March 20, 2024
Apple Inc. lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that its AirTag devices help stalkers track their victims. US District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco ruled Friday that three plaintiffs in the class-action suit had made sufficient claims …
March 20, 2024
A bill that would end direct-action lawsuits against trucking insurers is rolling toward the governor’s desk after it was approved by the full House of Representatives this week. Senate Bill 426, heralded as a way to encourage more insurance carriers …
March 20, 2024
The Biden administration is warning states to be on guard for cyberattacks against water systems, citing ongoing threats from hackers linked to the governments of Iran and China. “Disabling cyberattacks are striking water and wastewater systems throughout the United States,” …
March 20, 2024
Vale SA is set to face a fresh legal front over a catastrophic Brazilian dam collapse in 2015 after thousands of victims sued the company in a Dutch court in a claim that could cost the mining giant £3 billion …
March 20, 2024
More catastrophic weather events last year led to longer timeframes between steps in the claims processes, delivering a big hit to customer satisfaction, a new report shows. The J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Property Claims Satisfaction Study out this week shows …
March 20, 2024
A New Jersey law requiring residential and commercial landlords and sellers of real estate to disclose any flood history and potential flood risks to prospective renters and purchasers goes into effect Wednesday, March 20. Prior to the adoption of the …
March 19, 2024
Almost three-and-one-half years after the Catholic Diocese of Camden, New Jersey filed for bankruptcy citing financial effects from the pandemic and sexual abuse settlements, its Chapter 11 reorganization plan has been approved. The final plan, the ninth amended proposal, establishes …
March 19, 2024
A federal judge signed off on bankrupt crypto firm Genesis Global Capital’s settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations a digital-asset lending program it helped run violated the agency’s rules. Genesis will pay $21 million under the terms …
March 19, 2024
Ferrari NV was accused in a US lawsuit of failing to fix a “dangerous safety defect” with the brakes in some of its luxury sports cars despite issuing multiple recalls. The recalls were no more than “an interim corrective measure” …
March 19, 2024
Six months after a federal appeals court upheld a $12 million verdict against a waste-hauling company in a crash that killed four Spanish women in the Florida keys, a jury has found that the firm’s insurer did not act in …