Walmart Balks at $5.2 Million Damages Claim for Disability Bias Against Employee October 14, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson A jury last week found that Walmart violated federal law for failing to accommodate the disabilities of a longtime employee...
Facebook Loses Backers for Its Libra Digital Currency But Could Still Proceed October 14, 2019 By Barbara Ortutay Facebook faces a rough road ahead with Libra, but defections by high-profile partners are still unlikely to spell the end...
J&J’s Legal Beating May Only Get Worse with Baby Powder, Opioid, Hip and Other Claims October 14, 2019 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson has taken some costly beatings in court this year. And it could get worse. Just last week,...
Critics Hit SEC Revamp of Wall Street Whistleblower Program October 14, 2019 By Marcy Gordon A federal agency is moving with little fanfare to revamp one of the most successful whistleblower programs in the government,...
Berkshire’s MedPro Acquires Swiss Re Corporate Health Care Liability Business October 14, 2019 Berkshire Hathaway health care liability insurance unit MedPro Group has agreed to acquire the healthcare professional liability business of Swiss...
Bankruptcy Judge Grants Purdue Pharma Time Out from Government Opioid Litigation October 13, 2019 By Steven Church and Erik Larson Purdue Pharma LP and its billionaire owners won a temporary reprieve from nearly 2,700 opioid lawsuits, giving the bankrupt drugmaker...
Vaping-Related Illnesses Could be Due to Multiple Causes: U.S. Health Agencies October 11, 2019 U.S. health officials said on Friday there may be more than one cause to the outbreak of the mysterious lung...
What Agents Should Know Before Joining an Insurance Agency Network October 11, 2019 By Matt Masiello Today is a great time to be an independent agent, but running an independent agency is not easy. Without an...
Cyber Insurance Will Reshape Cybersecurity October 11, 2019 By Asaf Lifshitz Cybersecurity is broken. It’s a bold statement, but given the increasing frequency of cyber breaches, along with the presence of...
How TRIA Would Handle Another 9/11: I.I.I. October 11, 2019 By James Lynch The Insurance Information Institute’s new white paper, “A World Without TRIA: Incalculable Risk,” shows how the market for terrorism insurance...