Litigation/Liability Trends
Looming EU Data Law Spurring Booming Demand for Privacy Experts
Business is booming for software and privacy experts as companies across the globe spend millions of dollars to comply with a landmark European data protection law, even as many uncertainties remain ...
U.S. Threatens to Sue Generic-Drug Makers in Price-Fixing Probe; Shares Fall
Shares of generic-drug makers including Mylan NV and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. fell after the Justice Department's antitrust division said it might sue them for damages in a price-fixing ...
Delaware Sues Opioid Manufacturers, Distributors Over Epidemic
Delaware on Friday became the latest state to file a lawsuit accusing corporations of helping fuel the national opioid epidemic, suing a wide range of companies involved in making, distributing and ...
$1B GM Ignition Switch Settlement Tossed by Judge
A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday said a settlement agreement that would require General Motors Co to pay $1 billion in stock to car owners suing the company over faulty ignition switches was ...
Global Elite’s Biggest Risk Worries: Cyber Attacks and War in the Age of Trump
The threat of large-scale cyberattacks and a "deteriorating geopolitical landscape" since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump have jumped to the top of the global ...
Judge Rejects Wells Fargo Bid to End Predatory Lending Lawsuit
A federal judge in Philadelphia on Tuesday rejected Wells Fargo & Co'.s bid to dismiss that city's lawsuit accusing the largest U.S. mortgage lender of predatory lending targeting black and ...
SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Case Over Constitutionality of ALJ Appointments
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the Securities and Exchange Commission's in-house judges were appointed in violation of the Constitution, agreeing to hear a case that could upend ...
Calif. Mudslides Devastate Billionaire Enclave; Insurance Damage Could Be Massive
The mudslides on the California coastal town of Montecito have devastated a wealthy enclave where billionaires including Charlie Munger, Eric Schmidt and Oprah Winfrey own properties, with hundreds ...