Litigation/Liability Trends
Allergan Poised to Pay More Than $2B in Opioid Settlement
AbbVie Inc.'s Allergan unit has reached an agreement to pay more than $2 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits filed by state and local governments over the marketing of its Kadian opioid ...
Teva Reaches Proposed $4.35B Opioid Settlement
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries on Tuesday announced a $4.35 billion proposed nationwide settlement that could resolve thousands of lawsuits over the drugmaker's alleged role in the U.S. opioid ...
Calif. Court Breaks String of COVID Biz Interruption Case Wins For Insurers
A California appellate court broke from its sister jurisdictions—as well as state and federal courts across the nation—and ruled that a hotel owner's lawsuit seeking coverage for a COVID-19 ...
Wildfire Victims, Environmental Groups to Developers: Stop Building
Preston Brown knows the risk of wildfire that comes with living in the rural, chaparral-lined hills of San Diego County. He's lived there for 21 years and evacuated twice. That's why he fiercely ...
Skittles Are Toxic, Federal Lawsuit Claims
Mars Inc. has been sued by a consumer who claims that Skittles candies are unfit to eat because they contain a known toxin that the company had pledged six years ago to phase ...
How They Rank: Are High-Emitting Nations Liable for Climate Harms?
Scientists, officials and activists have long called out the inequity in national histories on greenhouse gas emissions with rich nations benefiting and poor ones hurting from global warming, and now ...
Doctors’ Group Accuse Insurers of Using ‘Junk Science’ to Deny COVID Business Claims
The medical profession in New Hampshire is accusing the insurance industry of using "junk science" in justifying its denials of COVID-related business insurance claims. In an amicus brief in a case ...
Gunmakers Face New Legal Threat From Families of Mass Shooting Victims
Families of children and teachers killed in last month's Texas school massacre face a formidable legal battle if they decide to sue the gunmaker whose AR-15 semiautomatic rifle was used in the ...