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Norfolk Southern Bondholders Sue over Safety Disclosures

NEW YORK – Norfolk Southern Corp. was sued on Tuesday by bondholders who said they lost hundreds of millions of dollars because the railroad concealed safety risks prior to the February derailment in Ohio of a train carrying hazardous chemicals. …

Delaware Court Dismisses Shareholder Suit over McDonald’s Sexual Harassment Policies

A Delaware Court on Wednesday dismissed a shareholder lawsuit filed against McDonald’s Corp. and its board of directors, finding the plaintiffs did not show that the directors ignored red flags that demonstrated widespread sexual harassment was taking place. Court of …

Wall Street Whistleblowers Tip Off SEC — But Hear Nothing Back

Janice Shell likes to sniff out fraud. An art historian by training, she once spent her days digging through Renaissance archives in Italy. Now 74, retired and living in suburban Philadelphia, she pores over financial filings instead. She hunts for …

Tesla, Ford and VW Sound the Death Knell for Driverless Car Hype

The autonomous-driving sector just endured a day that tech and automotive giants may well look back on the way Wall Street recalls March 16, 2008. Whereas the day Bear Stearns collapsed was an epochal event in the global financial crisis, …

11th Circuit Revives Investor-Funded Medicare Secondary Payer Act Lawsuit Against Insurers

A Miami-area collections company backed by litigation-funding investors has won another appellate court victory over insurers, persuading a panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate Medicare Secondary Payer Act claims that were rejected by the trial court. …

Judge Rejects ‘Gag Order’ for Elon Musk in Shareholder Suit

Elon Musk will not be subjected to a “gag order” preventing him from discussing a lawsuit claiming he defrauded Tesla Inc. shareholders by tweeting in 2018 about taking his electric car company private, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. U.S. …

Elon Musk Can’t Avoid Scrutiny of His Tesla Tweets, SEC Says

Elon Musk’s tweets about Tesla Inc. will remain a valid subject for government investigation even if a court throws out a his 2018 agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency told a judge. Musk is seeking to …

Exxon Mobil Loses Appeal Over Climate Change Probes

NEW YORK –– A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected Exxon Mobil Corp’s XOM.N effort to stop Massachusetts and New York from probing whether the oil company lied to investors and the public regarding what it knew about climate change. …

What Will Silicon Valley Learn From Holmes’ Conviction?

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP)–The fraud conviction of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes could offer Silicon Valley’s culture of hubris and hype some valuable lessons. Will anyone in the tech industry actually take this moment to heart? Don’t count on it. …

Investors Push World’s Top Chemicals Companies Over Hazardous Substances

LONDON — Investors managing $4.1 trillion in assets are urging the world’s biggest chemical companies to phase out production of hazardous substances which linger in the environment and have been linked to serious health problems. The move by 23 investors …