Litigation/Liability Trends
Judge Lets Tulsa Race Massacre Reparations Lawsuit Proceed
An Oklahoma judge ruled Monday that a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre can proceed, bringing new hope for some measure of justice for three survivors of the deadly racist ...
Juul Can’t Escape Trial in Youth Vaping Marketing Suits
Juul Labs Inc. failed to block the first trial set in a flurry of more than 2,500 personal injury cases accusing the e-cigarette maker of deliberately targeting minors in marketing its vaping ...
Federal Court in Delaware Requiring Disclosure of Litigation Funding Agreements
Insurers are applauding a decision by the chief judge for the U.S. District Court in Delaware to require parties to disclose whether a litigation funder has an interest in any cases brought before ...
Federal Judge Approves $85M Settlement in Zoom Case
A federal judge in California approved an $85 million settlement between Zoom Video Communications and millions of users who said the teleconference meeting application violated their privacy rights ...
‘Deceptive’ Denial Letter Costs Insurer Treble Damages After Appeal to 4th Circuit
The insurer first said it would pay to repair a breezeway at a student housing complex that partially collapsed during a Saturday night student party. Then it said it wouldn't and sent the ...
How the Insurance Industry Can Tame Social Inflation
Insurance carriers, are you and your defense counsel ready for the "perfect storm" of litigation that is coming once the pandemic is over? Are your teams trained to defend against the increasing wave ...
New Jersey Diocese Reaches $87.5M Settlement with Sex Abuse Claimants
The Catholic Diocese of Camden, N.J., and the committee representing about 300 survivors of clergy sexual abuse have reached an $87.5 million settlement that will establish a trust to compensate the ...
Familiar Securities Plaintiff Sues to Stop Berkshire’s $11.6B Deal for Alleghany
At least one shareholder of Alleghany Corp. is unhappy with the insurer's agreement to be bought by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. According to a lawsuit filed April 13 in U.S. District Court ...