Court Nixes Damages Theory Behind Apple, Broadcom $1.1B Verdict Over WiFi Patents February 7, 2022 By Blake Brittain and Jonathan Stempel A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out a jury verdict ordering Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc. to pay $1.1...
Reuters Special Report: J&J’s Secret Plan to Limit Payouts to Cancer Claimants February 7, 2022 By Mike Spector and Dan Levine Johnson & Johnson created a plan last year to limit the financial bleeding from billions of dollars in jury awards...
The Hartford Q4 Net Income Rises 36% on Commercial Lines Growth February 4, 2022 By Chad Hemenway Net income at the The Hartford for the fourth quarter 2021 ended at $729 million, a 36% increase from income...
Former Human Rights Campaign President Accuses Group of Racial Discrimination February 4, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The Black former president of the Human Rights Campaign is suing the organization he headed, accusing it of racial discrimination...
News Corp. Suspects China Behind Cyber Attack on Its Email System February 4, 2022 Digital intruders broke into News Corp. email accounts and compromised the data of an unspecified number of journalists, the company...
As Road Fatalities Spike, States Get Funds for Safety Enforcement and Speed Cameras February 4, 2022 By Hope Yen Drivers, beware: Speed cameras could be on their way to a location near you thanks to President Joe Biden’s infrastructure...
Nike Files Trademark Suit Against Online Retailer to Halt Sale of Sneaker NFTs February 4, 2022 By Blake Brittain Sneaker giant Nike sued online reseller StockX in New York federal court on Thursday for selling unauthorized images of Nike...
Court Siding With Merck Over War Exclusion for Cyber Attack a Warning to Insurers February 4, 2022 By Chad Hemenway Last month the Superior Court of New Jersey ruled insurers cannot use a policy exclusion to avoid covering about $1.4...
NASA: Earth’s Temperature in 2021 Was 1.5 Degrees F Above Baseline February 3, 2022 By Don Jergler Earth’s global average surface temperatures in 2021 were 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit (0.85 degrees Celsius) above the average for NASA’s baseline...
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