Litigation/Liability Trends
Bill Cosby Sex Assault Accusers Seek to Expand Statute of Limitations
A group of women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault and were dismayed when he had his conviction overturned and left prison are trying again to seek justice in the courts, by urging states to ...
Insurer Must Defend Firm Sued for Selling Facial Recognition Program to Police
An ambiguous coverage exclusion prevents a liability insurer from dodging the cost of defending a data broker that was sued after selling the Chicago Police Department ...
How Lawyers Sank Florida Carriers — and Target ‘Travellers’ With SEO
A troubling phone exchange reveals a problem for insurance carriers that started in Florida and is expanding beyond the state's borders, according to an actuary who ...
Appeals Court Won’t Revisit Towers Watson $80M D&O Denial for Willis Merger Lawsuit
A federal appeals court has denied insurance broker Towers Watson a rehearing of a May ruling that found it may not be entitled to $80 million in insurance to cover ...
SEC Sues Binance and Founder Zhao Over ‘Web of Deception’
U.S. regulators sued Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao on Monday for allegedly operating a "web of deception," piling further pressure on the world's biggest ...
Endocrine Disruption Litigation Has Arrived
How long does it take for science to identify a new type of harm from commercial activity before litigation tries to hold the businesses accountable?
A Black former assembly line staffer at Tesla Inc. is moving to add hundreds of other workers to his 2017 lawsuit in which he called the electric-car maker's production ... You know things are bad when the term "nuclear" is deemed inadequate to describe the rise in legal verdicts against corporations.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Boston Police reported they have arrested a cyber insurance attorney in connection with a series of sexual assaults and ...
Lawsuit Claiming Racism at Tesla Draws Almost 240 Black Workers Saying ‘Me Too’
Social Inflation Hits Insurers, Not Economies
Cyber Insurance Attorney Charged With Serial Rape, Kidnapping 15 Years Ago