Industry News
TikTok faces a mountain of litigation over child safety and privacy, a big risk for potential bidders vying to save the popular video app in the U.S. Collectively, an estimated 1,500 pending lawsuits carry billions of dollars in potential exposure …
Via: Claims Journal
British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and rival Pfizer have agreed to end a lawsuit that alleged Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine Abrysvo violated GSK’s patent rights in its competing RSV shot Arexvy, according to a Thursday filing in Delaware federal …
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Oracle Corp. has told customers that a hacker broke into a computer system and stole old client log-in credentials, according to two people familiar with the matter. It’s the second cybersecurity breach that the software company has acknowledged to clients …
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Insurance Department: California Delivery Company Filed Several False Claims in Workers’ Comp Scheme
A Los Angeles, California, couple was sentenced after an investigation reportedly found they underreported more than $21 million in employee payroll and filed several false claims for their delivery companies. John Nemandoust, 70, was sentenced to 60 days in county …
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A U.S. judge said several companies including Walmart, Beech-Nut and Gerber must face a nationwide lawsuit claiming that toxic heavy metals contaminated their baby food, causing brain and neurodevelopmental damage to children who ate it. In a decision on Wednesday, …
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The Supreme Court has sided with a truck driver who wants to sue for triple damages over a CBD hemp product he says was falsely advertised as being free from marijuana’s active ingredient and resulted in him getting fired. The …
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Arson is a criminal act, but since the advent of insurance, arson has been used to “extort money from insurance companies.” Arson for profit schemes grew exponentially in the 1970s, according to the House Committee on Governmental Affairs—and as a …
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The team of hurricane researchers at Colorado State University has predicted an above-average Atlantic hurricane season for 2025. CSU’s initial forecast of the hurricane season issued April 3 calls for 17 named storms and nine hurricanes – with four major …
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Deadly storms and flooding rains left a path of destruction across 14 states in the U.S. South and Midwest, knocking out power to more than 400,000 customers. Record rain fell in Memphis and eastern Missouri overnight and more is expected …
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As U.S. President Donald Trump laid out a wave of new tariffs that will take average levies to their highest in more than a century, he drew cheers and laughs from aides and supporters in the White House Rose Garden. …
Via: Claims Journal