Drug Advertising Drives $30 Billion Medical Industry Marketing Machine January 11, 2019 By Lindsey Tanner Ads for prescription drugs appeared 5 million times in just one year, capping a recent surge in U.S. medical marketing,...
How Commercial Insurance Rates Changed in Q4 and 2018: IVANS January 11, 2019 Renewal premium rates for nearly all major commercial insurance lines increased in the fourth quarter of last year with the...
Judge Lets Berkshire Hathaway’s Dairy Queen Sue Over ‘Blizzard’ Trademark January 11, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge in Minnesota ruled this week that Dairy Queen, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., may pursue...
Snowfall Continues to Disrupt Parts of Austria, Germany and Norway January 11, 2019 Heavy snowfall continued Thursday in parts of Austria and southern Germany, with several places cut off and the bad weather...
Alphabet Directors Sued Over Exit Pay, Coverups Tied to Harassment Allegations January 11, 2019 By Kartikay Mehrotra, Joel Rosenblatt and Mark Bergen Alphabet Inc.’s directors were sued by shareholders for approving a $90 million exit payment to Andy Rubin, the creator of...
Iran Hackers Could Be Behind Wave of Cyber Attacks on Infrastructure: FireEye January 11, 2019 By David Tweed Cyber attackers in Iran could be behind a wave of hacks on government and communications infrastructure that will require a...
New York Fines Two Insurers $2.2M, Orders $8M in Rebates to Firefighters January 11, 2019 The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has fined Arch Insurance Company and National Union Fire Insurance Company...
Dartmouth Student’s Lawsuit Alleges He Was Unjustly Expelled January 11, 2019 A former Dartmouth College student has sued the school, saying he was unjustly expelled over a sexual assault allegation. New...
New Jersey Sex Assault Victim Wants College Held Liable January 11, 2019 By Maryclaire Dale A lawyer for a college student who was sexually assaulted at a fraternity “Date Night” party and then driven across...
Zurich Policyholder Dispute Highlights Danger of Calling Out Cyber Attackers: Opinion January 11, 2019 By Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg Opinion The $100 million lawsuit that Mondelez, the maker of Oreos and Cadbury chocolate, has brought against Zurich Insurance Group shows...