Litigation/Liability Trends
Judgment Day
In May 2022, a judge at the U.S. District Court in Texas ruled that IBM had breached a 2015 licensing agreement signed with a competitor, BMC Software Inc., awarding BMC ...
Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Rule in Blow to Regulators
A divided U.S. Supreme Court threw out a decades-old legal doctrine that empowered federal regulators to interpret unclear laws, issuing a blockbuster ruling that will constrain environmental, ...
Workers Sue Disney, Say They Were Wrongly Induced to Move to Florida
Disney workers are suing their employer, claiming they were fraudulently induced to move from California to Florida to work in a new office campus only to have those plans later scrapped amid a fight ...
Facial Recognition Startup Clearview AI Settles Privacy Suit for $50M
Facial recognition startup Clearview AI reached a settlement Friday in an Illinois lawsuit alleging its massive photographic collection of faces violated the subjects' privacy rights, a deal that ...
SpaceX Sued by Engineers Fired After Accusing Elon Musk of Sexism
Rocket maker SpaceX and its CEO Elon Musk were sued on Wednesday by eight engineers who say they were illegally fired for raising concerns about alleged sexual harassment and ...
Real Nut Case: Ice Cream Maker Sued Over Lack of Actual Pistachios
Is it nuts to assume a scoop of pistachio ice cream should contain actual pistachios? Or how about real butter in a dish of butter pecan? Such weighty questions about a favorite summertime confection ...
Nuclear Verdicts’ Amount, Frequency Continue to Increase: U.S. Chamber of Commerce
A recent report from The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) has found that nuclear verdicts of $10 million or more are on the rise. Looking at verdicts from 2013 to 2022, ILR ...
How AI in the Workplace Could Affect Insurance Coverage, Litigation
How could generative artificial intelligence affect litigation and insurance coverage as it's increasingly used in the workplace? Experts at Carrier Management's recent InsurTech Summit discussed the ...
Judge Cuts Bayer $2.25 Billion Roundup Verdict to $400 Million
A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday slashed a $2.25 billion U.S. verdict against Bayer to $400 million for a Pennsylvania man who said he developed cancer from exposure to the ...