. Best
Directors and officers liability insurance will confront continued pricing pressure for the foreseeable future, hammered by everything from intense competition to a number of new risks, A.M. Best is ...
Shared Electric Scooters Are Bringing a Surge of Litigation Possibilities
Over the past few years, cities across America have experienced sudden downpours of shared electric scooters, piling up almost overnight on curbs, sidewalks and front-yards from Atlanta to Los ...
One Concern Envisions Wide Use for Its AI Disaster Mitigation Tech
Ahmad Wani was home in 2014 visiting his mother in Kashmir, in northern India, when the floods hit. For seven days, the family waited for help to come. Luckily, they did not lose their home, but many ...
Regulators Clear California Utility of 2017 Wildfire Liability
As PG&E Corp. barreled toward bankruptcy last week, just one analyst kept a "buy" rating on the shares, largely on valuation. On Thursday, the stock surged by the most ever, rising 75 percent to ...