Litigation/Liability Trends
NYC Suit Against Oil Companies Over Climate Change Damage Faces Uphill Battle
New York City's effort to hold oil and gas producers responsible for costs related to the environmental effects of their products faces an uphill battle as it tries to stretch current law to address ...
Truck Owners Sue Ford, Alleging Diesel Emissions Were Rigged
Ford Motor Co. rigged at least 500,000 heavy-duty trucks to beat emissions tests, drivers claimed in a lawsuit, adding to the tally of carmakers linked to diesel-cheating allegations worldwide that ...
Ex-Google Engineer Axed Over Gender Memo Sues For Discrimination
A former Google engineer fired after he asserted in a memo that biological causes were behind tech industry gender inequality sued his former employer on Monday, saying he was discriminated against ...
Churches Now Eligible for FEMA Aid
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that private nonprofit houses of worship are now eligible for disaster assistance as community centers, without regard to their secular or ...
California Blames Wildfires for Making Homeowners Insurance Increasingly Unaffordable
More frequent and intense wildfires are making it harder for homeowners to find and keep insurance in California, a state regulator warned Thursday. "The problem of insurance availability is going to ...
Music Streaming Company Spotify Slammed With $1.6B Copyright Lawsuit
Music streaming company Spotify was sued by Wixen Music Publishing Inc last week for allegedly using thousands of songs, including those of Tom Petty, Neil Young and the Doors, without a license and ...
Airbnb Defeats Apartment Complex Lawsuit Concerning Unauthorized Subleases
Airbnb Inc. defeated a lawsuit by Apartment Investment & Management Co., one of the largest residential landlords in the U.S., alleging that the online home-sharing marketplace enables tenants to ...
15 Nasty Weather Events Through October 2017 Cost $1B or More Apiece
In the year that President Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris accord and downplayed global warming as a security threat, the U.S. received a harsh reminder of the perils of the rise in the planet's ...