Litigation/Liability Trends
Employee Snafus a Big Factor in Cyber Attacks, Verizon and Symantec Find
When a cyber security breach hits the news, those most closely involved often have incentive to play up the sophistication of the attack. If hackers are portrayed as well-funded geniuses, victims ...
1,000-Plus Lawsuits Allege Pfizer Knew Zoloft Posed Birth Defect Risk
Pfizer Inc. researchers concluded last year that pregnant women taking Zoloft risked having babies with heart defects, according to evidence made public by a lawyer at the first trial of more than ...
States—Not Feds—Should Oversee Workers Comp; Reform Challenges Mount
Workers compensation insurance is getting a bad rap these days, with everyone from an investigative media organization to North Carolina's governor offering criticisms of how "the grand bargain" of ...
Amazon Gets Fresh Approval for Drone Tests
Amazon.com Inc. has won approval from U.S. federal regulators to test a delivery drone outdoors, less than a month after the e-commerce powerhouse blasted regulators for being slow to approve ...
Radon Levels Up in Pa. Homes Post Fracking: John Hopkins Research
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers say that levels of radon in Pennsylvania homes—where 42 percent of readings surpass what the U.S. government considers safe—have been ...
Uber Seeks U.S. Court Dismissal of Lawsuit Regarding Alleged Delhi Rape
Uber asked a U.S. court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an alleged rape victim in India's capital, saying the ride-sharing company could not be held legally responsible for the driver's acts. The ...
Research: Older Workers Valuable But Lack ‘Fluid Intelligence’
In the workplace, age matters but hiring or promoting based on age-related mental abilities can be a minefield, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. Older ...
Google Wallet Privacy Suit Moving Forward
A federal judge has rejected Google Inc.'s request to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the technology company of invading the privacy of users of its Google Wallet electronic payment service by sharing ...