Litigation/Liability Trends
J&J Suffers Trial Defeat in Suit Alleging Cancer Linked to Asbestos in Talc
Johnson & Johnson suffered its first trial loss in a lawsuit claiming its talc-based products including Johnson's Baby Powder contain cancer-causing asbestos, with a New Jersey jury on Thursday ...
Equifax Fails to Prevent Mass. Data Breach Lawsuit From Advancing
Massachusetts can move forward with a lawsuit accusing credit reporting firm Equifax Inc of failing to safeguard its databases or provide prompt notice of a breach that exposed the personal data of ...
Better Ways Needed for Human Drivers to Take Over Autonomous Vehicles When Necessary: Experts
Autonomous cars should be required to meet standards on their ability to detect potential hazards and better ways are needed to keep their human drivers ready to assume control, U.S. auto safety and ...
Travelers Survey Provides New Insights Into Distracted Driving Behavior
Most drivers who respond to personal texts, emails and calls while driving said they do so because they are afraid of an emergency or missing out on something important, according to a new survey ...
Uber Self-Driving Car Fatality: Daughter of Victim Settles, Other Family Retain Lawyer
More family members of a woman killed by an Uber Technologies Inc self-driving vehicle have hired legal counsel, indicating the ride services firm's legal problems may not be over in the first ...
Atlanta Struggles to Recover From Cyber Attack, Relying on Paper and Phones
Atlanta's top officials holed up in their offices on Saturday as they worked to restore critical systems knocked out by a nine-day-old cyber attack that plunged the Southeastern U.S. metropolis into ...
Lord & Taylor, Saks Data Breach: Millions of Payment Cards May Be Compromised
Retailer Hudson's Bay Co on Sunday disclosed that it was the victim of a security breach that compromised data on payment cards used at Saks and Lord & Taylor stores in North America. One cyber ...
Tesla Acknowledges Vehicle Autopilot Activated Before Fatal Crash
Tesla Inc said on Friday that a Tesla Model X involved a fatal crash in California last week had activated its Autopilot system, raising new questions about the semi-autonomous system that handles ...