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Washington Court Finds No Take-Home Exposure in Asbestos Bench Trial
In Perkins v. United States, Plaintiff Tristan Perkins sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) for her mother Geraldine Perkins’ (“Decedent”) alleged wrongful death due to asbestos exposure. Alleging “take home” asbestos exposure, Plaintiff claimed Decedent was exposed to asbestos through being around her husband and performing his laundry. Mr. Perkins…
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PFS Investments Inc. Files Notice of Recent Data Breach Leaking Confidential Information
On January 17, 2025, PFS Investments Inc., a broker-dealer affiliated with Primerica (“Primerica”), filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that information in the company’s control was subject to unauthorized access. In this notice, Primerica explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access…
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Supreme Court Announces Bright Line Rule in Determining Federal Courts’ Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
On January 15, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States in Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc., et al. v. Wullschleger et al., upheld the Eighth Circuit’s decision, holding that when a plaintiff amends their complaint and deletes the federal-law claims that give a federal court jurisdiction to hear the case, leaving only state-law claims behind,…
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Sometimes, Insurers Want To Settle!
This summary of a recently filed complaint illustrates one of the worst-case scenarios an insured defendant can find itself in: getting slapped with a verdict in excess of your liability insurance limits. Here, it was an $11 million verdict against an insured who had only a $1 million insurance policy……By: Farella Braun + Martel LLP
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Let’s Get Specific: Rhode Island Court Asserts Jurisdiction Over Out-of-State Manufacturer
The court granted the third-party defendant’s first motion to dismiss for lack of general jurisdiction but permitted the parties to conduct jurisdictional discovery. After the close of jurisdictional discovery, the third-party defendant renewed its motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction……By: White and Williams LLP
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Trump Is Leading a Global Surge to the Right
But not all of the leading conservative populist parties in the world are the same — in rhetoric or on policy.
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U.S. Security Contractors Going to Gaza to Oversee Truce, Officials Say
The contractors have been enlisted to do weapons checks on vehicles carrying displaced Palestinians back to their homes in the north under the terms of the new cease-fire.
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Rebels Backed by Rwanda Close In on Major City in Congo
Many Congolese see the rebel advance as an invasion of their country by a foreign power in an attempt to seize land and Congo’s valuable rare minerals.
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Ukraine Is Losing Fewer Soldiers Than Russia — but It’s Still Losing the War
Russia has lost about twice as many men to death and serious injury as Ukraine. But the trends favor the Kremlin.
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Thailand Starts Recognizing Same-Sex Marriage
Hundreds of people began registering their marriages at a mall in Bangkok, as Thailand became one of the few places in Asia to legalize same-sex unions.
