Litigation/Liability Trends
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Charles Schwab Appeal in Breach-of-Contract Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact an appeals court decision that allowed a financial adviser to sue Charles Schwab Corp over allegations that the brokerage firm deviated from objectives ...
BP’s Record Oil Spill Settlement Rises Another $2 Billion
The value of BP Plc's settlement with the U.S. government and five Gulf states over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will rise to $20.8 billion, an increase of $2 billion from an agreement reached in ...
Hurricane Joaquin Fades as U.S. Threat; Bahamas Still Vulnerable
A weakening Hurricane Joaquin probably won't be a threat to the U.S. as it turns north in the Atlantic away from the Bahamas, where it's battering the islands with winds that fell to 125 miles (200 ...
T-Mobile: Hackers May Have Ripped off Data of 15 Million Applicants
T-Mobile US Inc said personal data of about 15 million of its U.S. applicants may have been stolen in a breach at a unit of Experian Plc, which processes the telecom carrier's credit applications. ...
Lawsuit Alleges Morgan Stanley Curbed Worker Rights to Sue Over Bias
Morgan Stanley is asking employees to give up their right to sue the firm in class actions for civil rights violations including discrimination based on race, gender or age, according to a former ...
U.S. Farmers, Pummeled by Bird Flu, Prepare for its Likely Return
In Iowa, one of the largest U.S. egg processors has started to buy foreign supplies for the first time. Elsewhere in the Midwest, a free-range egg producer says it may build automatic car washes to ...
Crisis Service Costs Are Bulk of Cyber Claims Payouts: NetDiligence
New claims costs data reveals a wide discrepancy on costs associated with cyber losses. More than $75.5 million has been spent on cyber claims losses as reported in the latest cyber claims study ...
Russian National Sentenced in ‘Citadel’ Malware Cyber Crime Scheme
A Russian national was sentenced on Tuesday to 4-1/2 years in U.S. prison for using sophisticated malware known as "Citadel" to steal banking information from thousands of computers, authorities ...