How to Make Implants, Pacemakers and Other Medical Devices Safer April 20, 2018 By Matthew Perrone U.S. health officials on Tuesday proposed steps to improve the government’s system for overseeing medical devices, which has been criticized...
Data Breach Victims Get Second Chance Against Barnes & Noble April 20, 2018 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit seeking to hold Barnes & Noble Inc. responsible for customer losses from a...
Sedgwick Adds 6,000 Claims Specialists with Acquisition of Cunningham Lindsey April 20, 2018 Memphis-based global claims services firm Sedgwick has finalized the acquisition of competitor global loss adjusting and claims management firm Cunningham...
Trump Administration Proposes Curbs on Opioid Manufacturers April 19, 2018 By Sarah N. Lynch The U.S. government on Tuesday proposed tightening rules governing the amount of prescription opioid painkillers that drugmakers can manufacture in...
Justice Department to Review Cigna’s Bid to Buy Express Scripts April 19, 2018 By Zachary Tracer and David McLaughlin Cigna Corp. confirmed that its proposed $54 billion acquisition of Express Scripts Holding Co. will be reviewed by the U.S....
Supreme Court Appears Divided Over Foreign-Based Patent Damages April 19, 2018 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared divided over whether to make it easier for companies to recoup profits lost...
Safety Advocates Accuse Tesla of Inflating Crash Reduction Data April 19, 2018 By Ryan Beene Tesla Inc.’s ardent defense of its Autopilot system is getting heat from safety advocates who question a key data point...
Traumatic Stress Claims Expected from Southwest Airlines Engine Failure April 19, 2018 By Christopher Yasiejko Being on an airplane more than six miles in the air when an engine blows up and sends shrapnel through...
Patent Litigation Insurer RPX Insurance Services Partners with Great American April 19, 2018 By Amy O'Connor Great American Insurance Company and RPX Insurance Services, LLC (RPXIS), a wholly owned subsidiary of RPX Corporation, have entered into...
Regulators Had Concerns About Engine Type That Blew in Southwest Plane April 18, 2018 By Jeffrey Dastin, David Shepardson and Jamie Freed European regulators this month began requiring an inspection by early next year of the type of engine that blew apart...