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Danske Bank Faces Shareholder Lawsuit over Money Laundering Scandal
Jan 22 2019 // Litigation funder IMF Bentham has teamed up with legal experts Quinn Emanuel and Njord Law Firm and plans to file a shareholder lawsuit against Danske Bank by July over a 200 billion euro ($230 billion) money laundering...
Corporate Culture, Cyber Risk Are Top of Mind for D&O Underwriters
Jan 21 2019 // Transparency and culture awareness were the key takeaways from a panel discussion on top directors and officers’ claims trends that took place at this year’s Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS)...
New Suits Filed Over Pain Meds Given to Near-Death Patients in Ohio
Jan 18 2019 // An Ohio man said on Jan. 16 he was stunned to learn of allegations that his wife’s hospital death last year was caused by a doctor’s order for a fatal dose of pain medication. David Austin said he called an...
Ohio Hospital: Doc Gave Excessive Pain Meds to Near-Death Patients, Suit Filed
Jan 18 2019 // An intensive care doctor ordered “significantly excessive and potentially fatal” doses of pain medicine for at least 27 near-death patients in the past few years after families asked that lifesaving measures be...
Marex Spectron’s Metals Financing Deal Triggers Fraud Lawsuit, Insurance Dispute
Jan 18 2019 // Commodities broker Marex Spectron was warned by one of its executives about the risk of fraud before it finalized a metals financing deal with French bank Natixis that triggered a $32 million lawsuit by the lender, court...
Florida Jury Awards Family $500M in Wrongful Death Suit Over Car Shooting
Jan 18 2019 // A Florida jury has awarded nearly $500 million to the family of a woman fatally shot during an argument in a car in 2011. The family of 20-year-old Kalil McCoy of Jacksonville filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the man...
Markel Faces Investor Lawsuit Over CATCo Loss Reserves
Jan 17 2019 // Markel Corp. is facing is class action shareholder lawsuit over reserve statements by its investment management unit that are being investigated by U.S. and Bermuda authorities New York law firm Bragar Eagel & Squire...
Cities Sue Companies over Sealant Pollution in Minnesota Ponds
Jan 16 2019 // Seven Minnesota cities are suing a group of companies that refine coal-tar sealants to help pay for cleanup after the product’s harmful chemicals ended up in stormwater ponds across the state. The cities filed...
Family Behind Purdue Pharma Pushed Opioid Marketing, Massachusetts Says
Jan 16 2019 // Members of the wealthy Sackler family behind Purdue Pharma LP pushed it to boost sales of OxyContin and other opioids even as questions emerged about the extent its painkillers were being abused, Massachusetts’...
Montana Hospital Pays $10M to Settle Suit Over Radiology Services
Jan 16 2019 // A Bozeman hospital has paid out $10 million to settle a federal lawsuit that accused its radiology department of fraud. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported that recently unsealed court documents show Bozeman Health...
Connecticut Judge Dismisses Opioid Crisis Lawsuits Against Drugmakers
Jan 15 2019 // A Connecticut judge has dismissed lawsuits against Purdue Pharma and two dozen other drug companies brought by 37 cities and towns in the state, which blame them for the opioid crisis and seek to recoup millions of dollars...
Lawsuit Filed Over Crash that Killed 5 Kids Heading to Disney World
Jan 15 2019 // The mother of one of the five children who died in a fiery wreck while on their way to Walt Disney World has filed a lawsuit. The Palm Beach Post reports that attorney Joseph Fried filed the lawsuit Thursday in Palm Beach...
Hedge Fund Baupost Reported to Hold $1 Billion in PG&E Insurance Claims
Jan 14 2019 // Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group has been the poster child of the hedge fund industry’s ill-timed stock-market bets on the troubled utility PG&E Corp., which announced plans for bankruptcy. It turns out,...
Suit Targets Shell Over Oilfield Contamination in Louisiana’s Spanish Lake Basin
Jan 14 2019 // Wetland ecologist Scott Nesbit drove down a gravel oil field road in Louisiana in an all-terrain utility vehicle, zipping under a heavy forest canopy toward what he says is the source of it all. Nesbit’s target was a...
Suit Says Lloyd’s “Steered” Hawaii Homeowners, Many Were Left with Lava Exclusions
Jan 11 2019 // A federal class action lawsuit alleges that Lloyd’s of London and its affiliated insurance brokers “steered” Hawaiian homeowners throughout the state away from comprehensive home insurance coverage...
Judge Lets Berkshire Hathaway’s Dairy Queen Sue Over ‘Blizzard’ Trademark
Jan 11 2019 // A federal judge in Minnesota ruled this week that Dairy Queen, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., may pursue its lawsuit to stop W.B. Mason Co. from selling “Blizzard” bottled spring...
Alphabet Directors Sued Over Exit Pay, Coverups Tied to Harassment Allegations
Jan 11 2019 // Alphabet Inc.’s directors were sued by shareholders for approving a $90 million exit payment to Andy Rubin, the creator of the Android mobile software, while helping cover up his alleged misconduct and similar...
Dartmouth Student’s Lawsuit Alleges He Was Unjustly Expelled
Jan 11 2019 // A former Dartmouth College student has sued the school, saying he was unjustly expelled over a sexual assault allegation. New Hampshire Public Radio reports the complaint filed Monday in federal court alleges a consensual...
Family of Boy Scout Killed by Falling Tree at Georgia Camp Sues Scouts Group
Jan 11 2019 // The family of a 14-year-old Texas Boy Scout who was killed when a tree fell on his tent at a Georgia Scout camp is suing the Atlanta-area group overseeing Scouts programs. News outlets report Elijah Knight’s parents,...
Los Angeles to Pay $1.8M in Police Sexual Assault Suit
Jan 10 2019 // Los Angeles has agreed to pay $1.8 million to a woman who was sexually assaulted by two police officers. The Los Angeles Times reported the lawsuit settlement agreement was filed Monday in federal court, although it still...
