Litigation/Liability Trends
Calif. Wildfire Relief Fund Reportedly Mulled to Address Liability Costs, Relief
California lawmakers are said to be considering a proposal to help utilities shoulder billions of dollars in potential liability costs while offering relief to wildfire victims by setting up a ...
5 Years in Prison for Canadian Who Helped Yahoo Email Hackers
A Canadian accused of helping Russian intelligence agents break into email accounts as part of a massive 2014 data breach at Yahoo was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday and ordered to pay ...
Cyber Attackers Claim They Struck Two Large Canadian Banks
Bank of Montreal and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce said on Monday that cyber attackers may have stolen the data of nearly 90,000 customers in what appeared to be the first significant assault on ...
More Companies Added to Suit Alleging Facebook Ad Tools Discriminate Against Older Job Seekers
A proposed class action lawsuit alleging Facebook's ad placement tools facilitate discrimination against older job-seekers has been expanded to identify additional companies, further widening the ...
United Airlines Reaches ‘Resolution’ With Owners of Puppy That Perished in Overhead Bin
United Airlines has reached a "resolution" with the owners of a small French bulldog puppy that died during a flight after a cabin attendant ordered it stowed in an overhead bin in March, the carrier ...
Winner in J&J Baby Powder Asbestos Suit Gets $4 million in Punitive Damages
Jurors weighing how to punish Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit asked a judge if they could force the company to warn consumers that its Johnson's Baby Powder could be contaminated with asbestos, ...
Apple Getting Another $539M From Samsung in Long Fought Patent Battle
Apple Inc. won $539 million from Samsung Electronics Co. in the final throes of the companies' U.S. court struggle over smartphone technology, seven years after the start of a global patent battle. ...
J&J Loses Talc Asbestos Cancer Case With $21.7M Verdict
Johnson & Johnson and its talc suppliers on Wednesday were hit with a $21.7 million jury verdict in a lawsuit by a woman who said she developed cancer after being exposed to asbestos in the ...