Liability News
VW Denies Allegations Its Chairman Knew Early About Emissions Test Cheating
Volkswagen has denied allegations that Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch knew about the carmaker's emissions test cheating almost three months before U.S. authorities made it public in September 2015. ...
Insurance Broker A.J. Gallagher, Others View ‘Clean’ Coal Subsidies as Major Profit Generator
Earlier this year, the chief financial officer of global insurance giant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. explained to analysts how the company had turned a little-known U.S. energy subsidy into a ...
Cannabis Industry Has ‘Really Strong Need’ for Specialty Insurance: Expert Perspective
There's "still a really strong need" for specialty insurance to cover cannabis businesses as well as medical professionals prescribing cannabis, according to an attorney who specializes in the ...
Marriott Cyber Attack Puts Data From 500 Million People At Risk
Marriott International Inc. has been investigating a hack involving unauthorized access to the guest reservation database at its Starwood unit since 2014, in what may be one of the biggest such data ...
Dell Stops Hack Attack on Online Electronics Store, Resets Customer Passwords
Dell Inc said on Wednesday that it reset passwords for all accounts on its Dell.com online electronics store on Nov. 14, five days after it discovered and stopped hackers who were attempting to steal ...
PG&E Declined to Cut Power During Windstorm as California Wildfire Ramped Up
In the days before California's deadliest wildfire erupted near a PG&E Corp. power line during a windstorm, the company kept a close eye on the weather, warned customers it might shut off ...
Allianz, Boeing Win as U.S. Judge Dismisses Suit Over Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight
A U.S. judge has dismissed nationwide litigation over the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in which victims' families sought to hold the carrier, its insurer Allianz SE and Boeing Co ...
J&J Cleared of Talc Cancer Liability in California Jury Trial
A California jury on Wednesday cleared Johnson & Johnson of liability in a case involving a woman who alleged that the company's talc-based products, including its baby powder, contain asbestos ...