Litigation/Liability Trends
Warming Arctic Tundra Will Make It Tougher to Curb Climate Change: Study
The warming Arctic tundra will make it harder for the world to curb climate change, as thawing permafrost and wildfires release greenhouse gases that are not fully accounted for in global emissions ...
Does Cyber Insurance Protect Against Hackers or Attract Them?
The ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline Co. that caused gasoline shortages along the U.S. East Coast also sparked a debate about whether cyber insurance helps protect against marauders — or ...
Colonial Pipeline Rebounds From Massive Cyber Attack, Reportedly Has Ransomware Coverage
After a six-day outage, the top U.S. fuel pipeline on Thursday moved some of the first millions of gallons of motor fuels after a crippling cyberattack led to fuel shortages across East Coast states. ...
Judge Orders Right-Wing Institute to Pay $2.4M to Man Hurt at Charlottesville Rally
A federal judge in Ohio has ordered a right-wing think tank led by white nationalist Richard Spencer to pay $2.4 million to an Ohio man severely injured during a white supremacist and neo-Nazi rally ...
AXA Won’t Cover Ransomware Extortion Payments Anymore in France
In an apparent industry first, the global insurance company AXA said Thursday it will stop writing cyber insurance policies in France that reimburse customers for extortion payments made to ...
Ransomware Attack Shuts Down Major U.S. Fuel Pipeline
Top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline shut its entire network, the source of nearly half of the U.S. East Coast's fuel supply, after a cyber attack on Friday that involved ransomware. The ...
Texas Judge Rules Against Insurer, Refusing to Dismiss Theater Chain’s COVID Lawsuit
A federal judge in Sherman, Texas on Wednesday ruled against an insurer that sought to dismiss a $500 million COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuit by the nation's third-largest chain of movie ...
Texas Governor Backs Exxon Mobil’s Petition to Reverse Climate Change Court Decision
The governor of Texas in an unusual move on Thursday asked the state's Supreme Court to accept an Exxon Mobil Corp petition seeking to reverse a state court decision in a climate change case. ...