Litigation/Liability Trends
Cyber Security Field Faces Worsening Gender Gap and Workforce Shortage
Women account for just one out of 10 cyber security professionals, as the gender gap widened over two years in a male-dominated field with a drastic workforce shortage, a survey showed. ISC2, the ...
Rig Contractor Transocean Linked to Petrobras Corruption Probe
Transocean Ltd., the world's largest offshore rig contractor, has been linked for the first time to the corruption probe of Petroleo Brasileiro SA, the state-owned energy giant at the center of ...
Sources: Volkswagen Managed Faked Emissions Test Results From Germany
Volkswagen AG executives in Germany controlled the key aspects of emissions tests whose results the carmaker now admits were faked, according to three people familiar with the company's U.S. ...
NSA Chief Questions Viability of Cyber-Weapons Treaty
Achieving a multinational arms-control treaty governing the use of cyber-weapons may be impossible because groups unaffiliated with governments wouldn't honor it, Admiral Michael Rogers, the director ...
Opinion: Putting a Price Tag on Volkswagen’s Emission-Fraud Liability
An $18 billion liability figure attached itself last Friday to Volkswagen's diesel disaster. This morning comes news that the German car maker has set aside $7.3 billion (€6.5 billion) to cover a ...
How Can We Be Friends? Reducing Friction Between Claims and Hired Counsel
Just like the old adage that oil and water don't mix, sometimes adjusters and their hired counsel don't see eye to eye. Whatever the cause, when adjusters and counsel don't get along, claims files ...
AIG, Swiss Re and XL Catlin Execs Join Terrorism Insurance Government Advisory Committee
Executives from AIG, Swiss Re, XL Catlin and Lloyd's of London are among the insurance industry executives who will serve on a new government advisory committee that will help shape private market ...
China’s President Pledges Cyber Security Cooperation and Resolution
Chinese President Xi Jinping opened his U.S. visit by seeking to ease concerns on almost every dispute between the two powers, even expressing readiness to cut a deal on one of the thorniest issues, ...