Litigation/Liability Trends
New Study Shows Hormone-Disrupting Activity of Fracking Chemicals Worse Than Initially Found
Many chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, can disrupt not only the human body's reproductive hormones but also the glucocorticoid and thyroid hormone receptors, which are necessary to ...
NFL Agrees to No Caps on Payments to Ailing Ex-Players
The NFL has made a big and necessary concession in its landmark concussion settlement with former players. A new agreement has been struck between the league and a group of retirees seeking ...
Auto Industry Struggles to Solve Air Bag Explosions Despite Mass Recalls
A year ago, Japan's Takata Corp., the world's second-largest maker of auto safety parts, believed it had finally contained a crisis more than a decade in the making. It was wrong. Japanese car makers ...
ABA Says Lawyers Can Monitor Jurors’ Social Media Sites
Lawyers have been given the green light to scan the social media sites of jurors. The American Bar Association says it's ethical for lawyers to scour online for publicly available musings of citizens ...
South Korea Ferry Operator CEO Blamed for Sinking
Prosecutors on Friday said the CEO and four employees of the operator of a sunken South Korean ferry caused the accident by overloading the ship with poorly stowed cargo after a risky redesign and ...
Supreme Court Upholds Most of Administration’s Power to Curb Carbon Emissions
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday trimmed the Obama administration's power to curb greenhouse gases under a long-running air pollution program in a decision that means most major facilities, including ...
U.S. Supreme Court Halliburton Ruling Will Help ‘Weed Out’ Weaker Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court tightened the limits on class-action lawsuits by shareholders, giving a partial victory to Halliburton Co. while stopping short of abolishing those suits altogether. ...
Commercial Auto, Workers Comp: Loss Leaders in the Oil Patch
There's no doubt that new advancements in the practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, are driving the current production boom in the oil patch. The technique, which is used to retrieve oil and ...