Litigation/Liability Trends
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 ...
Tesla Motors Settles Norway Lawsuit Alleging Car’s Performance Fell Short
Electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc has reached an out-of-court settlement with 126 Norwegian customers who claimed their cars' performance did not match promises made in the firm's marketing. Lawyers ...
Beechwood Re Reportedly Exploring Sale After Platinum Woes
The Beechwood group of reinsurance companies is in talks to sell most or all of itself after a backlash from some clients due to its relationship with troubled hedge fund manager Platinum Partners, ...
SCOTUS Rejects Hank Greenberg’s Fraud Lawsuit Appeal; Mediation to Come
The U.S. Supreme Court turned away an appeal by Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, refusing to derail a fraud lawsuit by New York state against the former American International Group Inc. chairman. Three ...
Trade Secrets Stolen in Massive Cyber Attack Against Steelmaker ThussenKrupp
Technical trade secrets were stolen from the steel production and manufacturing plant design divisions of ThyssenKrupp AG in cyber attacks earlier this year, the German company said on Thursday. ...
J&J Will Appeal $1B Verdict in Recent Artificial Hip Implant Trial
Johnson & Johnson will challenge the fairness of a trial that produced a verdict of $1 billion in damages against the company last week over allegations of design flaws in its Pinnacle hip ...