Swiss Re Faces $6.3M Claim Over Sex Discrimination, Unfair Dismissal
A former Swiss Re underwriter, who last year won a sex and maternity discrimination and unfair dismissal case, is seeking 5.1 million pounds ($6.3 million) in ...
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Boy Scouts of America Bankruptcy Plan Upheld Despite Insurers’ Objections
A federal judge on March 28 denied an appeal, largely made by insurers, to strike down the Boy Scouts of America's nearly $2.5 billion reorganization plan approved last ...
GEICO Faces Class Action for Allegedly Underpaying Auto Claims
GEICO General Insurance Co. must face a class action suit alleging that it has been underpaying benefits to its insureds injured in automobile accidents.
More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015, and some 2,000 suffered injuries from "less lethal" ... Chinese company ByteDance and its popular social media platform TikTok are facing a wrongful death suit in New York over the 2022 death of a teenager. The suit alleges ... A new lawsuit accuses Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta Platforms Inc. executives and directors of failing to do enough to stop sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation ... The Louisiana Supreme Court has joined state high courts across the nation in rejecting a policyholder's business interruption claim for income lost because of government ... Had the federal government not stepped in to make Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) depositors whole, providers of directors and officers insurance for startups and venture ... Employees at Meta Platforms Inc. and ByteDance Inc. were aware of the harmful effects of their platforms on young children and teenagers but disregarded the information ... Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Monday was hit with what appears to be the first federal securities class-action lawsuit against it, carrying allegations that the bank made ...
Report: 119K People Hurt by Riot-Control Weapons Since 2015
TikTok, Transit Agencies Face Wrongful Death Suit Over New York Teenager’s Death
Lawsuit Accuses Zuckerberg, Meta of Failing to Address Sex Trafficking, Child Exploitation
Louisiana Supreme Court Reverses; No Coverage Owed for COVID Shutdown
Government’s SVB Intervention Saved Insurers From Significant D&O Claims
Zuckerberg Was Warned on Social Media Addiction, Filing Says
Silicon Valley Bank Parent SVB Financial Group Faces First Securities Class Action