Litigation/Liability Trends
Calif. Energy Company CEO Blames Climate Change on $17B in Fire Damages
It was California's biggest fire yet. In late July and August, wildfires devastated an area north of San Francisco far bigger than New York City, destroying more than 100 homes and injuring 2 fire ...
Musk Sued by Tesla Investors Alleging Fraud Over Tweets on Going Private
Tesla Inc and Chief Executive Elon Musk were sued twice on Friday by investors who said they fraudulently engineered a scheme to squeeze short-sellers, including through Musk's proposal to take the ...
Verdict Hits Monsanto With $289M in Damages for Roundup Weed Killer Cancer Trial
Monsanto Co. was socked with $289 million in damages in the first trial over claims that its Roundup weed killer causes cancer. Lee Johnson, a former school groundskeeper whose doctors didn't think ...
Forecasters Downgrade Number of Atlantic Storms Predicted for 2018
With four storms already in the books, the Atlantic is expected to produce a total of nine to 13 named storms during the six-month hurricane season that ends Nov. 30, the National Oceanic and ...
IIHS Tests Highlight Risks Behind Semi-Autonomous Driving Systems
Cars and trucks with electronic driver assist systems may not see stopped vehicles and could even steer you into a crash if you're not paying attention, an insurance industry group warns. The ...
Hacking Programs Driven by Artificial Intelligence Feared as Next Big Cyber Problem
The nightmare scenario for computer security - artificial intelligence programs that can learn how to evade even the best defenses - may already have arrived. That warning from security researchers ...
Historic California Wildfires at Serious Risk of Spreading Further
Dry, hot and windy conditions are threatening to expand California's largest wildfires, which so far are burning in largely rural areas. The fires, which have killed 12 people and burned an area ...
Chipmaker for iPhones Briefly Shut Several Plants After WannaCry Variant Attack
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. blamed a variant of the 2017 WannaCry ransomware for the unprecedented shutdown of several plants, as it ramps up chipmaking for Apple Inc.'s next iPhones. Full ...