Litigation/Liability Trends
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 ...
Scooter Startups Offer Latest Liability Target for Personal Injury Lawyers
Bird Rides Inc. and other scooter startups have drawn fire from pedestrian advocates, politicians and annoyed citizens. Now they have a new nemesis: personal-injury lawyers. In recent months, people ...
A $42B Cryptocurrency Plunge Follows South Korean Hack Attack
The 2018 selloff in cryptocurrencies deepened, wiping out $42 billion of market value over the weekend and extending this year's slump in Bitcoin to more than 50 percent. Some observers pinned the ...
Calif. Utility Risks Criminal Charges for Devastating Wildfires
Late Friday, California confirmed what many across the state's devastated wine country had suspected for months: Equipment owned by utility giant PG&E Corp. ignited some of the deadliest and most ...
Tesla Shareholders Sue to Rescind Musk’s Pay, Overhaul Board
Elon Musk's multi-billion dollar compensation package should be rescinded and the board of Tesla Inc should be overhauled to better protect investors in the electronic car company, according to a law ...
Yahoo Must Make Privacy Changes in EU Due to Massive Data Breach
Yahoo's European regulator has ordered it to make privacy changes following a probe into what it said was one of the largest ever data breaches to impact EU citizens. Yahoo, most of whose assets were ...
Weinstein Co. Will Face Sexual Harassment Suit, Judge Rules
Weinstein Co. must return to New York court to face a lawsuit by women who say the firm is responsible for alleged sexual misconduct by founder Harvey Weinstein, a federal judge ruled. The bankrupt ...
Tax Law Snafu Could Ding Sexual Harassment, Other Claims
Republicans are considering a fix to a provision in their new tax law that they acknowledge could inadvertently penalize victims of sexual harassment in the workplace. But congressional gridlock ...