Litigation/Liability Trends
J&J May Never Have to Pay Its $4.7 Billion Baby Powder Court Loss
A $4.7 billion jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson in July helped spark the company's biggest annual share loss in a decade, spotlighting the potential cost of alleged health risks from its ...
Fiat Chrysler’s Appeal in Class Action Hacking Suit Fails With SCOTUS
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Fiat Chrysler's appeal in a class action lawsuit over allegations that its Jeeps and other trucks are vulnerable to hacking, one of the first legal ...
A New J&J Talc Trial Begins in California
A California jury on Monday heard opening statements in the latest trial over allegations that Johnson & Johnson's talc-based products, including the company's baby powder, were contaminated with ...
Weather Channel Sued by L.A. Over Allegations It Misused Consumer Location Data
The city of Los Angeles is suing International Business Machines Corp.'s Weather Channel unit, accusing the company of misleading consumers about how their location data was being used. In a ...
Marriott Now Says Fewer Than 383 Million Customers Hit by Massive Hack Attack
Marriott International Inc said on Friday that fewer than 383 million customer records were stolen in a massive cyber attack disclosed last month, down from its initial estimate that up to 500 ...
U.S. Newspapers Struck by Cyber Attack Turned to ‘Workaround Systems’
Tribune Publishing Co used "workaround systems" to help print major U.S. newspapers including the Los Angeles Times on Sunday and Monday as the company recovers from a cyber attack, a source familiar ...
A New Way to Fight Cyber Attacks: Artificial Intelligence
Last year, Microsoft Corp.'s Azure security team detected suspicious activity in the cloud computing usage of a large retailer: One of the company's administrators, who usually logs on from New York, ...
Wells Fargo Will Fork Over $575M to Resolve Sales-Practices Scandal
Wells Fargo & Co will pay $575 million to settle claims made by U.S. states, the latest settlement as the bank works to resolve lingering investigations and legal battles stemming from its ...