Litigation

Walmart may be the most frequent defendant named in wage-and-hour lawsuits, but insurers and pharmaceutical companies are also caught up in a maze of rules they did not know applied to certain subsets of their workforce, experts said.

Fear of wage-and-hour claims is escalating among buyers and sellers of employment practices liability insurance, with sellers' fears limiting EPLI solutions for small employers--and resulting in none at all for the largest ones, market participants report.

If the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement opened a costly investigation of your business and employment practices, would the legal costs be covered under your existing employment practices liability insurance policy?

Walmart may be the most frequent defendant named in wage-and-hour lawsuits, but insurers and pharmaceutical companies are also caught up in a maze of rules they didn't know applied to certain subsets of their workforce, experts say.

A recent ruling by the New York Court of Appeals opens the door for estates to sue attorneys, which could ultimately result in an increase in professional liability insurance premiums, predicts an executive.

British Petroleum's $20 billion fund to compensate Gulf oil disaster victims will pay quickly, eliminate trial lawyers' settlement cuts, and allow for BP's continued operations