3rd Circuit Rejects J&J Bankruptcy Strategy for Thousands of Talc Lawsuits January 31, 2023 By Tom Hals, Mike Spector and Dan Levine A U.S. appeals court on Monday shot down Johnson & Johnson’s attempt to offload tens of thousands of lawsuits over...
Boy Scouts, Catholic Dioceses Find Haven from Sex Abuse Suits in Bankruptcy January 3, 2023 By Kristina Cooke, Mike Spector, Benjamin Lesser, Dan Levine and Disha Raychaudhuri Lawmakers around the United States have tried to grant justice to victims of decades-old incidents of child sexual abuse by...
Rochester Diocese $55M Sex Abuse Settlement Does Not Include Insurance Amount November 9, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester will pay $55 million to survivors of sexual abuse committed by clergy members under...
California’s Mosquito Fire to Cost Utility PG&E $100 Million October 28, 2022 By Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. recorded a $100 million third-quarter charge for a California wildfire that its equipment may have sparked last month...
E. Washington Rancher Sentenced for ‘Ghost Cattle’ Fraud October 6, 2022 By Nicholas K. Geranios SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — An eastern Washington rancher has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a federal judge...
PG&E Officials Reach $117M Settlement over California Wildfires September 30, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel A $117 million settlement has been reached with former PG&E Corp PCG.N executives and directors who were accused in alawsuit...
Spain’s Abengoa Wins Dismissal of US Shareholder Lawsuit Alleging Fraud August 31, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK —A US judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by Abengoa SA shareholders accusing the Spanish engineering and energy...
3M Combat Earplug Lawsuits to Proceed, Judge Rules, Despite Bankruptcy Case August 27, 2022 3M Co. must face more than 230,000 lawsuits accusing it of selling defective earplugs to the U.S. military, after a...
Ruling Leaves Questions About Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan August 1, 2022 By Randall Chase DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware bankruptcy judge has approved parts of the Boy Scouts of America’s reorganization plan but...
Hertz Makes Settlement Offers to End False Arrest Lawsuits June 24, 2022 By Steven Church and David Welch Hertz Corp. has offered to settle about three dozen cases filed by renters that say they were wrongly arrested for...