Monthly Archives: <span>September 2016</span>

Louisiana Police Jury Files Claim, Hires Law Firm to Recover Stolen Money

The Rapides Parish Police Jury has hired a law firm to try to recover money they say was stolen from the District Attorney’s Office by an employee. The police jury, which is the governing authority for the parish, agreed on …

Business Moves: XL Catlin, General Star, Property Drone Consortium

XL Catlin Boosts Global Property Insurance Capacity to $400M To accommodate increasing property values around the world and more complex risks, XL Catlin extended its global property insurance capacity to $400 million (USD), a more than 25 percent increase from …

Still Waiting on Safety Recommendations After Hudson Jet Landing 7 Years Ago

More than seven years after an airline captain saved 155 lives by ditching his crippled airliner in the Hudson River, now the basis of a new movie, most of the safety recommendations stemming from the accident haven’t been carried out. …

$4.2M Settlement After Death at Hawaii Clinic of Man With Sore Throat

The widow and children of a man who went to a rural Hawaii health center with a sore throat in 2013 and ended up dead will receive a $4.2 million settlement from the federal government, the widow’s lawyer said Wednesday. …

Norton Rose Fulbright’s 2016 Litigation Trends Annual Survey Results

A newly released litigation trends survey indicates an upward trend in virtually all of the metrics relating to litigation and the broader disputes area. Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright released its 2016 Litigation Trends Annual Survey, which polled more …

Product Liability Plaintiff Lawyers Warned They May Pay For Filing Frivolous Suits

Lawyers who defend companies in product liability cases are celebrating an unusual order by a federal judge in Columbus, Georgia. In it, he told attorneys for the other side—the ones who represent injured consumers—that he was going to crack down …

Feds Recall 1M Samsung Phones

U.S. safety regulators started an official recall of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, about two weeks after the company halted sales following reports of dozens of the devices catching fire or exploding. Samsung is recalling about 1 million …

Wyoming to Introduce New Connected Technology to Reduce I-80 Crashes

State transportation officials are planning to use new connected vehicle technology on the Interstate 80 corridor in an effort to prevent crashes on the road, which has the highest traffic volume in Wyoming. The I-80 corridor in Wyoming is one …

Uber Offers Riders a Glimpse of the Driverless Future

Uber riders in Pittsburgh can get a glimpse of the future by summoning a car capable of handling most of the tasks of driving on its own. Starting Wednesday morning, a fleet of self-driving Ford Fusions will pick up Uber …

Florida Man Gets 11+ Year Prison for $4.8M Gold Truck Heist

A Florida man was sentenced Monday to more than 11 years in prison for helping plot and carry out the sophisticated armed robbery of gold bars valued at $4.8 million from a truck that was stopped using remote-control devices along …