Litigation/Liability Trends
Home Insurance Blues: Tens of Thousands of Pricy Homes Threatened by California Wildfires
Malibu resident Lance Schultz was jolted awake at 2 a.m. Friday with word that he needed to evacuate. With a roaring fire approaching the coastal community, he gathered his girlfriend, dog and ...
California’s Wildfires Worsen as Investors Flee State’s Largest Utility
A wildfire in Northern California's Sierra Nevada foothills continued to rage Friday as dry, gusty winds have left much of the state at risk. California's largest utility, PG&E Corp., fell the ...
Allianz’s PIMCO, Others, Sue 16 Big Banks In U.S., Alleging Currency Market Rigging
A group of large institutional investors including BlackRock Inc and Allianz SE's Pacific Investment Management Co has sued 16 major banks, accusing them of rigging prices in the roughly $5.1 ...
Motel 6 Will Pay $7.6M for Sharing Guest Lists With U.S. Immigration Agents
Motel 6 will pay up to $7.6 million to Hispanic guests to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming that it violated their privacy by regularly providing guest lists to U.S. Immigration and ...
Wells Fargo Auto Insurance Scandal Leads to Class Action Lawsuit
Wells Fargo & Co executives were warned that an auto insurance plan could be overcharging customers four years before the bank scrapped the program, according to a complaint released by a judge ...
Cathay Pacific Airways Faces Hong Kong Probe Over Massive Data Breach
Hong Kong's privacy commissioner will launch a compliance investigation into Cathay Pacific Airways over a data breach involving 9.4 million passengers, saying the carrier may have violated privacy ...
Climate Change Risks Forcing States, Cities to Borrow Billions in Move to Adapt
Dan Gelber, the mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, says climate change will be a homeowners' worst nightmare. "If you own a home and you find that your roof has a problem or you find out there's a ...
SCOTUS Lets Youths’ Climate Change Trial Proceed, but Other Challenges May Come
The U.S. Supreme Court refused, for now, to stop a trial in a sweeping lawsuit pressed by young people seeking to force the federal government to take steps against climate change. The order on ...