Opioid Lawsuits Unlikely to Top Tobacco Settlements June 25, 2019 By Martin Z. Braun An Oklahoma case, the first of more than 1,600 lawsuits filed by U.S. state and local governments against opioid makers...
Reuters Report: How Judges’ Secrecy Has Added to Toll of Opioids and Other Products June 25, 2019 By Benjamin Lesser, Dan Levine, Lisa Girion and Jaimi Dowdell WELCH, West Virginia —The opioid epidemic that has so far killed half a million Americans is routinely blamed on greedy...
Ironshore Environmental Adds Contractors Pollution Liability Product to Online Portal June 25, 2019 Ironshore Environmental has streamlined its Contractors Environmental Legal Liability (CELL) policy to be underwritten by broker partners through its online...
JetBlue Lawsuit Claims Walmart Violates Its Trademark with Jetblack Service June 25, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel JetBlue Airways Corp. has sued Walmart Inc. for trademark infringement, in an effort to stop the world’s largest retailer from...
Supreme Court to Hear Fight Over $12 Billion Obamacare Payments to Insurers June 25, 2019 By Nate Raymond The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether insurers can seek $12 billion from the federal government under...
Supreme Court Offs Ban on Foul Language Trademarks June 25, 2019 By Andrew Chung The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a longstanding U.S. ban on trademarks on “immoral” or “scandalous” words and symbols,...
Trump Moves to Force Hospitals, Insurers to Disclose Prices June 25, 2019 By John Tozzi The Trump administration took a step toward making paying for health care more like paying for coffee, computers or clothing,...
MGM Resorts Sues Zurich American Insurance for Las Vegas Shooting Defense Costs June 24, 2019 More than 4,000 people are seeking damages from MGM Resorts International related to the Las Vegas Strip mass shooting that...
How Workers’ Comp Helps People to Recover: NCCI CEO Commentary June 24, 2019 By Bill Donnell Every year there are more than two million workplace injuries in the United States. Behind each of those claims is...
Iran Increases Cyber Attacks on U.S. Gov’t, Infrastructure: Cyber Security Firms June 24, 2019 By Tami Abdollah Iran has increased its offensive cyber attacks against the U.S. government and critical infrastructure as tensions have grown between the...