Archive for July 2026

A federal appeals court on Monday revived more than 500 private lawsuits against Tylenol maker Kenvue over the painkiller’s alleged link to autism. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said a district court judge improperly excluded testimony … Source: Claims Journal

When two steel columns buckled last week inside the former Pfizer headquarters in midtown Manhattan, the scare prompted evacuations and halted work on one of the nation’s largest office-to-apartment conversions. It also highlighted the complex engineering behind adaptive reuse projects, … Source: Claims Journal

Chinese leader Xi Jinping voiced worries about repeated deadly workplace accidents after a blaze at a shoe factory killed 28 people. The fire on Thursday happened at Fujian Huiteng Shoes Co. in Quanzhou, a coastal city with a population of … Source: Claims Journal

Retired British professional soccer players showed structural brain differences and high rates of anxiety and depression but no signs of cognitive decline in a study looking to establish if repetitive impacts like heading the ball affect the risk of developing … Source: Claims Journal

Zurich U.S. announced changes to its specialty claims structure to support its construction business. The changes include the creation of a new role, head of U.S. construction, energy and marine claims. The carrier named Nick Alberts to the post. Alberts … Source: Claims Journal

Apple Inc. sued OpenAI for trade secret theft, accusing the artificial intelligence startup and its hardware chief of engaging in a coordinated campaign to steal information about upcoming products. The iPhone maker said in a suit Friday that OpenAI encouraged … Source: Claims Journal

The Florida Supreme Court just made it a little easier for workplace assault victims to claim workers’ compensation benefits, even if it can’t be proven that an attack was work-related. The high court on Thursday overturned a 2023 ruling from … Source: Claims Journal

Britain has designated cloud service providers Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Oracle as critical third-party suppliers to its financial sector, bringing them under direct regulatory oversight. The move is aimed at strengthening the resilience of financial firms by reducing the risk … Source: Claims Journal

Some of the world’s biggest carmakers on Friday largely won the first stage of a major legal battle over claims that their diesel vehicles were fitted with unlawful “defeat devices” to curtail emissions controls. In a summary of her judgment, … Source: Claims Journal

Two marine war insurance brokers and two underwriters said they have seen fewer requests for quotes since a ceasefire in the Middle East all but broke down this week. Source: Claims Journal