Climate-Friendly Battery Boom Presents Growing Fire Safety Challenge January 29, 2020 By David R. Baker and Mark Chediak The explosion ruptured the dusk settling over the desert in Surprise, Arizona. For hours, smoke had poured from a metal...
Opioid Victims Can Now File Injury Claims in Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Case January 29, 2020 By Geoff Mulvihill State and local governments have been leading the legal fight against the opioid industry, seeking payouts to help them deal...
Opioid Kickback Probe Cites OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma: Reuters January 29, 2020 By Mike Spector and Tom Hals OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP is the unnamed company that surfaced in criminal charging documents filed earlier this week in...
Many Global Firms Face High Coronavirus Costs Due to Insurance Exclusions January 29, 2020 By Noor Zainab Hussain, Carolyn Cohn and Sumeet Chatterjee Many global companies from hotels and airlines to industrial houses are expected to have to foot the bill for disruptions...
Key House Member Eyes Internet Liability Changes Before Election January 29, 2020 By Ben Brody and Rebecca Kern Representative Jan Schakowsky has asked her staff to examine changes to a liability shield that protects tech platforms such as...
Everest Offers Small Law Firm Liability Program Via Digital Broker Embroker January 29, 2020 Everest Insurance has joined with digital broker Embroker to provide an online lawyers’ professional liability program for law firms with...
Electricity Can’t Hold Candle to Artificial Intelligence in Significance: Alphabet CEO January 28, 2020 By Amy Thomson and Stephanie Bodoni Google’s chief executive officer has left no doubt about how important he thinks artificial intelligence will be to humanity. “AI...
Top Workplace Discrimination Claims January 28, 2020 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has detailed breakdowns for the 72,675 charges of workplace discrimination the agency received in...
Cause of Kobe Bryant Copter Crash Unclear; Flight Approval Under Review January 28, 2020 By Alan Levin The helicopter carrying retired basketball star Kobe Bryant and eight others had been cleared to operate in deteriorating weather but...
Hiring Momentum May Be Slowing Overall But Not in Insurance January 28, 2020 By Lucia Mutikani There is an even balance in the share of U.S. businesses reporting decreases and increases in employment for the first...