Liability News
Satellite Crash Will Send Space Insurance Costs Rocketing
Space rockets and satellites are likely to cost more to insure after the European Vega rocket crash this month, which hit insurers with a record space market loss of 369 million euros ($411.21 ...
J&J Fights to Keep Lawsuit in Play Designed to Force Baby Powder Cancer Warning
Johnson & Johnson wants its day in court to fight a lawsuit intended to force it to put a cancer warning on the company's Baby Powder. So, it's urging a judge not to let a law firm that's been ...
U.S. Judge Slashes $2B Roundup Verdict Against Bayer to $86M
A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer AG's glyphosate-based weed killer, Roundup, for their cancer to $86.7 million. ...
California Utility Expects to Make $4.8B Initial Contribution to Wildfire Fund
Power producer PG&E Corp said on Thursday its initial contribution to California's wildfire fund would be about $4.8 billion, and annual contribution about $193 million. The company said ...
Facebook Agrees to Pay Record $5B to Settle Privacy Violation Claims
Facebook Inc. agreed to pay a record $5 billion to resolve a U.S. investigation into years of privacy violations, a settlement that increases the board of directors' responsibility for protecting ...
Equifax Customers Will Struggle to Get Claims Properly Addressed
Consumers affected by the massive Equifax Inc data breach in 2017 will not reap any windfalls from the credit reporting company's $700 million U.S. settlement announced on Monday, but may face a ...
Another Opioid Distributor Is Charged Over Its Role in the U.S. Drug Epidemic
An Ohio drug wholesale distributor and two former executives were charged on Thursday with profiting from the U.S. opioid epidemic by selling millions of pills despite signs the addictive drugs were ...
Roundup Jury Award Slashed to $25.3M; Bayer Appeal Still Planned
A federal judge on Monday slashed a damages award Bayer AG owed a California man who blamed Roundup weed killer for his cancer, to $25.27 million from $80.27 million, while rejecting the company's ...