Litigation/Liability Trends
J&J’s Controversial Prison Testing Resurfaces in Baby Powder Lawsuits
More than 50 years ago, nearly a dozen men incarcerated outside of Philadelphia enrolled in an experiment funded by Johnson & Johnson, according to unsealed documents. Now, those studies have ...
Lawyer-Turned InsurTech Founder Looks Into Cloud to Settle Tesla Claims
While Tesla has designs on using the data it collects to price insurance policies, the founder of an InsurTech is using it for the other end of insurance transactions—to unravel the story of ...
Who Owns Tesla Vehicle Performance Data?
At the end of an interview with the founder of Quantiv Risk, an InsurTech that helps carriers make sense of performance data from vehicles with advanced driver assistance systems, Carrier Management ...
On the Highway: A Litigator’s View From the Driver’s Seat of a Tesla
In 2016, Mike Nelson, the founder of InsurTech Quantiv Risk, bought his first Tesla and embarked on a 12-state cross country trip to get a first-hand understanding of where automobile technology was ...
U.S. Supreme Court Spurns Google Bid to Avoid Shareholder Lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Alphabet Inc's attempt to nix a lawsuit by shareholders accusing the Google parent company of fraudulently concealing a security glitch that left ...
Casualty Underwriting: The Original ESG
Promoting Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance has become a top priority of corporate executives and boards everywhere, including in property and casualty insurance. However, ...
Insurers Refuse to Pick Up Bill for Billions in Opioid Claims
A multibillion-dollar bill is coming due for the U.S. opioid epidemic, and insurers for some of the largest drug makers, distributors and pharmacies are refusing to help pay for it. A Delaware ...
Biden Ends Forced Arbitration for Sexual Assault, Harassment
President Joe Biden on Thursday gave victims of workplace sexual assault or harassment the right to seek recourse in a court of law instead of through forced arbitration proceedings. Biden signed ...