Litigation/Liability Trends
VW Faces April 21 U.S. Deadline for Diesel Cheat Fix
Volkswagen AG hasn't finished a plan for getting 600,000 diesel vehicles off U.S. roads as it faces hundreds of lawsuits for rigging pollution control systems to cheat emissions tests. U.S. District ...
Whistleblower Sues Abbott for $1 Billion in Trial Over Stent Marketing
Abbott Laboratories is accused in a trial that started Tuesday of marketing unapproved stents for unsuspecting patients and cheating Medicare, as a whistleblower seeks more than $1 billion, a risk ...
Uber’s Anti-Cyber Crime Strategy: Pay Hackers to Find System Flaws
Uber, the high-flying transportation firm, is releasing a technical map of its computer and communications systems and inviting hackers to find weaknesses in exchange for cash bounties. While ...
VW Hit by Yet Another Diesel Emissions Cheating Lawsuit
Kentucky sued Volkswagen AG and its luxury units on Tuesday claiming the German automaker's diesel emissions cheating scheme violated the state's Consumer Protection Act. "Volkswagen must be held ...
Supreme Court Allows NFL Players’ Video Game Image Rights Claims to Proceed
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Electronic Arts Inc.'s bid to revive its free speech defense in a lawsuit filed by former NFL players who accused the video game maker of using their ...
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 ...