Visa and Mastercard have agreed to pay a combined $167.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to keep ATM access fees artificially high. The proposed settlement was filed on Thursday in the federal district court …
When recruits were repeatedly punched and tackled during a role-playing exercise at the Texas game wardens academy last year, they were taking part in a longstanding police training tradition that critics say should be retired. By the end of the …
A luxury carwash in Southern California must pay a a $1.2 million settlement for wage theft and labor law violations. The California Labor Commissioner’s Office secured the settlement with Newport Auto Spa Inc., doing business as The Car Spa, a …
A Minnesota jury awarded $65.5 million on Friday to a mother of three who claimed talcum products made by Johnson & Johnson exposed her to asbestos and contributed to her developing cancer in the lining of her lungs. Jurors determined …
Negotiation determines the outcome of nearly every litigated claim in our industry, yet it remains one of the least systematically developed skills inside many claims and defense organizations. After decades in claims handling and leadership roles, I’ve seen firsthand how …
Mercedes-Benz said on Monday it will pay out $120 million to multiple U.S. states over emissions-rigging software in its vehicles, which the German carmaker says resolves the remaining Dieselgate proceedings against it in the U.S. The company has agreed with …
An investigative reporter best known for exposing fraud at Silicon Valley blood-testing startup Theranos sued Elon Musk’s xAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta Platforms and Perplexity on Monday for using copyrighted books without permission to train their artificial intelligence systems. New …
Alternative investment managers are starting to take a serious interest in catastrophe bonds tied to wildfires, moving into a risk category that just a few years ago was seen as too difficult to model. More than $5 billion of cat …
Ride-hailing firms and technology companies around the world are racing to deploy driverless taxis, betting that robotaxis will reshape urban transport and unlock new growth as regulation gradually opens up. From China and the U.S. to Europe and the Middle …
The National Weather Service on Friday issued a rare warning for part of Colorado’s Front Range as hurricane-force winds and tinder dry conditions boosted the threat of wildfire across several counties, while flood warnings were issued in Oregon as rivers …