Litigation/Liability Trends
NY Regulator: States Should Use Its Cybersecurity Rules as Template
A group of U.S. state insurance regulators should use New York's sweeping cyber security rules as a model for how insurers must protect their networks from hackers and when they must disclose cyber ...
Wells Fargo Investors Urged to Unload Most Board Members Over Fake Account Scandal
Wells Fargo & Co. shareholders should vote to remove most of the bank's board members after they failed to provide "timely and sufficient risk oversight" to head off a scandal involving the ...
Twitter Defends Free Speech of Member in Suit Against Trump Administration
Twitter Inc has not had a lot to celebrate lately, but a U.S. government demand that it reveal the identity of an account criticizing President Donald Trump's immigration policies gave the company a ...
17 States Challenge Trump’s Attempt to Roll Back Climate Change Regs
A coalition of 17 U.S. states filed a legal challenge on Wednesday against efforts by President Donald Trump's administration to roll back climate change regulations, deepening a political rift over ...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Sues Goodyear Over Covering Asbestos Claims
An insurance unit of Warren Buffett's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc said it has sued Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co to avoid having to cover asbestos-related injury claims that Goodyear said ...
SCOTUS Will Consider Company Exposure to Human-Rights Suits
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to use a case stemming from Middle Eastern terrorism to decide whether victims of overseas atrocities can use a two-century-old federal law to sue corporations for ...
Allstate, Others Pull ‘O’Reilly Factor’ Ads After NYT Harassment Report
More companies, including carmaker BMW and insurer Allstate, have pulled their advertising from Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" television program days after the New York Times reported Fox and star ...
Frivolous Lawsuit? Wise Sued for Allegedly Underfilling Potato Chip Bags
The maker of Wise potato chips has been sued by two consumers who said it fills bags less than halfway, deceiving them into overpaying. Wise Foods systematically underfills bags and has left them 58 ...