Insurers Tapped to Pay Growing Number of False Claims Act Actions October 25, 2021 By Jim Sams A growing number of False Claims Act investigations combined with recent court decisions that found insurers liable for the cost...
Boy Scouts Lawyers Eye New Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan April 14, 2021 By Randall Chase DOVER, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for the Boy Scouts of America told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Monday that they plan...
Irish Central Bank: We’ll Act Against Insurers Who Don’t Pay COVID-19 Claims February 11, 2021 DUBLIN — Ireland’s central bank governor told insurers to urgently honor and pay valid claims related to COVID-19 disruption, following...
Bayer Settles Thousands More Roundup Suits September 15, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt Bayer AG settled thousands more U.S. lawsuits over its Roundup weed killer after criticism that the company was failing to...
Prominent Plaintiffs’ Firms Sought Government Bailout to Stay Afloat July 9, 2020 By Caroline Spiezio and Tina Bellon Several prominent plaintiffs’ law firms, known for striking large settlements with companies like German carmaker Volkswagen AG and Equifax Inc,...
Australia Targets Litigation Funders In Class Action Clampdown May 27, 2020 The Australian government is tightening regulatory scrutiny of wealthy litigation funders, clamping down on the industry following a surge in...
Company Found Partly Responsible for Oklahoma Rig Explosion January 30, 2020 McALESTER, Okla. — An Oklahoma jury has found a Houston-based company 10% responsible for a January 2018 explosion and fire...
Why Big Business Can Count on Courts to Keep its Deadly Secrets December 20, 2019 By Michelle Conlin, Dan Levine and Lisa Girion NEWARK, New Jersey — In the dreary archives of a Newark, New Jersey, courthouse, Ronald Motley found a treasure map....
New Laws in Calif., Colo., Mich., Ore. and La. to Impact Claims Professionals December 17, 2019 By Jim Sams Legislation that creates potential for more employment law claims in California and a measure that may give attorneys a new...
Teva’s Budding Blockbuster Drugs Lend Respite From Legal Concerns August 7, 2019 By Ilya Khrennikov Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. is preparing for a potential reckoning with the U.S. epidemic of opioid addiction. The drugmaker’s shares...