Swiss Re: Litigation Funders Driving Social Inflation, ‘Outsize’ Verdicts December 10, 2021 By Jim Sams Swiss Re said in a report released Thursday that litigation funding has become a $17 billion industry globally, with 52%...
Sackler Family Says Billions Collected From Purdue Not Abuse Of Bankruptcy Law December 7, 2021 By Maria Chutchian Members of the Sackler family on Monday said billions of dollars they collected from Purdue Pharma before the company filed...
Nevada Court Sides With Gunmakers in Las Vegas Shooting Suit December 6, 2021 CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP)–Nevada’s Supreme Court ruled gun manufacturers cannot be held responsible for the deaths in the 2017 mass...
Chemours Shareholder Suit Over DuPont Spinoff Liabilities Dismissed November 3, 2021 By Jef Feeley and Michael Leonard A Delaware judge dismissed a suit by Chemours Co. shareholders alleging directors misled them about the company’s financial health and...
Subrogation and the Sudden Emergency Doctrine November 3, 2021 By Gary Wickert It’s happened at least once to every subrogation professional. A significant claim file involving an auto accident in which liability...
J&J, Costco Settle Lawsuits Over Recalled Sunscreen November 2, 2021 By Brendan Pierson Johnson & Johnson and Costco Wholesale Corp have reached a tentative agreement to settle lawsuits over the presence of a...
Judge in Prince Andrew Suit Says Key Document Can Be Secret October 28, 2021 By Larry Neumeister NEW YORK (AP) — A 2008 settlement agreement that a lawyer for Prince Andrew says would protect him against claims...
Southern Baptist Leader Resigns Amid Rifts Over Sex Abuse October 18, 2021 By Holly Meyer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A top Southern Baptist Convention administrator is resigning amid internal rifts over how to handle an...
Prince Andrew Acknowledges He Faces US Sex Assault Lawsuit September 30, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Andrew has acknowledged through his lawyer that he has been served with a lawsuit by...
Is Climate Litigation Covered by Insurance? September 28, 2021 By Susanne Sclafane Federal or state court? How will attribution science impact climate litigation? The questions aren’t the only ones of interest to...