Archive for January 2025

Once again, settlements from class-action litigation topped $40 billion in 2024, according to an extensive analysis of more than 1,400 cases by law firm Duane Morris. Gerald L. Maatman, partner at the firm and co-author of its 650-page report, said … Source: Claims Journal

Apple clarified on Wednesday that it has never sold the data collected by its Siri voice assistant or used it to create marketing profiles, just days after settling a case in which it faced such accusations. The iPhone maker last … Source: Claims Journal

Tesla directors including Chair Robyn Denholm and James Murdoch got court approval on Wednesday for a settlement worth up to $919 million that requires they return compensation to the carmaker to resolve allegations they overpaid themselves. The settlement requires Tesla … Source: Claims Journal

Clothes that make people stand out to human drivers may make them invisible to automated crash prevention systems, a new study suggests. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety studied conspicuous clothes and crashes into pedestrians in a report released on … Source: Claims Journal

The Biden administration is racing to put out an executive order meant to shore up U.S. cybersecurity in its dwindling days in office, according to four people familiar with the matter. The executive order, which has cleared some internal hurdles … Source: Claims Journal

Not all accidents are compensable merely because they happen at work, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) reminded in denying workers’ compensation benefits to a school bus driver for an injury that happened while he was simply walking from his … Source: Claims Journal

Active wind-driven wildfires in Southern California that are estimated to have burned more than 1,000 properties and prompted evacuation orders for more than 80,000 residents will likely lead to what industry watchers say will be sizable insured losses. With the … Source: Claims Journal

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is warning employers that wearable technologies could run afoul of employment discrimination laws, since the laws apply to the collection and use of information from wearables. A fact sheet from the EEOC addresses use … Source: Claims Journal

Flight cancellations are already piling up as a winter storm bears down on Texas and the U.S. South, bringing snow and ice that could coat power lines and trigger blackouts. As of 7:30 a.m. in New York, at least 169 … Source: Claims Journal

JPMorgan Chase & Co. filed two new lawsuits over its investment in Greek fintech Viva Wallet in a messy dispute with its join venture partner Werealize.com Ltd. In a Greek lawsuit the bank is claiming €916 million ($943 million) over … Source: Claims Journal