Litigation/Liability Trends
New Drugs Target Asbestos-Linked Cancer; Japan Faces ‘Asbestos Tsunami’
Heather Von St. James, 45, remembers her father, a demolition worker, coming home covered in dust and dirt. Still, she'd hug him each night and, sometimes, put on his coat and shoes to play. Thirty ...
Search Warrants Extend To Overseas Email Accounts, U.S. Judge Rules
Internet service providers must turn over customer emails and other digital content sought by U.S. government search warrants even when the information is stored overseas, a federal judge ruled on ...
Former KPMG Partner Gets Jail Time for Insider Trading
Former KPMG LLP senior partner Scott London, who had provided tips to a friend about the accounting firm's clients, was sentenced to 14 months in prison on an insider trading charge by a federal ...Subprime Auto Lender May Have Exposed Clients’ Personal Info
Benjamin Lawsky, New York's top banking regulator, sued Condor Capital Corp., claiming the subprime auto lender stole millions of dollars from low-income customers and risked exposing their personal ...
NYAG Schneiderman Probing High-Speed Traders
The New York attorney general is probing more than half a dozen high-speed trading firms, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, as part of his wide-ranging probe into alleged unfair ...
NHL Sued by TIG Insurance Over Defense of Concussion Lawsuits
The National Hockey League was sued by an insurer seeking to limit its duty to defend the league in lawsuits alleging it concealed the long-term effects of concussions and failed to warn players of ...
Mississippi Commissioner Files Motion to Drop Flood Insurance Suit
The Mississippi Department of Insurance will drop a lawsuit filed in 2013 against the National Flood Insurance Program. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Jackson, sought to block flood insurance ...
BofA Settles with FGIC, Mellon Over Mortgage Securities for $950M
Bank of America Corp., the second- largest U.S. lender, said it reached a $950 million settlement tied to residential mortgage securities backed by Financial Guaranty Insurance Co. The accord ...