CoreLogic Report Probes Evolving Severe Convective Storm Risk Landscape
There were 141 days with large hail that fell on more than 10 million single and multifamily homes in the contiguous U.S. in 2023, making it the highest number of days in 20 years, according to...
View ArticleBridge Disaster in Baltimore Gets FBI Criminal Investigation
The US has opened a criminal investigation into what occurred on a cargo ship before it crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused it to collapse last month, according to a person...
View ArticleRapper Drake Has Lawsuits Dismissed Over Deadly Astroworld Concert
Hip-hop artist Drake has been dismissed from a lawsuit over the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston in which 10 people were killed, a judge has ruled. Drake was a special guest of rap superstar...
View ArticleIowa Supreme Court Overturns $790K Harassment Award
Inappropriate comments by a superior to a social worker and between other employees at the state Department of Human Services did not justify a $790,000 jury award for sexual harassment, the Iowa...
View ArticleJustice Department Preparing Ticketmaster Antitrust Lawsuit
The Justice Department may file an antitrust complaint as soon as next month aimed at forcing Live Nation Entertainment Inc. to spin off its Ticketmaster ticketing business, according to three people...
View ArticleMicrosoft, Beset by Hacks, Grapples With Problem Years in the Making
The world’s largest seller of cybersecurity products has a problem with its own cybersecurity. In recent years, Microsoft Corp. has been hit with a series of embarrassing hacks that have exposed...
View ArticleSmartmatic, One America News Settle Election Defamation Lawsuit
Smartmatic has settled a lawsuit accusing right-wing television network One America News of defamation by falsely claiming that the voting technology company rigged the 2020 U.S. presidential election...
View ArticleUnited Airlines Says Boeing to Compensate for Damages Caused by MAX 9 Grounding
United Airlines will receive compensation from planemaker Boeing for financial damages incurred in the first quarter due to the grounding of 737 MAX 9 aircraft, the carrier said on Wednesday. U.S....
View ArticleZurich, Philadelphia, Others Ordered to Pay $345M to Cover Abuse Charges at...
Five insurance companies have been ordered to pay $345 million to cover damages awarded to 20 men who said they were victims of sexual abuse at a prestigious boarding school in Georgia in the 1970s and...
View ArticleWells Fargo Bond Saleswoman Claims Pay Bias in ‘Boys Club’ Team
A Wells Fargo & Co. bond saleswoman sued the bank for sex discrimination, claiming she was denied the same promotions and pay as men and forced to endure a “boys’ club” environment. Michal Leavitt,...
View ArticleGrindr Sued in London for Sharing Users HIV Status With Ad Firms
Grindr Inc. was sued by users for sharing sensitive personal information, including their HIV status, with advertising companies in a London lawsuit. The LGBTQ+ app allegedly shared information to...
View ArticleJ&J, Kenvue Told to Pay $45 Million to Baby Powder User’s Family
Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue Inc. were ordered to pay $45 million to the family of an Illinois woman who blamed the companies’ baby powders for giving her a fatal cancer in what was the first...
View ArticleSanofi to Pay $100 Million to Settle Zantac Cancer Lawsuits
Sanofi will pay more than $100 million to settle about 4,000 lawsuits accusing the French drugmaker of failing to warn users that its Zantac heartburn medicine could cause cancer, according to people...
View ArticleJapanese Doctors Demand Damages from Google Over “Groundless” Reviews
A group of Japanese doctors has filed a civil lawsuit against U.S. search giant Google, demanding damages for what they claim are unpoliced derogatory and often false comments. The lawsuit, filed last...
View ArticleJury Awards $80M to 3 Former Zurich NA Employees for Wrongful Termination
Zurich North America was ordered by a California jury to pay three former employees a total of about $80.2 million to end a wrongful termination case earlier this month. Melinda Brantley, Nicholas...
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