Litigation/Liability Trends
Jury Orders Costco to Pay $5.5M for Selling Fake Tiffany Rings
Costco Wholesale Corp should hand over $5.5 million to compensate Tiffany & Co for selling counterfeit Tiffany diamond engagement rings, a federal jury said on Thursday. Tiffany is also entitled ...
CNO Financial Severs Beechwood Re Ties, Files Suit Over Hedge Fund Exposure
CNO Financial Group Inc. on Thursday said that two of its subsidiaries were terminating agreements with reinsurer Beechwood Re, after regulators in two states said that many assets managed by ...
Cyber Firm Asserts Yahoo Hack Was Work of Eastern European Criminal Gang
A cyber security company on Wednesday asserted that the hack of 500 million account credentials from Yahoo was the work of an Eastern European criminal gang, adding another layer of intrigue to a ...
New 9/11 Law Allowing Lawsuits Against Saudi Arabia May be Narrowed
U.S. lawmakers on Thursday expressed doubts about Sept. 11 legislation they forced on President Barack Obama, saying the new law allowing lawsuits against Saudi Arabia could be narrowed to ease ...
After Exploding Smartphone Batteries, Samsung Now Faces Washing Machine Safety Issues
Samsung Electronics, which is already reeling from a global recall of its Note 7 smartphones, said on Thursday it is in talks with a U.S. watchdog to address potential safety problems related to some ...
Former AIG Chairman Greenberg Scolded by Judge for Avoiding Direct Answers
A New York state court judge warned Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the 91-year-old former chairman of American International Group Inc., that his fraud trial might last a year unless he answered questions ...
RBS Will Pay $1.1B to Settle Some of Its U.S. Toxic Mortgage Claims
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc will pay $1.1 billion to resolve claims that it sold toxic mortgage-backed securities to credit unions that later failed, the U.S. National Credit Union ...
U.S. Senator Calls for SEC Probe of Yahoo Hacking Disclosure Timing
Democratic Senator Mark Warner on Monday asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether Yahoo and its senior executives fulfilled obligations to inform investors and the ...