Litigation/Liability Trends
Bayer Progresses Towards Roundup Settlement
Bayer said on Monday it had made progress seeking a settlement over claims its glyphosate-based Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, after Bloomberg reported the company reached a verbal agreement on ...
McDonald’s Workers Use Public Nuisance Legal Strategy in Class Action
As U.S. businesses reopen, worried workers and their advocates are borrowing a legal strategy commonly used to shut down rowdy topless bars to try and force employers to strengthen protection against ...
Update: AXA Will Pay Biz Interruption Claims to Some Restaurants After Court Defeat
AXA said on Tuesday it would meet the bulk of business interruption claims from some restaurant owners in France after it lost a court case that was seen as a potential precedent for ...
101 and Climbing: No. of Federal COVID Biz Interruption Lawsuits Expected to Rise
As of last Wednesday, a federal court had received notice that 101 lawsuits have been filed as of seeking coverage from insurers for business interruption losses caused by COVID-19, and plaintiffs ...
Court Orders AXA to Pay Restaurant’s COVID-19 Business Interruption Losses
A Paris commercial court ruled that insurer AXA must pay a restaurant owner two months' worth of coronavirus-related revenue losses, the restaurateur's lawyer said on Friday, possibly opening the ...
Purell Under Fire in Three Lawsuits Alleging Germ-Killing Shortfalls
Everyone's favorite hand sanitizer may have to stand trial for claiming it can stop you from getting sick. A trio of lawsuits has hit Purell's maker, Gojo Industries Inc., since the World Health ...
Johnson & Johnson Will Pull Talc Baby Powder From U.S., Canada
Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday announced it would stop selling its talc Baby Powder in the United States and Canada, saying demand had dropped in the wake of what it called "misinformation" about ...
Ethiopian Airlines Expects Boeing 738 MAX Compensation Agreement by June 30
Ethiopian Airlines expects a settlement with planemaker Boeing by end of June over compensation related to the 737 MAX grounding in March 2019 following two fatal crashes, CEO Tewolde Gebremariam ...