Litigation/Liability Trends
Merck Wins $2.54B in Royalties From Gilead in Patent Lawsuit Trial
Merck & Co. on Thursday was awarded $2.54 billion in royalties by a federal jury in a patent lawsuit against Gilead Sciences Inc. over Gilead's blockbuster hepatitis C drugs Sovaldi and Harvoni. ...
American Family Ordered to Pay $20M in Age/Sex Discrimination Jury Verdict
A Missouri woman who sued American Family Insurance for retaliation and age and sex discrimination has been awarded $20 million in punitive damages. Deborah Miller, 60, of Blue Springs, also was ...
Yahoo Discloses Second Massive Hack Attack; More Than 1 Billion Hit in 2013
Yahoo! Inc. disclosed a second major security breach that may have affected more than 1 billion user accounts, another blow to the company's reputation as it nears the sale of its main web businesses ...
SCOTUS Will Consider Patent Lawsuit Limits
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether to limit where patent lawsuits may be filed, potentially threatening a years-long trend that critics say allows frequent and ...
Communications, Media, Tech Firms’ Risk Awareness Higher Than Actual Preparedness: Marsh
A large number of communications, media and technology companies see their risks becoming more complex or larger in the years ahead. While that awareness is high, however, protection and preparedness ...
Amazon Airdrops Popcorn in Drone Delivery Milestone
Retail giant Amazon.com Inc. has made its first drone delivery to an actual customer, dropping off a Fire TV device and a bag of popcorn to a house in the rural English countryside 13 minutes after ...
Google Spins Off Self-Driving Car Project Into New Company
Google parent company Alphabet Inc. is separating its self-driving car project into a new business called Waymo, seeking to sharpen its focus on changing the transportation industry. John Krafcik, ...
Challenge to NFL Concussion Deal Rejected at U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to the National Football League's estimated $1 billion settlement of concussion-related lawsuits with thousands of retired players ...