Litigation/Liability Trends
SEC Charges Nine More People in Global Press Release Hacking Scheme
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged nine new defendants over what it has called a more than $100 million international scheme to hack into newswires that distribute corporate ...
Record Takata Air Bag Recall Could Grow Larger Still
The U.S.'s auto safety regulator said it's investigating all Takata Corp.air-bag inflators that use a chemical propellant banned from future models and will compile data to determine whether to ...
Apple Readies Privacy Legal Fight Against iPhone Decrypt Order
A court order demanding that Apple Inc help the U.S. government unlock the encrypted iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters is shaping up as a crucial test case of how far the government can go ...
Retaliation Charges Top 2015 List of Workplace Discrimination Claims
Retaliation charges increased by nearly five percent in 2015 and continue to be the leading concern raised by workers across the country. Disability charges increased by six percent from last year ...
Uber Will Pay $28.5M to Settle Claims Its ‘Safe Rides Fee’ Misled Passengers
Uber Technologies Inc. said it will pay $28.5 million to settle claims that a $1 "safe rides fee" charged to riders was misleading because its background checks on drivers aren't as rigorous as the ...
MetLife Battle Against Too-Big-to-Fail Label Has Implications for AIG
A U.S. lawyer defending the government's decision to designate MetLife Inc. a potential threat to the economy was questioned sharply by a federal judge who was asked by the company to remove the ...
Taiwan Arrests Developers of Apartment Building Destroyed in Quake
A Taiwanese court on late Tuesday approved the detention of three people involved in constructing an apartment building that collapsed in a deadly earthquake at the weekend. Lin Ming-hui, the former ...
U.S. to Google: Computers Can Qualify as Drivers Under the Law
U.S. vehicle safety regulators have said the artificial intelligence system piloting a self-driving Google car could be considered the driver under federal law, a major step toward ultimately winning ...