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AI Company Eightfold Sued for Helping Companies Secretly Score Job Seekers

Jan 22 2026 // Eightfold AI, a venture capital-backed artificial intelligence hiring platform used by Microsoft, PayPal and many other Fortune 500 companies, is being sued for allegedly compiling reports used to screen job applicants...

Battle Between Applied Systems and Comulate Escalates With New Antitrust Lawsuit

Jan 21 2026 // The battle between Applied Systems and Comulate has taken a new turn with a new federal antitrust lawsuit from Comulate.Late last year the competitors in the insurance technology market traded litigation. Applied Systems...

Alabama DOI Report Shows Litigation Is Up, Raising Liability Costs and Rates

Jan 21 2026 // A new report from the Alabama Department of Insurance shows claims litigation and big verdicts are on the rise in the state, inflating loss costs for insurers and putting upward pressure on auto and commercial liability...

Edison Sues LA County Over Fire Deaths for Delayed Alerts

Jan 20 2026 // Edison International sued Los Angeles County and other public agencies for allegedly failing to ensure timely evacuation alerts that the company says could have saved most of the 19 people who died in a massive wildfire...

NYC Mayor Mamdani Widens Delivery-App Crackdown With Lost-Pay Lawsuit

Jan 20 2026 // New York City said it’s suing a food-delivery technology provider for withholding pay from workers, signaling Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s get-tough approach to regulating app-based work.Motoclick violated delivery...

Greensill Bank Sues UK Government for $441 Million Over COVID Loan Guarantees

Jan 16 2026 // Greensill Bank, a subsidiary of collapsed finance firm Greensill Capital, is suing Britain’s business department for just over 330 million pounds ($441.7 million) after it canceled guarantees for COVID-19 business...

Publishers Seek to Join Lawsuit Against Google Over AI Training

Jan 16 2026 // Publishers Hachette Book Group and Cengage Group asked a California federal court on Thursday for permission to intervene in a proposed class action lawsuit against Google over the alleged misuse of copyrighted material...

Oracle Sued by Bondholders Over Losses Tied to AI Buildout

Jan 15 2026 // Oracle was sued on Wednesday by bondholders who say they suffered losses because the company chaired by billionaire Larry Ellison concealed its need to sell significant additional debt to build out its artificial...

CrowdStrike Defeats Shareholder Lawsuit Over Huge Software Outage

Jan 14 2026 // A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by CrowdStrike shareholders who said the cybersecurity company defrauded them by concealing its inadequate software testing and quality assurance procedures, before a July 2024 outage...

Tesla Agrees to Mediation That Could Resolve EEOC’s Racism Lawsuit

Jan 14 2026 // Tesla agreed to enter mediation that could resolve the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s lawsuit accusing Elon Musk’s electric car maker of tolerating severe and widespread harassment of Black...

Viewpoint: What The Return of California’s ‘Death Discount’ Means for Litigation

Jan 14 2026 // In California, historically, when a plaintiff filed a personal injury action relating to their own injuries and then died mid-litigation and the case was converted to a wrongful death action, the value of the case was...

New York Governor Hochul Vows to Tackle Insurance Affordability, Litigation and Fraud

Jan 14 2026 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced an agenda aimed at making New York more affordable that includes fighting auto insurance fraud and mandating property insurance discounts for mitigation efforts.In her 2026 State of...

Iowa Landlord to Pay $325K Settlement in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Jan 13 2026 // The Justice Department announced that the owner and property manager of residential rental properties in Davenport, Iowa, have agreed to pay $325,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging that the property manager sexually...

APCIA Backs Federal Bill to Require Litigation Funding Disclosure

Jan 13 2026 // The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) has released a statement in support of federal legislation, up for committee discussion today, that is meant to increase the transparency of third-party...

BBC Defends Documentary Targeted by Trump in $10 Billion Suit

Jan 13 2026 // The British Broadcasting Corp. signaled some of its defenses against President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit, telling a judge that the documentary at the center of the case was fair despite a...

Florida Lawmakers Ready for Another Shot at Litigation Funding Limits

Jan 13 2026 // Florida property/casualty insurance leaders have said they are not expecting big changes from the legislature’s 2026 regular session that begins today, given the much-touted impact that 2022 reforms have already had...

Texas Staffing Agency to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

Jan 12 2026 // Peak Performers, incorporated as St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Services of Texas, Inc., an Austin-based staffing agency providing staffing and recruitment services for workers with disabilities, agreed to pay $160,000...

Alliant Latest to Sue Howden US Over Alleged ‘Smash-and-Grab’ Poaching

Jan 12 2026 // Alliant Insurance Services is the latest to join a group of brokers suing new competitor Howden US over what it calls Howden’s “smash-and-grab” strategy to take teams from other brokers.The suit also...

Billionaire NFL Owner Suing Over Billboards Near His LA Stadium

Jan 12 2026 // Stan Kroenke, the billionaire owner of the National Football League’s Los Angeles Rams, has taken a stand against billboards that he says threaten the prosperity of his $5.5 billion sports and entertainment complex...

Google, AI Firm Settle Florida Mother’s Lawsuit Over Son’s Suicide

Jan 8 2026 // Alphabet’s Google and artificial-intelligence startup Character.AI have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida woman who alleged a Character chatbot led to the suicide of her 14-year-old son, according to a Jan. 7...