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NFL Faces New Antitrust Damages Fight in Sunday Ticket Case
A federal appeals court affirmed a jury’s finding that the National Football League violated antitrust law with its Sunday Ticket game-broadcast package and ordered a new trial over how much the league should pay in damages. A three-judge panel of … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWSJ Wins Dismissal of Trump’s $10 Billion Defamation Suit
A federal judge threw out Donald Trump’s renewed $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and ruled that it can’t be filed again, marking another setback for the president’s legal fights with the press. Judge Darrin Gayles in … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSpain Studies Suspending Madrid-Barcelona Rail After Train Crash
Spain is considering suspending the rail service between Madrid and Barcelona following this week’s train crash that left at least 69 people dead, Transport Minister Óscar Puente said. The Madrid-Barcelona line, which connects the country’s two biggest cities, is due … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMeta Settles With Teen During Trial Testing Claims Social Media Caused Depression, Eating Disorders
Meta Platforms has settled with a teen plaintiff who accused the company of designing Instagram and Facebook to be addictive, causing her mental health problems and disordered eating, attorneys for the plaintiff said on Friday. The settlement came after jury … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBayer Wins Roundup Trial as Settlement Decision Looms
Bayer AG won a St. Louis trial over its Roundup weedkiller, defeating claims by three women who blamed the herbicide for their cancers and bolstering its efforts to draw a line under its U.S. litigation overhang. The unanimous verdict reached … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreToast Sued by FTC For Misleading Customers on Subscriptions
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and a group of eight states sued Toast Inc., alleging the restaurant management and financial technology company falsely told customers they could try its products for free before enrolling them in a subscription that was … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSouth Korean Court Rejects Tesla Owners’ Lawsuit Seeking ‘Full Self-Driving’ Refunds
A South Korean court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by dozens of Tesla owners seeking full refunds for money paid for “Full Self-Driving” driver-assistance software, ruling that the automaker had not breached its contractual obligations. The Seoul Central District Court … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreGM Paying $220 Million to Settle Allegations It Violated Driver Privacy
General Motors will pay $220 million to settle allegations that it illegally sold drivers’ private behavior and location data to brokers, who then sold the information to insurers that used it to set and sometimes increase rates. The settlement, announced … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWrongful Data Collection Driving Cyber Claim Frequency
A growing source of cyber insurance claims is wrongful data collection. Even though the cost of these claims individually is generally low, their rising frequency should be of concern to underwriters and policyholders. California has now narrowed one of the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBarclays Turns to Insurers to Hedge Billions of Data Center Debt
Barclays Plc is looking to buy default protection on more than $10 billion of debt to finance artificial intelligence infrastructure in a bid to create capacity for more lending as hyperscaler funding needs soar. The London-based lender has been assessing … Source: Claims Journal
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