Litigation/Liability Trends
Appeals Court Revives Barnes & Noble Data Breach Lawsuit
A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit seeking to hold Barnes & Noble Inc responsible for customer losses from a 2012 data breach, where fraudsters tampered with payment verification machines ...
Rights of Contract Workers Tested in Tesla Racial Bias Suit
On a fall evening in 2015, Owen Diaz went to drop off food for his 20-year-old son Demetric, whom he'd helped find a job at the same Tesla Inc. factory where Owen operated elevators. As he turned the ...
Risk Managers Worry Over Multiple Cyber Risks and Coverage Gaps
Risk managers are very concerned about the cyber risks facing their companies and are heavily investing in protection against cyber attacks with the blessings of their boards and CEOs, a major shift ...
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Claims His Own Data Was Improperly Shared With Cambridge Analytica
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday told lawmakers that his own personal data was included in that of 87 million or so Facebook users that was improperly shared with political ...
EU Will Grant Consumers More Powers to Sue Companies
The European Union plans more powers for consumers to sue firms such as Volkswagen after the Dieselgate scandal showed the limits of consumer protection authorities to curb corporate cheating. ...
Proposed Uber Settlement Addresses Pay Disparity, Sexual Harassment Claims
Uber Technologies Inc.'s $10 million settlement with women engineers who complained they were underpaid compared with men would also rid the ride-hailing giant of liability for potentially hundreds ...
Carriers Struck With Nearly $700M in Dog Bite Claims for 2017
Dog bites and other dog-related injuries accounted for more than one-third of all homeowners liability claim dollars paid out in 2017, costing almost $700 million. That's according to the Insurance ...
U.S. Pipeline Owners Risk More Regulation Over Unreported Cyber Attack
A cyberattack that U.S. natural gas pipeline owners weren't required to report has lawmakers taking a closer look at how the industry is handling such threats, raising the prospect of tighter ...