Litigation/Liability Trends
Three U.S. Drug Distributors Will Pay $75M to Resolve Opioid Claims With Native American Tribe
The three largest U.S. drug distributors will pay more than $75 million to resolve claims they fueled an opioid epidemic in the Cherokee Nation's territory in Oklahoma, marking the first settlement ...
Risk Alerts: Deepfake Satellite Imagery; Baby Cushion Dangers
Artificial intelligence can be used to falsify satellite imagery. Baby cushions from The Boppy Company have been recalled due to safety risks.***
Geographers from ...
Allianz Reportedly Explores Transferring Block of Swiss Life Insurance Assets as Probe Begins
Allianz SE is in advanced talks to transfer a block of Swiss life insurance assets to Resolution Life, people with knowledge of the matter said, a move that could free up regulatory capital as ...
In a Legal Test Case, U.S. Court Upholds Hospital Employee COVID-19 Vaccine Rule
A federal judge on Friday ruled that a Cincinnati, Ohio-area healthcare provider could require its employees get vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk losing their job, in what appears to be the first ...
China Cracks Down on Cryptocurrencies, Banning All of Them
China's most powerful regulators on Friday intensified a crackdown on cryptocurrencies with a blanket ban on all crypto transactions and mining, hitting bitcoin and other major coins and pressuring ...
Lawsuit Accuses United Airlines of Refusing Employee Exemptions to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
United Airlines Inc is facing claims that it unlawfully denied religious and medical exemptions from a requirement that employees receive COVID-19 vaccines after allegedly making it difficult for ...
Judge Sends Cincinnati Insurance COVID Coverage Question to Jury
A federal judge in Kansas City has cleared a restaurant group's COVID-related business interruption claim for jury trial, holding that an 8th Circuit Court decision that found no coverage was owed in ...
Biden Administration Fights Ransomware Attacks by Targeting Cryptocurrency Pipelines
The Biden administration plans a fresh campaign against ransomware attacks through sanctions to cut off criminals' cryptocurrency pipelines, and it urged companies to report extortion attempts and ...