Litigation/Liability Trends
Staples Admits Data Breach May Have Hit 1.16M Payment Cards
Office-supply retailer Staples Inc said about 1.16 million payment cards might have been affected by the data breach announced in October. An investigation by external data security experts showed ...
Former Sony Workers Suing Over Unprotected Personal Info
Sony Pictures Entertainment has been sued by two self-described former employees who accuse the movie studio of failing to protect Social Security numbers, healthcare records, salaries and other data ...
Families of Sandy Hook Victims Sue Gunmaker, Seller
The families of nine of the 26 people killed and a teacher injured two years ago at the Sandy Hook Elementary School filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer, distributor and seller of the rifle used ...
Virginia Becomes First State to Join Guardrail Maker Whistleblower Lawsuit
Virginia joined a whistleblower lawsuit against Trinity Industries Inc. over an allegedly defective guardrail system, becoming the first state to say it will seek to claw back money spent on the ...
Allianz: New Materials, Lawsuits Driving Up Aviation Claims Costs
Even as aviation becomes safer overall, everything from new materials in plain design to more lawsuits is driving up the cost of claims, Allianz concluded in a new study. Details can be found in the ...
Financial Institution Cyber Defenses Attract U.S. Regulatory Scrutiny
U.S. regulators on Wednesday said they were stepping up efforts to examine financial institutions' defenses to ward off cyber attacks, as a top FBI official warned of new "increasingly complex" ...
Sony Studio Cyber Attack Costs Could Hit $100 Million Mark
Sony Corp's movie studio could face tens of millions of dollars in costs from the massive computer hack that hobbled its operations and exposed sensitive data, according to cyber security experts who ...
Judicial Panel Orders Hurricane Sandy Flood Insurers to Fork Over Reports
A Travelers Cos. unit and other flood insurers accused by Hurricane Sandy victims in New York of using falsified engineering reports must turn over the drafts to policyholders, a three-judge panel ...