Jury Sides with J&J in Latest Talcum-Cancer Claim April 8, 2019 By Margaret Cronin Fisk, Sarah Favot and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson won the latest trial over claims its iconic baby powder can cause cancer, as a jury in...
Nationwide Insurance CEO Rasmussen to Retire After 10 Years at Helm April 8, 2019 Long-time Nationwide Chief Executive Officer Steve Rasmussen plans to retire later in 2019, the company disclosed. Rasmussen’s last official day...
Fixing Errors in Autonomous Cars’ Perceptions Before They Hit the Road April 5, 2019 It’s a big question for many people in traffic-dense cities like Los Angeles: When will self-driving cars arrive? But following...
Opioid Trial Winds Down; Insys Execs Deny Bribing Doctors, Duping Insurers April 5, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Janelle Lawrence A U.S. prosecutor portrayed Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor and other former executives as greedy and heartless during closing...
Family of American Killed in 737 Max Crash Sues Boeing, Ethiopian Airlines April 5, 2019 By Tracy Rucinski The family of an American woman killed in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX filed a lawsuit on...
QBE’s Zortman Joins AIG to Lead Private Client Group April 5, 2019 American International Group said Kathleen Zortman will join the company as president and chief executive officer of Private Client Group,...
Here’s the ‘Unlucky 13’ Forecast for the 2019 Hurricane Season April 5, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan There’s a lot of reasons people think 13 is an unlucky number. This year may add another. At least 13...
Trump Deregulation Plan Facing Court Challenge by 3 States April 5, 2019 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Andrew Harris, Bloomberg California, Oregon and Minnesota sued President Donald Trump and several top cabinet officials over the administration’s requirement that federal agencies...
Sorry, Laws Protecting Doctors Who Apologize Don’t Lessen Litigation April 5, 2019 Laws intended to reduce malpractice litigation by protecting doctors who want to apologize don’t work, according to a new Vanderbilt...
Microsoft Insurer Loses Bid To Recoup $175M from Xbox Chipmaker Hit by Fire April 4, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Microsoft Corp.’s captive insurer has lost its bid to recover $175 million in costs the software maker said it incurred...