Climate Battles are Moving into the Courtroom, and Lawyers are Getting Creative LONDON/WASHINGTON/GENEVA — Climate change may be having its day in court. With the slow pace of international climate negotiations, lawyers... Read More
Russian Watchdog Seeks $2B in Damages From Nornickel Over Arctic Fuel Spill Russia’s environmental watchdog has asked a power subsidiary of Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel to pay almost 148 billion roubles... Read More
Novartis Settles U.S. Fraud Lawsuit Over Sham Speaker Programs NEW YORK — Novartis AG agreed to pay $678 million to settle a civil fraud lawsuit brought by the U.S.... Read More
Nornickel Draws Up Permafrost Monitoring Plan After Arctic Fuel Spill MOSCOW, July 2 — Russia’s Norilsk Nickel , a major global nickel and palladium producer, has prepared a long-term program... Read More
Claims People: SCA, AqualisBraemar and Munich Re SCA Appraisal Appoints Director and Managers SCA Appraisal has created a new Customer Success division and appointed Monica Diaz as... Read More
Wirecard Exposes Big 4 Accounting Lapses Endure Post-Enron Two decades of financial disasters from Enron Inc.’s collapse in 2001 to Wirecard AG’s meltdown have left the Big Four... Read More
Lloyd’s Calls For State-Backed ‘Black Swan’ Reinsurance LONDON — “Black Swan” reinsurance schemes backed by governments could help businesses get insurance pay-outs after huge shocks such as... Read More
Viewpoint: Covid-19 Shows That Scientific Journals Need to Open Up One big change brought on by Covid-19 is that virtually all the scientific research being produced about it is free... Read More
Environmental Groups Propose Tailings Dam Safety Standards Mining companies should be required to buy private insurance for tailings dams and their board of directors should be held... Read More
Car Crashes Deadlier as Drivers Speed During Lockdowns Coronavirus lockdowns led to huge reductions in traffic and fewer car crashes this spring, but as drivers sped up on... Read More