Litigation

The use of social-media sites has surged at a record-breaking pace over the past few years, and they are now used by employees and employers in almost every workplace—a development that has opened new vehicles for harassment, discrimination and employment-related defamation.

Employers and their insurers will have a new tool, grounded in the science of human behavior, available to assess an organization’s vulnerability to employment practices liability lawsuits when Montage Analytics officially rolls out its EPL Risk Index later this year.

What are the most relevant factors that make businesses vulnerable to significant damages from employment practices risk? Kathleen Long, co-founder and CEO of Montage Analytics, which is rolling out the EPL Risk Index later this year, says employees’ perceived lack of “organizational justice” and poor employee appraisal processes are among...

What are the most relevant factors that make businesses vulnerable to significant damages from employment practices risk? Kathleen Long, co-founder and CEO of Montage Analytics, which is rolling out the EPL Risk Index later this year, says employees’ perceived lack of “organizational justice” and poor employee appraisal processes are among...

Management liability insurers may smell trouble ahead in the wake of two U.S. Supreme Court rulings delivered on Tuesday—one increasing securities litigation potential and the other easing the process of bringing certain types of employment cases.

A group of banks seeking to prevent guaranty insurer MBIA from splitting into two companies says the company underestimated its losses by as much as $10 billion to the New York Insurance Department.