Litigation/Liability Trends
Securing the ‘Internet of Things’ Basis of Bipartisan Senate Bill
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Tuesday plans to introduce legislation seeking to address vulnerabilities in computing devices embedded in everyday objects - known in the tech industry as the ...
Wells Fargo Customers Sue Bank, Alleging Insurance Scheme Was a Scam
Wells Fargo & Co. customers accused the bank in a lawsuit of forcing them to pay for unnecessary auto insurance that drove some of them so far into a financial spiral that their vehicles were ...
Nobody Is Safe: Cyber Security Firm FireEye Says Researcher Got Hacked
Cyber security firm FireEye said on Monday one of its researchers based in Israel had several of his online accounts hacked by unknown attackers, but added the breach did not appear to involve any ...
Simon the Giant Rabbit Is Dead; Owners Allege United Airlines Was Responsible
The owners of a giant rabbit named Simon who died on a United Airlines flight while bound for the Iowa State Fair sued the carrier, claiming its employees were responsible for the hare's death. The ...
Wells Fargo Will Refund $80M to Customers Wrongly Charged for Car Loan Insurance
Wells Fargo said it would reimburse about $80 million to 570,000 customers who may have been charged wrongly due to issues related to auto collateral protection insurance (CPI) policies. Wells Fargo ...
Wells Fargo Alleges Alliant Attempted to Poach Brokers After Failed Buy Bid
Alliant Insurance Services Inc. lost its bid to buy Wells Fargo & Co.'s insurance business but sought to steal its rival's employees anyway, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in Delaware. ...
Hackers Steal Data From 400,000 Client Accounts at Italy’s UniCredit Bank
UniCredit SpA, Italy's No. 1 bank, said hackers took biographical and loan data from 400,000 client accounts in one of the biggest breaches of European banking security this year. The attack occurred ...
U.S. House Votes to Erase Lawsuit Rule Forcing Customers Into Arbitration
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to erase a new rule that lets bank and credit-card customers band together in lawsuits, as the agency that drafted the measure, the ...