Litigation/Liability Trends
Corporate America Already Planning for Climate Change Challenges, Business Interruption Risks
Bank of America Corp. worries flooded homeowners will default on their mortgages. The Walt Disney Co. is concerned its theme parks will get too hot for vacationers, while AT&T Inc. fears ...
J&J Will Pay $120M to Settle States’ Hip Implant Claims
Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit have agreed to pay $120 million to resolve deceptive marketing claims by several U.S. states over the company's metal-on-metal hip implants. ...
Pentagon Warns Climate Change Poses Dire Risks to Bases and Troops
The U.S. Defense Department has issued a dire report on how climate change could affect the nation's armed forces and security, warning that rising seas could inundate coastal bases and ...
Hedge Fund Baupost Reported to Hold $1 Billion in PG&E Insurance Claims
Seth Klarman's Baupost Group has been the poster child of the hedge fund industry's ill-timed stock-market bets on the troubled utility PG&E Corp., which announced plans for bankruptcy. It turns ...
U.S. Slaps Charges Onto Several, Alleging SEC Hacking Scheme
U.S. authorities on Tuesday charged several individuals and companies in a scheme to trade on information in nonpublic corporate press releases by hacking into a U.S. Securities and Exchange ...
Moody’s Boss Fired for Retaliating Against Female Co-Worker Wins $1.8M, Job Back
A Moody's Corp. managing director fired for lashing out at a junior co-worker who criticized his team's work won his Paris job back and a 1.6 million-euro ($1.8 million) payout. Moody's French unit ...
Alphabet Board Sued, Accused of Allegedly Covering Up Sexual Misconduct Claims
Two shareholder lawsuits filed this week accused the board of Google parent Alphabet Inc. of playing a direct role in covering up sexual misconduct claims against two former executives over the last ...
‘Potentially Crushing’ Wildfire Liabilities Force California Utility to Prepare Bankruptcy Filing
PG&E Corp, owner of the biggest U.S. power utility by number of customers, said on Monday it is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for all of its businesses as it faces potentially ...