Litigation/Liability Trends
New York Hedge Fund Launches Bermuda Reinsurer
Sandell Asset Management Corp., the activist hedge-fund firm run by Tom Sandell, started a Bermuda-based reinsurer to support its investing strategy. Sandell Re will rely on the hedge fund to oversee ...
Asiana Airlines, Dozens of Passengers, Reach San Francisco Crash Settlement
Asiana Airlines Inc settled with 72 passengers of its flight that crashed at the San Francisco airport in 2013, a spokesman of the South Korean carrier said on Wednesday. The spokesman declined to ...
Apple Exploring Resolution of Lawsuit From Electric Car Battery-Maker
Apple Inc is discussing a settlement in a lawsuit brought by electric car battery maker A123 Systems, which accused the iPhone maker of poaching top engineers to build a large-scale battery division. ...
New Credit Card Tech Falls Short in Addressing Security Problems
New technology about to be deployed by credit card companies will require U.S. consumers to carry a new kind of card and retailers across the nation to upgrade payment terminals. But despite a price ...
Sandy Victims Reach First Set of FEMA Flood Insurance Deals
Federal disaster assistance officials have begun reaching settlements with more than 1,000 Hurricane Sandy victims who allege they were unfairly denied flood insurance claims or were compensated too ...
Insurers Targeted in Proposed New York Corporate Whistleblower Protection Law
Employees who report illegal activity in insurance, banking and financial services would be protected and compensated for their trouble under new legislation proposed by New York State Attorney ...
Banking Cyber Theft Ring Targeted Millions of PCs in Asia and the U.S.
A cybercrime operation that stole banking information by hacking more than 3 million computers in Indonesia, India and other countries has been disrupted by European police with assistance from three ...
Apple Ordered to Pay Nearly $533M in iTunes Patent Infringement Verdict
Apple Inc has been ordered to pay $532.9 million after a federal jury in Texas found that its iTunes software infringed three patents owned by patent licensing firm Smartflash LLC. Though Smartflash ...