Hackers ‘Without Conscience’ Target Health-Care Providers April 1, 2020 By Ryan Gallagher When hackers broke into computers at Hammersmith Medicines Research, a London-based company that carries out clinical trials for new medicines,...
Barclays Wins Top Court Ruling Over Doctor’s Sex Abuse April 1, 2020 By Ellen Milligan and Max Abelson Barclays Plc won a Supreme Court ruling over allegations that a doctor sexually assaulted patients while conducting physicals for the...
Insurers Back Government Fund for Employers, Workers Hurt by Virus Shutdowns April 1, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson The property/casualty insurance industry has joined a broad business coalition in supporting and crafting a new federal relief fund for...
Main Street Wig Shop Among New Litigants in COVID Claims Battle April 1, 2020 By Jim Sams As coronavirus spreads across the country, litigation against insurers for denying claims caused by the pandemic is spreading along with...
Artificial Intelligence Can Help Some Businesses, But Not All March 31, 2020 By Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute The temptation for businesses to use artificial intelligence and other technology to improve performance, drive down labor costs, and better...
Insurer Chubb Investigating a ‘Computer Security Incident’ March 31, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn Insurer Chubb Ltd on Thursday said it is investigating a computer security incident that may involve unauthorized access to data...
PG&E Won’t Make Victims of Deadly Fire Pay Its Criminal Fine March 31, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt PG&E Corp. won’t tap a fund for wildfire victims to pay $4 million in fines and expenses for involuntary manslaughter,...
Zoom Sued for Allegedly Illegally Disclosing Personal Data March 31, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt Zoom Video Communications Inc. was sued by a user who claims the popular video-conferencing service is illegally disclosing personal information....
Walmart Amps Up Its Virus Response for Workers March 31, 2020 By Matthew Boyle Walmart Inc. will provide masks and gloves for its workers and take their temperature before shifts, the latest moves by...
Viewpoint: What the Government Can and Should Do in Response to COVID-19 March 31, 2020 By Gary L. Wickert The world-wide spread of COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) presents us all with rather interesting questions about the power and role of...