Federal Court in Delaware Requiring Disclosure of Litigation Funding Agreements April 21, 2022 By Jim Sams Insurers are applauding a decision by the chief judge for the U.S. District Court in Delaware to require parties to...
Whitmer Signs Bills to Regulate Pharmacy Benefit Managers February 24, 2022 By David Eggert DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed bipartisan bills into law that are designed to reduce...
Funds Have Made Lawsuit Bets Into a $39 Billion Sector November 16, 2021 By Ellen Milligan and Katharine Gemmell Hedge funds, private equity and sovereign wealth funds are piling billions into the outcome of high stakes court cases at...
Money, Mimicry and Mind Control: Big Tech Slams Ethics Brakes on AI September 9, 2021 By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin SAN FRANCISCO — In September last year, Google’s cloud unit looked into using artificial intelligence to help a financial firm...
New Boeing 737 Max Documents Show ‘Very Disturbing’ Employee Concerns – U.S. House Aide December 27, 2019 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON — Boeing Co. documents under review by a U.S. congressional panel appear to point to a “very disturbing” picture...
How Plaintiff Lawyers Help Corporate America Keep its Secrets November 7, 2019 By Jaimi Dowdell and Benjamin Lesser Paula Lawlor was sifting through piles of internal General Motors Co documents in a hotel room outside of Los Angeles...
Proposed Wildfire Board Could Operate Partly in Secret July 1, 2019 By Andrew Oxford SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A closely watched wildfire law proposed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom would exempt a new safety board...
Quest for Food Stamp Data Lands Newspaper at Supreme Court April 22, 2019 By Jessica Gresko WASHINGTON — In the summer of 2010, reporters at South Dakota’s Argus Leader newspaper decided to request data about the...
Transparency: Technology’s Next Gift to the Legal Department March 30, 2015 By Wesley Todd Series Summary Insurance executives should be asking a lot of questions right now. They should wonder why their outside law...
Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Panel Actions Reviewed August 4, 2014 Oklahoma’s newly created Workers’ Compensation Commission is scheduled to meet this week to discuss its plan to be more open...