Worldwide: Professional Negligence

Construction projects often involve verbal directives that deviate from plans and specifications, creating significant liability risks for subcontractors when defects emerge years later. Without written documentation of field instructions and approvals, subcontractors may find themselves defending claims for work they performed exactly as directed, facing disputes where memory and credibility become the only evidence.

A Maryland private school faced a high-profile whistleblower retaliation lawsuit after terminating its Chief Financial Officer, who claimed he was fired for reporting discrimination concerns. The case, which drew front-page media attention, threatened the institution's reputation and required a defense strategy that would uncover the truth behind conflicting narratives about performance issues versus retaliation claims.

A Washington federal court judge denied a motion to dismiss by Marsh & McLennan Agency in litigation over the alleged financial mismanagement of a food processing company’s health benefits plan.

In this episode of the Bracewell Environmental Law Monitor, host Daniel Pope is joined by Shailesh Sahay and Stephen Wald to discuss how ESG compliance is evolving as California and international regulators...

The Supreme Court's landmark decision in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC fundamentally reshapes liability exposure for freight brokers nationwide by ruling that negligence claims for hiring unsafe motor carriers are not preempted by federal law. This decision eliminates a critical legal defense that brokers had relied upon in many jurisdictions, potentially exposing the industry to increased litigation and higher insurance costs.

Q: My father is a retired former business owner in his late seventies. Dad has been active in the stock market for many years. As he has aged...

Our automobile product liability team, including Rich Schoenberger, Andrew McDevitt, Matthew Davis and Ian Head obtained a $26,300,000 jury verdict in Orange County Superior Court in September for a 26-year-old Utah man who was paralyzed when a Yamaha YXZ1000R rolled over.

As spring arrives and April showers coax new growth from every branch and bud, real estate agents often find themselves fielding questions from clients about a perennial concern: trees.

On March 23, 2026, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settled charges against an SEC-registered investment adviser (the Firm) for failing to fully and fairly disclose...