BASF Warns Iran War Could Trigger Supply Chain Disruption for Carmakers June 9, 2026 By William Wilkes and Marilen Martin BASF SE Chief Executive Officer Markus Kamieth said rising inflation and the risk of supply-chain disruption from the U.S.-Israeli conflict...
Berkshire’s Duracell Must Face BASF Suit Over Battery Secrets, Judge Rules April 30, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel Duracell, the battery maker owned by Berkshire Hathaway, must face a lawsuit accusing it of stealing trade secrets related to...
Buffett’s Duracell Sued by BASF Over Lithium Ion Battery Secrets April 9, 2025 By Jef Feeley Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Duracell battery maker was accused by chemical producer BASF SE of stealing trade secrets about lithium...
Group Says New Jersey Toxic Dumping Caused $1B in Harm, Calls Settlement Inadequate December 23, 2024 By Wayne Parry Years of toxic waste dumping in a Jersey Shore community where childhood cancer rates rose caused at least $1 billion...
Goldman, BASF, Others in $20M Platinum, Palladium Price-Fixing Settlement August 27, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel Goldman Sachs, German industrial company BASF and two other banks agreed to pay $20 million to settle a nearly decade-old...
8th Circuit Upholds Verdict Against Monsanto, but Orders New Trial on Punitive Damages July 8, 2022 By Jim Sams A federal appellate court on Thursday upheld a $15 million damage award to a Missouri peach farmer whose crops were...
U.S. Peach Grower Awarded $265 M From Bayer, BASF in Weedkiller Lawsuit February 19, 2020 By Patricia Weiss A Missouri jury’s $265 million award to peach grower Bill Bader in his lawsuit against herbicide providers Bayer and BASF...
Huge Potential Liability Emerges Years After BASF Acquired Engelhard September 11, 2015 By Jef Feeley and David Voreacos When BASF SE acquired Engelhard Corp. nine years ago for $5 billion, executives unknowingly inherited a ticking legal time bomb....