Litigation/Liability Trends
Privacy Groups Worried About Gmail Links to Google+ Network
A new feature in Google Inc.'s Gmail will result in some users receiving messages from people with whom they have not shared their email addresses, raising concerns among some privacy advocates. The ...
FINRA, SEC Targeting Firms Giving Bad 401(k) Rollover Advice
Brokers who give retiring workers bad advice about what to do with their 401(k) plans should expect some headaches: U.S. securities regulators are taking a closer look at what happens when investors ...
Supreme Court to Hear Broadcasters’ Copyright Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a closely watched appeal filed by the four major broadcasters against an online television service, Aereo Inc., backed by media mogul Barry Diller that ...
Senators Looking to Revive Climate Debate
Two of the U.S. Senate's biggest environmental boosters have launched a drive to revive the issue of climate change in Congress and defend President Barack Obama's climate action plan against ...
Judge Strine Nominated to Lead Delaware’s Supreme Court
Leo Strine, the outspoken chief judge of Delaware's nationally important business court, has been nominated to lead the state's Supreme Court, Delaware Governor Jack Markell said last Wednesday. The ...
Goodyear Files Suit in France Over ‘Boss-Napping’
Goodyear's French division says it has filed a lawsuit over the "boss-napping" of two of its executives and workers' occupation of a plant in northern France. Goodyear Dunlop Tires France—a ...
Rotting Wood in New Homes Built After Katrina May Spark Legal Action
Actor Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation, which has built 100 energy-efficient new homes in the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, is considering legal action against the ...
Original Cheerios Going GMO-free
General Mills says some Cheerios made without genetically modified ingredients will start appearing on shelves soon. The Minneapolis-based company said Thursday that it has been manufacturing its ...