Supreme Court to Hear Appeal Over Liability for Securities Fraud June 18, 2018 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by a New York investment banker banned from the...
Climate Change Lawsuits a Growing Threat: Opinion June 18, 2018 By Sony Kapoor, Bloomberg View Last month, a group of 10 families filed an action against the European Union at the European General Court, the...
Pennsylvania Allows ETP Mariner East 1 Pipeline to Resume Service June 18, 2018 By Scott DiSavino Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission (PUC) voted on Thursday to allow Energy Transfer Partners LP’s Sunoco Mariner East 1 natural gas...
CEO of VW’s Audi Arrested in Germany over Emissions Cheating Scandal June 18, 2018 By Edward Taylor German authorities arrested the head of Volkswagen’s luxury arm Audi on Monday, the most senior company official so far to...
Maryland Suing EPA on Power Plant Pollution in Other States June 18, 2018 A federal judge has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to respond to Maryland’s request for a declaration that power plants...
Earthquake Hits Japan’s Industrial Heartland, Causing 3 Deaths; Trains, Factories Halted June 18, 2018 By Kazunori Takada and Gearoid Reidy Three people were confirmed dead and almost 100 injured after a strong earthquake hit Osaka on Monday morning, rattling one...
Insurer Must Defend Bill Cosby Defamation Suits, Court Says June 18, 2018 A federal appeals court says an insurance company must pick up Bill Cosby’s tab to fight defamation lawsuits brought by...
Custody Protection, Regulation, Insurance Seen Paving Way for Shift to Cryptocurrencies June 18, 2018 By Sonali Basak and Olga Kharif Hedge fund manager Kyle Samani embraces his job making multimillion-dollar bets on the wild market for cryptocurrencies, but he’s long...
UK Court Rules Contractor Entitled to Employment Rights in Test Case for Gig Economy June 18, 2018 By Danica Kirka A London plumber who claimed he was unfairly dismissed after years of working as a contractor won a court ruling...
Chilton to Step Down as CEO of Gallagher’s UK Operations; Succeeded by Matson June 18, 2018 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that the head of the company’s UK-based brokerage and underwriting division, Grahame “Chily” Chilton,...