Monthly Archives: <span>March 2015</span>

More Employment Suits in Pipeline in Silicon Valley

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’ decisive victory over Ellen Pao’s gender bias suit doesn’t mean Silicon Valley giants are off the hook. More lawsuits alleging gender discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation are already in the pipeline. Cases against Twitter Inc. …

Jury: Silicon Valley Venture Firm Not Guilty of Gender Bias

A jury soundly rejected Ellen Pao’s claims of gender discrimination by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, in a case that riveted Silicon Valley for weeks and exposed how women fare in the male-dominated world of venture capital. The verdict followed …

Airlines Struggle to Identify Pilots with Mental Health Conditions

As investigators try to find out why a young German pilot deliberately crashed a passenger jet into the French Alps on Tuesday, pilots and psychologists warn it may be impossible to prevent similar incidents in the future. All 150 people …

Transparency: Technology’s Next Gift to the Legal Department

Series Summary Insurance executives should be asking a lot of questions right now. They should wonder why their outside law firms haven’t adopted available technology that could eliminate expenses for routine legal work. They should ask their law firms why, …

Ohio Employers Wait for $420M Workers’ Comp Settlement

Thousands of employers in the state who were overcharged for workers compensation insurance premiums will have to wait at least a few more weeks before collecting a share of the $420 million court settlement, according to one of the attorneys …

Boston Expects Flood of Claims After Record Winter

After the Big Dig-out, it’s time for the Big Payout. Or will it be the Big Denial? New England’s epic winter is on pace to produce a corresponding number of claims as thousands of homeowners seek to repair damage. Successive …

Utility Found ‘Hazardous Situation’ Months Before New York City Blast

More than seven months before an explosion and fire leveled three apartment buildings in Manhattan’s East Village, utility workers discovered that the gas line to a restaurant in one of them had been illegally tapped, creating a hazardous situation, according …

More Counties Added to Oklahoma Earthquake List

Oklahoma officials are expanding the number of counties that are included in earthquake “areas of interest,” and asking nearly 100 companies to prove their oil and gas wastewater disposal wells are not too deep. The Tulsa World reports that the …

Illinois Senators Propose Changes in Disaster Declaration Process

U.S. Sens. Mark Kirk and Dick Durbin of Illinois are renewing their call for an update of the methods the government uses to determine disaster assistance. The Republican and the Democrat introduced Thursday what they call the Fairness in Federal …

Experts Assess Liability, Insurance Issues in Germanwings Crash

Deutsche Lufthansa AG may face unlimited liability for payments to families of victims of the Germanwings jet crashed by its suicidal co-pilot, according to lawyers. “The liability for the victims would be uncapped,” said George Leloudas, a lecturer at Swansea …