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‘Poaching’ Suits Like Aon v. Alliant: Nothing Personal, Just Routine Business
May 11 2017 // An ongoing legal battle between two large national insurance brokerage firms over employee poaching is a byproduct of a hazard faced in the financial services industries where relationships and knowledge of business...
Joe Montana Files Suit Against Developer of San Francisco Sinking High-Rise
May 10 2017 // Former San Francisco 49er Joe Montana has filed a lawsuit against the developers of a luxury high-rise condominium tower in Northern California that is sinking at an unexpected rate. San Jose television station KNTV...
Massachusetts Court Affirms How to Calculate Interest in Workers’ Comp Suit
May 10 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed the Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) reviewing board’s decision in a case involving how interest should be assessed on unpaid workers’ compensation...
Sterling Jewelers Settles EEOC Gender Bias Claims But Class Action Still Possible
May 9 2017 // Sterling Jewelers Inc. has settled claims by a U.S. agency that it discriminated against female employees in pay and promotions, but the deal will not affect a similar case brought on behalf of nearly 70,000 women who...
Florida Lawmakers Once Again Fail to Pass AOB Claims Reform
May 9 2017 // Florida lawmakers have once again let slip an opportunity to address insurance claims abuse, as legislation failed to make it through the Senate before the 2017 legislative session ended Friday. This is the fifth...
Kimberly-Clark Sues to Force Spinoff to Pay $350 Million Surgical Garb Damages
May 8 2017 // Kimberly-Clark Corp. sued its spinoff Halyard Health Inc. claiming it wrongfully refused to pick up the entire tab for a $454 million verdict against the companies over the safety of some of their surgical gowns. The...
Securities Class Action Activity Remains High: Cornerstone Research
May 8 2017 // U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement activity remained elevated through the first half of fiscal year 2017, according to Cornerstone Research. The data show an increase in actions involving...
Uber Builds Toronto AI Team, as It Awaits Outcome of Autonomous Car Lawsuit
May 8 2017 // Uber Technologies Inc., in the midst of legal battle with Alphabet Inc. over self-driving car technology, is building a new artificial intelligence team in Toronto to help improve its autonomous vehicle software. The team...
The Eagles Hit Mexico’s Hotel California with Trademark Lawsuit
May 8 2017 // The Eagles are suing the owners of a Mexican hotel named Hotel California, claiming it’s capitalizing off the band’s hit song of the same name. The band filed a federal trademark infringement lawsuit [on May 1]...
Texas House Passes ‘Hailstorm’ Bill Aimed at Weather Damage Lawsuits
May 5 2017 // Note: this story was originally published in the Texas Tribune. The Texas House gave initial passage on May 4 to a bill that would make it harder for property owners to sue insurers over weather-related damage to...
Settlement Reached in Connecticut Christmas Fire that Killed Five
May 5 2017 // A Connecticut city on Tuesday announced that it has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of three girls who died in a Christmas morning house fire that also killed their grandparents. Terms of the settlement announced by...
Facebook, Twitter, Google Sued by Families of San Bernardino Shooting Victims
May 4 2017 // Family members of three victims of the December 2015 shooting rampage in San Bernardino, California, have sued Facebook, Google and Twitter, claiming that the companies permitted Islamic State to flourish on social...
Downhole Technology Reaches $120K Settlement in Harassment, Retaliation Suit
May 4 2017 // A Houston manufacturer of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) equipment has agreed to pay a former employee $120,000 and provide other relief to settle a retaliatory discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Oregon Hotel Doors Killed Woman, Lawsuit Claims
May 4 2017 // The family of an 87-year-old woman who died after she was hit by the automatic front doors of a Portland, Ore. hotel has filed a $2.7 million lawsuit against the hotel. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that the lawsuit...
XL Catlin Expands M&A Insurance Product Suite, Adds New Staff to Global Team
May 3 2017 // XL Catlin has expanded its suite of mergers & acquisitions (M&A) insurance products aimed at supporting deals in the global transactional risk market, and has further strengthened its global team with three key...
Oregon Suit Blames Security Guard for Woman’s Leap off Insurance Building
May 3 2017 // The family of a woman who jumped off a 27-story building in downtown Portland, Ore. has sued the security guard who couldn’t stop her. The lawsuit seeks $505,000, alleging the guard was at fault for unlocking the...
Insurer’s Lawsuit Says Keurig Coffee Machine Caused Massachusetts Fire
May 3 2017 // A legal dispute is brewing between insurance company Liberty Mutual and Keurig Green Mountain, the maker of single-cup coffee machines. The Boston-based insurer has filed a lawsuit that alleges that a Massachusetts...
Supreme Court Issues Mixed Rulings on Municipal Suits Over Predatory Lending
May 2 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that cities may sue banks over predatory mortgage lending to minorities that harms municipal finances, but cast doubt on whether such cases can succeed by throwing out a lower court...
Dole Settles Suits Over Salad-Related Listeria Outbreak
May 1 2017 // Court documents show that Dole Fresh Foods has recently settled two lawsuits filed by families of people stricken by a listeria outbreak after eating salads packaged in Ohio. The Springfield News-Sun reports settlement...
North Carolina Passes Law Limiting Nuisance Lawsuits Against Hog Farmers
May 1 2017 // North Carolina lawmakers decided Thursday that hog and poultry operations should get added protection from lawsuits by neighbors complaining that swarms of flies and the intense stink of animal waste create a nuisance. The...
