Diminished Value Not Covered by Standard Auto Policy, State High Court Rules January 31, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson The Massachusetts standard auto policy does not require an insurer to pay inherent diminished value (IDV) to a claimant whose...
Wells Fargo Racial Disparity Case Heads to Class Action Decision June 12, 2024 By Hannah Levitt, Shawn Donnan and Ann Choi Wells Fargo & Co. faces a decision as soon as this month on whether a lawsuit over its pandemic-era mortgage...
Google Ad Tech Class Action Gets Go Ahead From London Judges June 5, 2024 By Upmanyu Trivedi A class action lawsuit against Google, potentially seeking billions of pounds in damages, can proceed in the UK over allegations...
New Talc-Related Class Action Lawsuit Goes After J&J for Fraudulent Conveyance May 23, 2024 By Chad Hemenway With recent news that Johnson & Johnson is going forward with a third bankruptcy plan of a subsidiary to settle...
Tesla Must Face False Advertising Claims it Misled Buyers About Self-Driving May 16, 2024 By Rachel Graf Tesla Inc. must face a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that it misled consumers about its cars’ self-driving capabilities, a fresh...
Class Action Numbers Dip in 2023, but Settlements Still Costing Billions January 10, 2024 By Jim Sams Class-action and government enforcement lawsuits continued to take a toll on corporate defendants in 2023, with ten $1 billion settlements...
Lawsuit Alleges Negligence in Train Derailment and Chemical Fire that Forced Residents from Homes December 1, 2023 By Rebecca Reynolds LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court alleges negligence by CSX Transportation caused a train derailment...
Florida Injury Attorney Begins Prison Time for Defrauding Former Players in NFL Lawsuit November 30, 2023 By Insurance Journal staff and wire reports A Florida injury attorney who led a class-action lawsuit on behalf of former NFL players, then defrauded his clients out...
Thousands of Black Women Claim Hair Relaxers Gave Them Cancer November 7, 2023 By Mike Spector, Richa Naidu and Kristina Cooke Sheila Bush, a cosmetologist, was lounging in the recliner at her St. Louis-area home last winter when an advertisement from...
Tesla Owners Must Arbitrate False Advertising Claims over Autopilot Feature October 2, 2023 By Daniel Wiessner A California federal judge has ruled that a group of people who own cars made by Tesla Inc TSLA.O must...