Litigation/Liability Trends
AIG to Get $905 Million From Brookfield to End Rate-Swap Dispute
American International Group Inc., the insurer that repaid a U.S. rescue last year, agreed to accept $905 million from Brookfield Asset Management Inc. to resolve a dispute tied to interest-rate ...
Judge to Rule on San Bernardino Bankruptcy, Pensions Loom
The city of San Bernardino is expected to learn on Wednesday if it is eligible for bankruptcy protection despite the opposition of California's powerful public pension system - an important test for ...
Builder Deaths Climb First Time Since 2006
Deaths among U.S. construction workers climbed last year for the first time since before the financial crisis amid a building rebound. On-the-job fatalities in the private construction segment rose 5 ...
Questionable Software Patents Behind Rise in Lawsuits: GAO
Software patents are the biggest reason behind a rise in litigation over inventions, especially against companies that use the technology, the U.S. Government Accountability Office found. Its study, ...
Meadowbrook Says Class Action Without Merit
Acknowledging that class actions are often launched against public companies that experience stock drops, Meadowbrook Insurance Group nonetheless issued a press statement on Thursday to respond to a ...
U.K. Banks to Pay $2.4 Billion to Settle Insurance Mis-Selling: Sources
Britain's biggest banks are close to an agreement with regulators to pay as much as 1.5 billion pounds ($2.4 billion) to compensate customers wrongly sold insurance for credit-card and identity ...
Assured Guaranty, JPMorgan Agree to End Mortgage Litigation
Assured Guaranty Ltd. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to settle lawsuits filed by the bond insurer accusing the bank's EMC Mortgage and Bear Stearns units of making misrepresentations about ...
JPMorgan Hit by U.S. Bribery Probe into Chinese Hiring
U.S. authorities have opened an investigation into whether JPMorgan Chase & Co hired the children of powerful Chinese officials to help it win business in China, according to the New York Times. ...