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%...
Lawyer Backs Up Baldwin’s Assertion He Didn’t Pull Trigger December 3, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin a prop gun that went off on a New...
Crew Member Sues Alec Baldwin, Others Over ‘Rust’ Shooting November 12, 2021 By Andrew Dalton LOS ANGELES (AP) — The head of lighting on the film “Rust” filed a lawsuit Wednesday over Alec Baldwin’s fatal...
Grocer Sues Oregon Beef Producer For $2.7 Million Over Outbreak October 25, 2021 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Lawyers representing New Seasons Market have filed a $2.7 million lawsuit against an Oregon beef producer...
Utah Supreme Court Finds No Liability for IME Whose Opinion Delayed Benefits August 10, 2021 By Jim Sams An independent medical examiner owed no duty of care to an injured worker who alleged that his workers’ compensation claim...
Workers Clear Last Train From Deadly Crash Site in Taiwan April 8, 2021 By Huizhong Wu TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Cabin exposed, with half of its walls and roof gone, workers pulled out the last remaining...
Judge Narrows Zoom Lawsuit Over User Privacy, ‘Zoombombing’ March 16, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge dismissed large parts of a lawsuit accusing Zoom Video Communications Inc of violating users’ privacy rights by...
Judge Narrows Zoom Lawsuit Over User Privacy, ‘Zoombombing’ March 12, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge dismissed large parts of a lawsuit accusing Zoom Video Communications Inc of violating users’ privacy rights by...
Viewpoint: Subrogating Freeze Damage When Texas Power Plants Are Not Dressed For Winter February 25, 2021 By Mark A. Solomon Successful subrogation against power companies is not a given. In determining whether the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) may...
California Boat Captain Indicted in Fire That Killed 34 December 3, 2020 By Brian Melley and Stefanie Dazio LOS ANGELES — The captain of a scuba diving boat that caught fire and sank off the coast of California...