Litigation/Liability Trends
SCOTUS Rejects AIG Bid to Recoup Foreign Tax Credits
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected bids by three companies to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign tax credits denied by the Internal Revenue Service as the tax agency tries to ...
Report: VW Leaders Knew of Illicit Emission-Control Software Early On
The current chairman and the chief executive of Volkswagen AG were alerted by the former CEO to the use of illicit emissions-control software in the United States two weeks before the carmaker ...
Global Regulators Propose Stricter Banking Rules to Address Cyber and Fraud Risks
Global regulators have proposed stricter rules on how banks calculate the amount of capital they need to cover risks to operations from cyber attacks, fraud or hefty fines. The proposals are the ...
Two Texas Attorneys Accused of Bankrolling BP Spill Scam
Two high-profile Texas attorneys were sued by a fishing boat captain who said they were involved in a scam to cheat BP Plc out of millions of dollars with false compensation claims for the Gulf of ...
Bill Gross: Allianz’s PIMCO Playing Dirty in Trying to Kill Departure Suit
Bill Gross said Pacific Investment Management Co. isn't playing by the rules in its effort to kill the lawsuit he filed last year over his departure. Gross told a California state judge Tuesday that ...
VW Claims CEO Didn’t Initially Notice 2014 Diesel Emissions Warning Memo
Volkswagen's former chief executive officer was alerted to problems with U.S. diesel emissions tests in 2014, but the issue "did not initially receive particular attention at the management levels," ...
Class Action Suit Accuses News Corp. of Monopolizing In-Store Ads
News Corp went to trial on Monday in a class action lawsuit that accuses the company of monopolizing the market for in-store promotions at some 52,500 retail stores across the United States. Jury ...
Massive Calif. Methane Leak Ranks as Largest U.S. Event of Its Kind
The months-long natural gas leak that forced thousands of Los Angeles residents from their homes ranks as the largest known accidental methane release in U.S. history, equal to the annual greenhouse ...