With Billions at Stake, Utilities Fight to Charge Coal-Ash Costs May 14, 2019 By David R. Baker and Jim Efstathiou Jr. First, states across the U.S. ordered utilities to clean up ponds full of toxic coal waste. Now, they’re balking at... Read More
Pilgrim’s Pride Lands in Front of SEC Over Its Chicken Claims May 14, 2019 By Deena Shanker The Humane Society of the United States has tried for months to stop poultry giant Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. from calling... Read More
Missouri’s Freshman Senator Taking on Candy Crush May 13, 2019 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is taking on the tech industry, including apps and tools aimed... Read More
Teva Is at Center of Drug Price-Fixing Case Filed by States May 13, 2019 By David McLaughlin and Yaacov Benmeleh Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. helped mastermind a sweeping conspiracy among generic-drug makers to raise the price of medicines, according to... Read More
Home of the Future Will Withstand Whatever Wild Weather Comes May 13, 2019 By Jim Efstathiou Jr. and Prashant Gopal Breezy Point is beautiful in the summertime, a quaint neighborhood sitting on a slim peninsula that juts out into the... Read More
Prevent Runaway Jury Verdicts by Neutralizing the Reptile Theory: Viewpoint May 10, 2019 By Robert F. Tyson We see the frequent headlines: A plaintiff is awarded millions of dollars in damages for a physical or emotional injury... Read More
Following Opioid Suits, Family Behind Deadly OxyContin Squabbles May 10, 2019 NEW YORK (Reuters) – A united front among members of the billionaire Sackler family behind painkiller OxyContin is showing signs... Read More
J&J’s Talc Defense Gets Harder After Cases Kept in State Courts May 10, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Margaret Cronin Fisk Johnson & Johnson failed to get 2,400 state-court cancer lawsuits tied to its baby powder immediately transferred to a federal... Read More
Boeing Sends 737 Max to Brand Rehab to Avoid Fate of Ford Pinto May 10, 2019 By Julie Johnsson Boeing Co.’s 737 Max is about to join the list of brands trying to come back from ignominy. Analysts are... Read More
Insurers Dabbling with Smart Home Tech, but No Winning Model has Emerged May 10, 2019 By Jim Sams An instinct for self-preservation has carriers dipping their toes into the smart home technology space, but no U.S. insurer has... Read More