Judge Nixes Bayer’s $2B Plan for ‘Closure’ of Roundup Litigation May 27, 2021 By Tom Hals U.S. judge rejected Bayer’s $2 billion class action proposal aimed at resolving future lawsuits alleging its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer,...
Judge Narrows Zoom Lawsuit Over User Privacy, ‘Zoombombing’ March 16, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge dismissed large parts of a lawsuit accusing Zoom Video Communications Inc of violating users’ privacy rights by...
7th Circuit Finds Insurer Has No Duty to Defend Mortgage Servicer Against Robocall Lawsuit March 16, 2021 By Jim Sams A liability insurance carrier that excluded any violation of telecommunications laws from coverage had no duty to defend a loan...
Judge Narrows Zoom Lawsuit Over User Privacy, ‘Zoombombing’ March 12, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge dismissed large parts of a lawsuit accusing Zoom Video Communications Inc of violating users’ privacy rights by...
Fired Amazon Worker Files Discrimination Lawsuit Over Pandemic Conditions November 12, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK — A former Amazon.com Inc worker who protested conditions at his New York City fulfillment center sued the...
Seattle Calls $650 Million PCB Settlement a ‘Gift’ for Bayer September 4, 2020 By Edvard Pettersson Seattle scoffed at the $650 million Bayer AG agreed to pay to settle class-action claims by about 2,500 cities, counties...
UNC Campus Workers File Lawsuit, Say Work Conditions Unsafe August 13, 2020 RALEIGH, N.C. — Campus workers in the University of North Carolina system have filed a lawsuit saying working conditions are...
Lawsuit Says Whole Foods Punishes Workers Wearing Black Lives Matter Face Masks July 20, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Whole Foods Market was sued on Monday by employees who accused the upscale grocery chain of punishing workers who wear...
Wawa Facing Lawsuits Over Data Breach at All of its Stores December 30, 2019 PHILADELPHIA — The Wawa convenience store chain is facing a wave of lawsuits over a data breach that affected its...
Google Faces iPhone Privacy Lawsuit After Court Reinstates Case October 2, 2019 By Jonathan Browning and Ellen Milligan A U.K. lawsuit filed against Google by millions of iPhone users over data-collection claims was given the go-ahead by London...