Securities class actions rise in 2024, with AI and COVID-19 cases leading growth while SPAC filings plummet, shows a report by Cornerstone Research and Stanford Law School.

RIMS outlines five key legislative priorities for 2025, including litigation funding transparency, data privacy and flood insurance reform.

After WSIA, carriers and brokers are feeling optimistic about E&S’ future.

Virginia ruling on bus driver’s injury claim redefines workplace accident standards, impacting future workers’ compensation cases.

North Carolina appeals court ruling challenges police immunity, setting potential precedent for high-speed pursuit liability.

Class action settlements hit $42 billion in 2024, exceeded only by 2023 and 2022 totals, according to analysis by Duane Morris.

Pennsylvania courts top ATRA’s list of unfair legal venues, as nuclear verdicts and lawsuit abuse plague multiple jurisdictions.

Insurers want to protect their customers. But the cost of that is increasing.

Product recalls surge across key industries in 2024, with over 580 million units affected through September alone, Sedgwick’s quarterly analysis reveals.

A New York ruling highlights the heavy burden on employers to prove intoxication was the sole cause of a workplace accident to deny workers’ comp coverage.

The Hawaii Supreme Court’s ruling limiting insurance coverage in a climate-change lawsuit could have far-reaching implications for the fossil fuel industry.

New Jersey court rules company lacked authority to release a former subsidiary’s rights to pollution coverage without consent.

Litigation costs drove a 57% increase in US liability claims over the past decade, reaching an annual peak of 7% in 2023, Swiss Re reports.

The number of filings in most trend categories is on pace to decline in 2024, except for AI and COVID-19-related filings, which are on pace to increase, the report finds.

“We find it a little surprising to see as much competition as we do in the public space, knowing that there’s the old inventory of claims and there’s a new inventory continuing to build. It’s a little bit of a surprise to me to see the market as competitive as it is.”

RAND research of 2010-2019 data suggests social inflation may be on the rise, but says further investigation is needed to confirm the trend is not caused by other factors.

An Oregon Court of Appeals decision, interpreting California law, provides clarification on the application of the workers’ compensation exclusive remedy rule.

Lex Machina report finds the overall trend since 2016 is increasing insurance disputes in federal courts, with 2023 marking the second-highest number of filings in the past decade.

Virginia court denies worker’s comp claim, citing insufficient evidence that workplace conditions caused claimant’s injuries.

Jury verdicts exceeding $10 million are on the rise, impacting businesses, industries, and society, according to Institute for Legal Reform analysis.