Louisiana Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of Rare Policyholder Victory in COVID Claim
The Louisiana Supreme Court has agreed to review an appellate court decision that found the COVID virus caused a direct physical loss that was covered by ...
Litigation/Liability Trends
Calif. Supreme: Unclear Policy May Require Insurer to Defend Yahoo From Privacy Lawsuits
A liability insurer may have a duty to defend Yahoo Inc. from class-action lawsuits that alleged it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending its ...
The Newest Fronts in Climate Change-Related Legal Battles
Climate change-related litigation has more than doubled in the past seven years globally, according to a June report by the London School of Economics, and is moving ...
Goldman Sachs Paid Over $12M to Bury Partner’s Claim of Sexist Culture
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. paid out well over $12 million to a veteran executive who complained internally about a toxic workplace for women in the highest echelons of Wall Street's most prestigious ...
Florida’s Citizens Revises Ian Loss Estimate to $3.8B, Including Litigation Expenses
Direct losses, litigation and other expenses from Hurricane Ian will reach $3.8 billion for Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Corp., but that's still below the threshold that would trigger an ...
California Sues Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ That Taint Water
A lawsuit filed by the state of California accuses 3M, Dupont and 16 smaller companies of covering up the harm caused to the environment and the public from chemicals manufactured by the firms that ...
Google to Pay About $400 Million to Settle Location-Tracking Lawsuit
Alphabet's Google will pay about $400 million to settle a complaint brought by a group of states over allegations the search and advertising giant illegally tracked users' ...
Ruling Exposes Gov’t to More than $1B in Damages Because of Harvey Flooding
A federal court has found the U.S. government liable for $455,000 in damages to six claimants whose homes were flooded by water backed up behind two dams near Houston ...
Drug Manufacturer Teva to Pay $523M to New York in Opioid Settlement
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will pay up to $523 million to New York State as part of a nationwide settlement of lawsuits alleging the company helped fuel the U.S. ...
Twitter Sued for Mass Layoffs by Musk Without Enough Notice
Twitter Inc. was sued over Elon Musk's plan to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at the social media platform, which workers say the company is doing without enough notice in ...