Close but no Cigar: Tobacco Company hit with $23.6bn in Punitive Damages
A Florida jury has awarded the widow of a chain smoker $23.6bn (£13.86bn) in damages against RJ Reynolds – America’s second-largest tobacco company and manufacturer of Camel and Pall Mall cigarettes –...
View ArticleGifts (not) in Disguise: Inducing Prospective PI Claims
New legislation that seeks to end the compensation culture has been unveiled in response to unabated levels of frivolous and fraudulent claims. Since the term was coined in the early Nineties in...
View ArticleHighway Men: Councils blame potholes on the lawyers suing them…
The councils of England and Wales released a statement this week through the Local Government Association (LGA) in a bid to warn citizens against claiming for accidents on the roads. Passing the blame...
View ArticleSaatchi & Saatchi: Advertisers & Legislators
Brother to the nefarious art collector Charles Saatchi, Lord Maurice Saatchi’s Medical Innovation Bill has received harsh criticism from the House of Lords, which will need to be taken into account...
View ArticleCrash for Cash Fraud Exposed… Again!
The insurance sector has been using false data to blame recent hikes in motor insurance premiums on road traffic accident claims. The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has been accused of manipulating...
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