Litigation/Liability Trends
Trend Emerging? 3rd VC Firm Targeted In Harassment, Discrimination Suit
Three executive assistants are suing venture firm CMEA and one of its former partners for harassment and retaliation, marking the third lawsuit in less than a year alleging unfair treatment of women ...
U.S. SEC ‘Sweeps’ Scrutinizing Fund Fees, Alternative Fund Risks
The top U.S. securities regulator plans to examine how the advisory industry pays mutual fund distributors, as well as broader trends and risks involving alternative funds. U.S. Securities and ...
Aviation Insurers Among Critics Of New TSA Policy On Knives
Flight attendants, pilots, federal air marshals and even insurance companies are part of a growing backlash to the Transportation Security Administration's new policy allowing passengers to carry ...Fidelity Faces ERISA Class-Action Over Float Income; Mass. Insurer Plan Participants Part Of Class
Fidelity Investments, the largest U.S. provider of workplace retirement plans, is facing more accusations it improperly uses customer money earned in overnight accounts to pay its own operating ...
Nevada Bill Would Create Liability For Prescription Drug & Medical Marijuana Addictions
A Nevada bill that would allow patients addicted to prescription drugs to sue the doctors who prescribed the medication—and the drug's makers—was met with stiff opposition Wednesday in a state ...
Computer Model May Help Athletes Avoid Brain Damage, Concussions
Concussions can occur in sports and in combat, but health experts do not know precisely which jolts, collisions and awkward head movements during these activities pose the greatest risks to the ...
Activist Brockovich to Speak With Residents Near Louisiana Sinkhole
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich and a California attorney hired by a group of Assumption Parish, La., residents are coming to Pierre Part to discuss the legal options for residents evacuated ...