European Insurers Wary of Rising Threat of Sanctions Against Nord Stream 2 Pipeline December 2, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn and Kirstin Ridley A simmering threat of sanctions against the operator of the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline risks shutting off cover...
UK Court Approves $14 Billion-Plus Class Action Against Mastercard August 19, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley A London court on Wednesday approved a 10 billion pound-plus ($14 billion-plus) class action against global payments processor Mastercard that...
Insurers Expect COVID-19 Liability Claims Against Employers as Employees Return August 16, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn, Noor Zainab Hussain and Kirstin Ridley Liability insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are scaling back the cover they offer companies ahead of an expected...
Insurers Expect COVID-19 Liability Claims Against Employers as Employees Return August 6, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn, Noor Zainab Hussain and Kirstin Ridley Liability insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are scaling back the cover they offer companies ahead of an expected...
London Court of Appeal Agrees to Reopen $7B Brazil Dam-Collapse Lawsuit Against BHP July 28, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley London’s Court of Appeal made a U-turn on Tuesday by agreeing to reopen a $7 billion lawsuit by 200,000 claimants...
London Court Will Reconsider $6.9B Suit Against BHP Over 2015 Brazil Dam Collapse May 7, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley LONDON – London’s Court of Appeal will hear a request to revive a 5 billion pound ($6.95 billion) lawsuit against...
UK Supreme Court Urged to Allow Privacy Class Action Against Google April 30, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley Blocking a proposed British class action against Google, that alleges it secretly tracked millions of iPhone users a decade ago,...
U.S.-Style Google iPhone Privacy Case Viewed as a Landmark for UK Class Actions April 29, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley A proposed multi-billion pound British class action against Google, which alleges the internet giant secretly tracked millions of iPhone users,...
TikTok Faces Damages Claim Worth Billions in London Child-Privacy Lawsuit April 21, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley LONDON – TikTok, the wildly popular video app, and its Chinese parent ByteDance could face a damages claim worth billions...
Mastercard Battles Attempts to Expand Scope of $19B Class Action in UK March 29, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley LONDON – Mastercard, a global payment processor, is battling attempts to add about 14 million deceased people to a 14...