Litigation/Liability Trends
Chubb Insists No Insurance for Weinstein, Who Wants Jury to Settle Coverage Issues
Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is asking that a jury decide whether his insurer must defend him against 14 lawsuits accusing him of sexually harassing and assaulting women over several ...
Harvey Weinstein Pushes for Jury Decision on Sex-Assault Insurance
Harvey Weinstein wants jurors to decide whether Chubb Ltd. and other insurers are acting in "bad faith" by refusing to pay to defend him against almost a dozen lawsuits accusing him of assaulting or ...
Insurer AIG Must Defend Bill Cosby Defamation Suits, Court Says
A federal appeals court says that insurer American International Group must pick up Bill Cosby's tab to fight defamation lawsuits brought by women who accused him of sexual misconduct. But the ruling ...
Wells Fargo Settles Phony Bank Account Scandal for $142M
Wells Fargo & Co said on Friday a district court in California approved a $142 million class-action settlement to compensate customers who were affected by a sales scandal related to the opening ...
Unsafe Charters Allowed to Handle U.S. Commercial Flight Operations: Watchdog Probe Allegation
Government aviation inspectors allowed unsafe aircraft to operate in U.S. commercial flight operations, a whistle-blower investigation has concluded. The Federal Aviation Administration's own review ...
Oil Companies Seek Dismissal of Suit Holding Them Liable for Global Warming Damages
Lawyers for major oil companies on Wednesday urged a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by New York City seeking to hold them financially liable for damages caused by global warming. Theodore ...
Threat of Crippling Cyber Attacks Puts UK Banks on War Footing
The Bank of England told banks to be ready for war against the mounting threat of crippling cyber attacks. "I would like our firms to be on a WAR footing: withstand; absorb; recover," Lyndon Nelson, ...
Liability Twist: Massachusetts Sues Purdue Execs, Directors Over Opioid Crisis
Massachusetts on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma LP, accusing the OxyContin maker of illegally promoting the use of opioids, and became the first state to sue the drugmaker's executives ...