Litigation/Liability Trends
Uber Pushes Back Against California Driver Lawsuit
A lawsuit filed by drivers against ride service Uber should not proceed as a class action, the company argued in a court filing on Thursday, citing written statements of support from hundreds of ...
Insurance Claims Specialist Wins $230K in Robocall Complaint
Many people dislike receiving robocalls. Araceli King disliked receiving 153 of them from a single company. Time Warner Cable Inc. must pay the insurance claims specialist $229,500 for placing 153 ...
Texas Court Approves $84.4M Settlement in 2002 Farmers Insurance Case
A Travis County, Texas district court has granted preliminary approval of a settlement with Farmers Insurance Group that will return $84.4 million to policyholders stemming from a 2002 homeowners ...
Friday Afternoon Cyber Scam Cost Hedge Fund $1.2M and CFO’s Job
The finance chief at Fortelus Capital Management LLP got an alarming phone call just as he was getting ready to leave work on a Friday. The caller said he was from Coutts, the London-based hedge ...
Court Clarifies Rule on Unpaid Internships
Unpaid internships are legal when they are closely tied to interns' educations, a U.S. appeals court in Manhattan said on Thursday in reversing a decision that Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc. broke the ...
Fracking Officially Banned in New York, Ending Seven-Year Review
New York formalized its ban on high-volume hydraulic fracturing for natural gas on Monday, concluding a seven-year environmental and health review that drew a record number of public comments. "After ...
BP to Pay $18.7B Over 18 Years to Settle Spill Claims With 5 States, U.S.
BP Plc has agreed to a preliminary deal in which it will pay a record $18.7 billion to settle claims by five Gulf states and the U.S. government for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the worst ...
Delaware Bans ‘Loser Pays’ Fee Shifting in Class Actions
Delaware's governor has signed into law a ban on companies adopting rules that could force investors who bring and lose certain lawsuits to pay the company's legal costs, disappointing business ...