Civil Rights Agency Drops a Key Tool Used to Investigate Workplace Discrimination

The U.S. civil rights agency responsible for enforcing worker rights will stop investigating complaints about company policies that don't explicitly discriminate but may ...

Swiss Re Takes a Look at Hidden Behavioral Forces Behind Skyrocketing Jury Awards

Insurers Fighting $345M Georgia School Abuse Award, With Policy Wording at Issue

SEC Hands Victory to IPO Issuers Who Want to Avoid Class-Action Lawsuits

The U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday said it would allow companies seeking to go public to require that investors resolve claims of fraud or other false statements ...

OpenAI, Altman Sued Over ChatGPT’s Role in Teen’s Suicide

The parents of a teen who died by suicide after ChatGPT coached him on methods of self harm sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday, saying the company knowingly put profit ...

Kraft, Other Companies Beat Test Lawsuit Over Ultra-Processed Foods

Kraft, Mondelez, Coca-Cola and several other major food companies on Monday succeeded in winning the dismissal of a lawsuit that accused them of designing harmful ...

Litigation Funder’s Plan to Invest in Law Firms Called ‘Bad Policy,’ With Big Impacts

Aon Accused of Contributing to Collapse of Startup Vesttoo

War of Words

It's not every day that the chairman and CEO of one of the world's largest insurance companies issues open warfare against an entire industry. While no one was surprised ...

What the Synthetic Food Dye Ban Means for Casualty Risk

On April 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced plans to phase out all petroleum-based ...