Litigation/Liability Trends
Jury Orders J&J to Pay $502M in Hip Implant Failure Patient Lawsuit
Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $502 million to a group of patients who accused the company of hiding flaws in its Pinnacle artificial hips that caused the devices to prematurely fail and ...
Uber Wants to Buy Self-Driving Cars: Report
Ride-hailing service Uber has sounded out car companies about placing a large order for self-driving cars, an auto industry source said on Friday. "They wanted autonomous cars," the source, who ...
A Working National Flood Insurance Bill by Fall? It’s Possible
The 2016 election season won't hamper ongoing work on renewing and reforming the U.S. government's struggling National Flood Insurance Program well before it expires in September 2017, a leading ...
VW Reportedly May Establish Two Funds to Address Emissions Scandal
Volkswagen AG is in talks with U.S. authorities to establish a national remediation fund and a separate one for California as punishment for pollution from its cars after the automaker cheated on ...
Security Firms Blame Chinese Hackers for U.S. Ransomware Attacks
Hackers using tactics and tools previously associated with Chinese government-supported computer network intrusions have joined the booming cyber crime industry of ransomware, four security firms ...
Bill Gross’s $200M Suit against Allianz’s PIMCO Allowed to Proceed
Bond manager Bill Gross will be able to pursue his lawsuit to recoup at least $200 million he claims that Pacific Investment Management Co owes him in the wake of his 2014 ouster from the firm he ...
Apple/U.S. Legal Battle Poised to Escalate Over ‘Source Code’
The latest filing in the legal war between the planet's most powerful government and its most valuable company gave one indication of how the high-stakes confrontation could escalate even further. In ...
VW Dealt a $3.7B Lawsuit in Germany Over Diesel Scandal Coverup
Volkswagen AG is being sued for 3.3 billion euros ($3.7 billion) over the cover-up of its polluting diesel engines, its biggest legal challenge in Germany after a wave of lawsuits in the U.S. ...