Litigation/Liability Trends
Kellogg Co. Credited With Leading Charge for Less Lawsuits, More Worker Arbitration
Former employees of Kellogg Co. are suing the company. Their claims? They allege the cereal giant shouldn't have sued them earlier this year. And why did Kellogg go after its employees in the first ...
J&J Begins Settling Claims Asserting It Knowingly Sold Defective Hip Implants
Johnson & Johnson has begun settling consumers' claims that it sold artificial hips knowing they were defective, marking the first settlements in the seven-year-old litigation. A federal judge in ...
Equifax Breach Stemmed From Lack of Modern Tech Security Despite Aggressive Growth
Equifax Inc. failed to modernize its technology security to match the company's aggressive growth strategy and data gathering, a shortcoming that left it open to the 2017 hack that compromised the ...
Big Coal Wants Taxpayers to Cover Costs of Anti-Pollution Technology
Some of the world's biggest fossil-fuel producers are calling on taxpayers to help them kick their pollution habit. The world's biggest oil, natural gas and mining companies are stepping up their ...
VW Denies Allegations Its Chairman Knew Early About Emissions Test Cheating
Volkswagen has denied allegations that Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch knew about the carmaker's emissions test cheating almost three months before U.S. authorities made it public in September 2015. ...
Proposed Coal Plant Carbon Rule Roll Back Could Trigger New Plants
The Trump administration is expected on Thursday to roll back an Obama-era rule that requires new coal plants to capture their carbon emissions, a move that could crack open the door in coming years ...
Clues From Massive Marriott Hack Reportedly Implicate China
Hackers behind a massive breach at hotel group Marriott International Inc left clues suggesting they were working for a Chinese government intelligence gathering operation, according to sources ...
Public Transit Liability Claim Severity Is Rising: Aon
Nationally, public transit systems are seeing a steady increase in liability claim severity, even as ridership declines, according to a new study from Aon. Aon's study found that overall public ...