Drug Firms Win Court Bid Halting White House Rule Aimed at Lowering Drug Prices December 28, 2020 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar A late-term maneuver by President Donald Trump to use lower drug prices paid overseas to limit some of Medicare’s own...
Smaller Websites Nervous Over Giant Facebook’s Support for Liability Reform December 24, 2020 By Todd Shields and Ben Brody Facebook Inc. says it’s time to rethink the legal immunity that protects it from lawsuits over what users post online,...
Social Inflation Lesson: Not Settling Cost Insurer Millions in Suit by Excess Insurer December 23, 2020 By Jim Sams The defense team for Chubb Group’s Ace American Insurance Co. was confident that no jury would award more than $2...
Google Adds Extra Scrutiny of Its Scientists’ Research on ‘Sensitive Topics’ December 23, 2020 By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin Alphabet Inc.’s Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a “sensitive topics” review, and...
Masks Help Curb COVID-19’s Spread But May Not be Enough at Close Distances December 23, 2020 Simply wearing a face mask may not be enough to prevent the spread of COVID-19 without social distancing. In a...
Insuring Cannabis Summit: Legal Cannabis Space Moving at Light Speed December 23, 2020 By Don Jergler Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during Insurance Journal’s 2020 Insuring...
Challenges Facing Healthcare Pros on COVID Vaccine Frontlines: Q&A with Aon Experts December 23, 2020 Is the U.S. healthcare industry prepared to shoulder the massive responsibility of administering an estimated 300 million COVID-19 vaccinations? Healthcare...
Walmart Denies U.S. Charges It Fueled Opioid Crisis by Filling ‘Illegitimate Prescriptions’ December 23, 2020 By David Shepardson and Mark Hosenball The U.S. Justice Department sued Walmart Inc. on Tuesday, accusing the world’s biggest retailer of fueling the opioid crisis in...
Cover Whale Expands Trucking Offering to Include Fleets December 23, 2020 Cover Whale, an insurtech with a specialty niche in the trucking and transportation segment, has expanded its trucking insurance products...
Small Businesses, Lacking Legal Immunity, Fear COVID-19 Liability Lawsuits December 22, 2020 By David Sharp Plans for a lawsuit against a Maine venue that hosted what became a “superspreader” wedding reception underscore the liability risks...