Litigation/Liability Trends
$55M J&J Talc Powder Verdict Thrown Out in Missouri Appeals Court
A Missouri appeals court on Friday threw out a $55 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit by a woman who claimed she developed ovarian cancer after using its talc-based products, ...
Wells Fargo Suit Alleges Bank Encouraged Use of Hidden Fees in Finance Programs
Wells Fargo & Co has been hit with a lawsuit by a Texas jewelry company accusing it of encouraging thousands of retailers nationwide to charge hidden fees to customers using financing programs ...
Greater Natural Gas Use Could Address Global Warming, Says BP and Chevron
To reduce emissions and provide affordable electricity, the world needs to burn more fossil fuels, not less. That's the message being delivered by the world's biggest energy companies at the World ...
Equifax Reaches Data Breach Settlement in Several States; Fines Avoided
Equifax Inc on Wednesday avoided fines in a deal with eight states' banking regulators over a data breach that compromised sensitive data of more than 145 million people, as the credit reporting ...
$500M Verdict Against Facebook in Trade Secret Suit Sliced in Half
A federal court in Dallas on Wednesday halved the $500 million verdict that a jury ordered Facebook Inc , its virtual reality unit Oculus, and others to pay ZeniMax Media Inc, a video game publisher ...
Investment in Personal Injury Lawsuits With 20 Percent Returns: New Soros Strategy
The billionaire George Soros has found a new way to make money from personal-injury lawsuits. Soros Fund Management is pushing into a branch of litigation finance that few hedge funds have entered. ...
Wildfires Strike Northern California Once Again
Thousands were forced to flee their homes Monday as major wildfires encroached on a charred area of Northern California still recovering from severe blazes in recent years, sparking concern the state ...
Ukraine Warns Another Massive Hacker Attack Coming From Russia
Hackers from Russia are infecting Ukrainian companies with malicious software to create "back doors" for a large, coordinated attack, Ukraine's cyber police chief told Reuters on Tuesday. The hackers ...