Litigation/Liability Trends
Hurricane Harvey Isn’t Going Away as Rain, Flooding Linger: RMS
Hurricane Harvey is now a slow-moving tropical storm in coastal Texas. Beyond the initial storm damage itself, the historic flooding it is leaving behind will lead to equally significant economic and ...
Parmesan Cheese Labeling Lawsuits Tossed by U.S. Judge
A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed lawsuits by consumers who had sued food manufacturers and retailers over their "100% grated Parmesan cheese" labels, alleging they were deceiving buyers because the ...
Harvey on Track to Become Hurricane in Texas; State Farm, Allstate, Farmers Face Exposures
Tropical Storm Harvey, which has shut oil and natural gas platforms and triggered a rally in cotton prices, is on track to develop into a major hurricane as it approaches the Texas coast late Friday. ...
J&J Talc/Cancer Trial Verdict Opens New Front in Litigation
A massive California verdict in a lawsuit alleging Johnson & Johnson's talc-based products cause cancer has opened a new front in the litigation, upending the company's hopes that the cases were ...
Another Lawsuit Accuses Greenpeace of Inciting Eco-Terrorism in Dakota Access Pipeline Case
Energy Transfer Partners LP accused Greenpeace International, Earth First! and other groups of inciting terrorist acts and vandalism to generate publicity and raise money for their causes while ...
Industrial and Consumer Robots Are Quite Hackable: Researchers
Some of the most popular industrial and consumer robots are dangerously easy to hack and could be turned into bugging devices or weapons, IOActive Inc. said. The Seattle-based cybersecurity firm ...
Police-Inflicted Taser Deaths Led to at Least 442 Lawsuits: Reuters
In a first-of-its-kind review of court documents, police reports, other public records and news accounts, Reuters compiled the most comprehensive public accounting to date of deaths and litigation ...
Jury Orders J&J to Fork Over $417M in Talc Cancer-Risk Trial
A California jury on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $417 million to a woman who claimed she developed ovarian cancer after using the company's talc-based products like Johnson's Baby ...