Gallagher Bassett Hires Cyber Practice Leader Kirsten Mickelson has joined Gallagher Bassett as cyber practice leader for its specialty liability division, GB Specialty. Mickelson has more than a decade of cyber claims industry experience, GB said in a press release. …
Federal appeals court judges on Tuesday appeared skeptical of 3M’s MMM.N bid to use the bankruptcy of its subsidiary Aearo Technologies to shield itself from nearly 260,000 lawsuits over allegedly defective military-issue earplugs. Paul Clement, a lawyer for Aearo, urged …
WASHINGTON –– Owners of 143,000 recalled Volkswagen Atlas vehicles should not let people sit in front passenger seats until the occupant-detection systems in these vehicles have been fixed, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Tuesday. The …
Johnson & Johnson’s shares rose nearly 4% in early trading to hit a near two-month high of $164.48 on Wednesday as the company’s $8.9 billion offer to settle talc-related lawsuits gained support of thousands of claimants, easing an overhang on …
LONDON (AP) — The number of former players from rugby union, rugby league and soccer who are taking legal action against sports governing bodies on claims they suffered brain injuries during their careers has grown to nearly 400, a British …
TOKYO (AP) — Images captured by a robotic probe inside one of the three melted reactors at Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant showed exposed steel bars in the main supporting structure and parts of its thick external concrete wall …
PARADISE, Mont. (AP) — Crews could face a difficult cleanup task after a 25-car train derailment spilled powdered clay and cases of beer beside a scenic western Montana river, leaving some cars off the tracks in a narrow, century-old tunnel …
Thirteen years after the massive Deepwater Horizons spill fouled the Gulf of Mexico, regulators and industry have reduced some risks in deep water exploration in the gulf but some troublesome safety issues persist, a new study by the National Academy …
A recent Law 360 article1 highlights the Medical Society of New Jersey’s (“Society,” or “MSNJ”) arguments in two COVID-19 business interruption cases, offered as amicus or “friend of the court” submissions designed to purportedly allow a complete presentation of the …
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A federal judge has granted class-action status in a lawsuit in which current and former students of the University of Delaware claim the school breached contractual obligations and unjustly enriched itself by halting in-person classes and …