Amazon’s New User Agreement Seeks to Curb Class-Action Suits August 17, 2026 By Spencer Soper Amazon.com Inc. reintroduced a clause in its user agreement that seeks to prevent shoppers from filing class-action lawsuits against the...
Appeals Court Nixes Class Actions Against Progressive Over Actual Cash Value July 9, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson Progressive Insurance will not have to face two class actions by Pennsylvania insureds alleging that the insurer systematically underestimated the...
Viewpoint: AI Investigations and Claims Gather Pace in the United States August 15, 2023 By Hans Allnutt and Astrid Hardy Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT have been in the headlines since 2022, with many users (including children) using the...
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Bid to Sue Reddit over Child Porn May 31, 2023 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid by child pornography victims to overcome a legal shield...
Bankruptcy Judge Lets Directors of Failed Bank Tap into D&O Insurance May 25, 2023 By Jim Sams A bankruptcy judge is allowing current and former officials with the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank to tap into...
Duane Morris: 2022 Was a Banner Year for Class Action Settlements January 18, 2023 By Claims Journal staff Drugmakers and distributors that settled misconduct allegations related to the national opioid epidemic led to a banner year for class-action...
L’Oreal to Face Lawsuit over Wrinkle-Smoothing Collagen Claims September 28, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK —L’Oreal SA on Tuesday failed to persuade a U.S. judge in Manhattan to dismiss a proposed class action...
9th Circuit Allows Plaintiffs Who Won $6M Verdict Against Walmart to Sue for More July 1, 2022 By Jim Sams The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday revived a whistleblower lawsuit against Walmart Stores that alleges the retailer violated...
Sedgwick: Attorneys Involved in Claims Sooner and More Often April 13, 2022 By Claims Journal staff Attorneys are involved in a growing share of insurance claims and they are being retained much sooner, Sedgwick said in...
Bayer Reaches $80M PCB Contamination Settlement With Ohio March 26, 2022 By Tom Hals Bayer AG reached an $80 million settlement with Ohio to resolve environmental damage allegedly caused by polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs,...