Litigation/Liability Trends
Federal Appeals Court Denies Chubb’s Superfund Subrogation Claim
The U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, affirmed last week that Chubb Custom Insurance Co., part of the Chubb Group of Insurance Cos., cannot recoup $2.4 million from its subrogation suit under the ...
Drug Companies Retreat From Investment In Antibiotics; Risks Outweigh Rewards
Thirty years ago, when the world faced the terrifying prospect of an untreatable disease known as AIDS, big drug makers scented an opportunity and raced to develop new medicines. Today, as the world ...
Too Much Analysis Primes Whistleblower Suits: Lawyer
If your company uses a detailed analytical process to arrive at projections of growth or earnings, that process may make you particularly vulnerable to shareholder suits when forecasts don't pan out, ...
SEC Testing ‘Customized’ Punishments
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is experimenting with punishments that more closely fit the wrongdoing at issue in a bid to give its enforcement cases more bite. Criticized for its ...
Lawsuit Tests Bloggers’ Freedom Of Speech Rights
A colleague of the late conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart is asking a federal court of appeals to throw out a defamation case brought against him by former government employee Shirley Sherrod, ...