Litigation/Liability Trends
The U.S. and China Will Expand a Planned Cybercrime Crackdown
U.S. and Chinese officials have agreed to expand cooperation to crack down on cybercrime as China's state- run news agency said a hacking attack on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management was carried ...
German Auto Supplier Sued Over Alleged Role in VW Diesel Emissions Scandal
German auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH has been accused of conspiring with Volkswagen AG to evade diesel emissions standards in at least 11 million vehicles worldwide in a class action lawsuit filed ...
Widows Claim Railroad Knew of Track Tech Defect Before Texas Parade Crash
Intensive care nurse Angie Boivin had just tended to a woman whose leg was severed near the hip when she saw her husband Larry lying nearby under an American flag blanket. She says that she was with ...
Anadarko Petroleum Must Pay Nearly $160M for 2010 Gulf Spill, Below U.S. Wishes
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. was ordered to pay almost $160 million for its role as part-owner of the doomed Gulf of Mexico well that in 2010 caused the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The ...
Rudder System Failure Behind AirAsia 8501 Crash
AirAsia Flight 8501's pilots effectively wrestled each other at the controls as they sought to fight off an electronics-system failure, dooming the plane and the lives of all 162 people on board last ...
European Insurers Hit with Highest Tianjin Explosion Losses
Insurer Talanx AG's $122 million loss from port explosions at Tianjin, one of China's worst industrial disasters, takes the net hit incurred by insurers across Europe, the U.S., Bermuda and Asia to ...
For-Profit College Operator Must Pay $95.5M to Settle Recruitment Violation Suit
Education Management Corp., an operator of for-profit colleges, agreed to settle a whistle-blower lawsuit for $95.5 million. The accord was announced Monday by the U.S. Justice and Education ...
Terrorism’s Global Property Damage Costs Highest Since 9/11 Attacks
In the wake of Friday's massacre in Paris, a new report says the world is paying the highest price for terrorism since the 2001 attack on New York's Twin Towers. In 2014, acts of terror cost the ...