Litigation/Liability Trends
P/C Insurance Execs Expect TRIA Renewal, But Split on Workers Comp Profits
While more than 90 percent of property/casualty insurance industry executives say they expect renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, the jury is out on whether commercial lines profits will ...
Oracle Denied Bid to Have D&O Insurer Beazley Pay $20M Over Ellison Acquisition
Oracle Corp. can't rely on an insurer to pay $20 million to help settle shareholder claims over the software maker's acquisition of a company controlled by Oracle founder Larry Ellison, a judge ...
Inadequate Shareholder Disclosure and Other Killer Risks
While most of the killer risks that can torpedo a company exist within the walls of the organization, the deadliest—in terms of its hidden impact—relates to external communications, a risk expert ...
Federal Lawsuit Filed Over West Virginia Chemical Spill
Eastman Chemical Co., a Kingsport, Tennessee-based chemical manufacturer, was sued by West Virginia stores and residents who allege the firm concealed the cancer- causing elements of a chemical ...
Shedding Light on ‘Dark Side’ of Internet of Things
The futuristic world of self-driving cars, eyeglasses that e-mail and trash cans that call for pickup is running into the old-fashioned pace of doing business in Washington. Companies from Google ...
Court Says Silicon Valley Workers May Pursue Pay Collusion Case As a Class
Roughly 60,000 Silicon Valley workers won clearance to pursue a lawsuit accusing Apple Inc., Google Inc. and other companies of conspiring to drive down pay by not poaching each other's staff, after ...
Payment Partners Could Face Lawsuits, Fines in Target Data Breach
Companies that help Target Corp process payments could face millions of dollars in fines and costs resulting from the unprecedented data breach that struck the retailer over the holiday shopping ...
Top Jury Awards in 2013
U.S. juries awarded three verdicts of $1 billion or more for the third straight year in 2013, topped by a $1.2 billion award against Dow Chemical Co., the largest ever in a price-fixing case. Second ...