Litigation/Liability Trends
Boeing Will Pay $2.5B to Resolve U.S. Criminal Probe of 737 MAX Crashes
Boeing Co will pay more than $2.5 billion in fines and compensation after reaching a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over two plane crashes that killed a total of 346 people and led to ...
Norwegian Landslide Will Cost Insurers $107M
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – A landslide that swept away homes in a residential area north of the Norwegian capital will cost insurance companies at least 900 million kroner ($107 million), a ...
2020 Temperatures Rounded Off Hottest Decade, Hit Record
Last year tied with 2016 as the world's warmest on record, rounding off the hottest decade globally as the impacts of climate change intensified, the European Union's Earth observation service said ...
No Insurance: Taxpayers on Hook for U.S. Capital Mob Attack Damage
U.S. taxpayers will be on the hook for damage from a mob attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday because the building and grounds are not insured, industry sources said. Supporters of ...
Travel Booking Website Owner Sues JetBlue for Withdrawing Fares
JetBlue Airways Corp has been sued for allegedly blocking online travel agencies from displaying its fares alongside other carriers' fares, in an illegal bid to steer travelers to its website and ...
COVID-19 Rulings Are Moving to Appellate Courts; Insurers Mostly Ahead to Date
A wave of litigation over business-interruption losses caused by COVID-19 shutdown orders has started splashing into the appellate courts. Appeals of trial court decisions in at least 11 lawsuits ...
World Bank Working With 100-Plus Countries to Resolve COVID Vaccine Legal Hurdles
The World Bank is working closely with over 100 countries to pave the way for them to receive low-interest loans and funding to purchase and distribute COVID-19 vaccines, World Bank Group President ...
FCC Increasingly Unlikely to Limit Social Media Legal Protections
The prospects of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai taking action on an effort to narrow social media companies' legal protections under a 1996 law are increasingly unlikely. Both ...