Litigation/Liability Trends
The Supreme Court Handed Google and Twitter a New Line of Defense
The U.S. Supreme Court handed social media companies a new line of defense as they face an increasing number of lawsuits alleging their algorithms have harmed users — whether by addicting children ...
Supreme Court Spurns Dispute Over Roundup Class-Action Settlement
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a dispute involving a lawsuit against Bayer AG's Monsanto Co that could rein in a common form of settlement in class action cases under which money ...
J&J’s Proposed Talc Settlement Would Pay $400 Million to State AGs
Johnson & Johnson has set aside $400 million to resolve U.S. state consumer protection actions as part of its broader $8.9 billion effort to settle claims that its Baby Powder and other talc ...
Facebook Fails in Bid to Get Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit Tossed
A judge ruled Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and other former directors of the social-media company must face claims they turned a blind eye to rampant privacy violations, including allowing a firm ...
Altria Agrees to $235M Settlement to Resolve Juul-Related Cases
Altria Group Inc. said Wednesday that it will pay $235 million to settle at least 6,000 lawsuits accusing it of fueling a teen vaping epidemic through its former investment in e-cigarette maker Juul ...
Insurer vs. Broker: Court Rules Against WTW in D&O ‘Bump-Up’ Dispute
A judicial panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled insurance broker Towers Watson may not be entitled to $80 million in insurance to cover settlements of shareholder lawsuits related ...
Twitter Beats Two Lawsuits Stemming From Mass Layoffs, for Now
A California federal judge on Monday dismissed a proposed class action accusing Twitter Inc. of targeting female employees for layoffs after Elon Musk acquired the company last year but said ...
Insurance Could and Should Help Drive Gun Safety Efforts, Survey Says
Three out of four Americans believe gun owners should be required to have firearm liability insurance. Those are the numbers out of a new ValuePenguin survey of 1,995 people ages 18 to 77 exploring ...