Litigation/Liability Trends
Viacom Settles $1B Suit Against Google Over Youtube Videos
Google Inc. and Viacom Inc. settled Viacom's $1 billion lawsuit claiming YouTube violated copyrights by letting users post video clips from television shows without authorization after a federal ...
Lawyer Appeals Ruling Preventing $9.5B Payday in Chevron Case
A U.S. lawyer on Tuesday appealed a federal judge's ruling that he used fraud to secure a multibillion-dollar pollution judgment against Chevron Corp in Ecuador, a decision that bars him from ...
Florida Supreme Court Finds Medical Damages Caps Unconstitutional
The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that the state's caps on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice wrongful death cases violate the state Constitution's equal protection clause. The 5-2 opinion ...
Mind Your Wallet: Why the Underworld Loves Bitcoin
Criminals may already have made off with up to $500 million worth of bitcoins since the virtual currency launched in 2009—and you can double that if it turns out they emptied Mt. Gox. Internet ...
U.S. SEC Charges Brokers in Scheme to Profit From Terminally Ill Through VA Sales
U.S. securities regulators filed civil charges against two brokers and seven others, saying they were involved in a scheme to profit from the death of terminally ill patients through variable annuity ...
7 of 25 Largest Class-Action Settlements Since 1995 Approved Last Year: ISS
Seven of the 25 largest class-action settlements since passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 were approved in 2013, according to a report released by the Securities Class ...
Consumer Group Offers Fix for Uninsured Motorist Problem
Most uninsured motorists in the U.S. are responsible, safe drivers who simply cannot afford to purchase liability coverage with their income but who still need to drive for their work, according to a ...
Could Smart Computers Really Replace Half of U.S. Jobs?
Who needs an army of lawyers when you have a computer? When Minneapolis attorney William Greene faced the task of combing through 1.3 million electronic documents in a recent case, he turned to a ...