Home Depot Confirms Payment System Was Hacked September 9, 2014 By Matt Townsend and Chris Strohm Home Depot Inc., the largest home- improvement chain, confirmed that hackers infiltrated its computer systems at stores in the U.S.... Read More
U.K. Government Warns on Treatment of BP Over Oil Spill Claims September 8, 2014 BP Plc got support from the U.K. government in its U.S. court fight over the level of compensation required under... Read More
Economic Losses from August Quake, Weather in U.S. Top $4 Billion: Aon September 8, 2014 As far as natural perils go, August was mostly about earthquakes, along with a few tropical storms and typhoons around... Read More
J&J Was Warned on Hip Implant Poisoning Risk, Plaintiff’s Lawyer Says September 8, 2014 By Jef Feeley and Tom Korosec Johnson & Johnson knew as early as 2001 the metal-on-metal version of its Pinnacle artificial hips might generate debris that... Read More
BP Gross Negligence Ruling a Warning to Big Oil and Partners September 5, 2014 By Bradley Olson, Margaret Cronin Fisk and Harry R. Weber A U.S. judge’s watershed ruling means the final cost to BP Plc for the 2010 Gulf oil spill may eclipse... Read More
El Nino Chances Lowered to 60% September 5, 2014 A U.S. weather forecaster pegged the likelihood of the El Niño weather phenomenon occurring during the Northern Hemisphere autumn and... Read More
Judge’s Ruling That BP ‘Grossly Negligent’ in Gulf Spill Could Cost Billions September 5, 2014 By Margaret Cronin Fisk BP Plc acted with gross negligence in setting off the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, a federal judge... Read More
BP Seeks Removal of Gulf Spill Claims Chief Juneau September 4, 2014 BP Plc asked a U.S. court on Tuesday to fire the court-appointed lawyer tasked with paying out compensation to people... Read More
NCAA $60M Video Image Settlement Could Attract 100,000 Claimants September 4, 2014 By Phil Milford The National Collegiate Athletic Association and Electronic Arts Inc. are scheduled to seek final court approval next May 14 of... Read More
Pinnacle Hip Implants Jury Told J&J Marketing Ran ‘Amok’ September 4, 2014 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson’s bid to convince doctors the metal-on-metal version of its Pinnacle hip implants were safe amounted to “marketing... Read More