Justice Department to Offer More Rewards to Corporate Whistleblowers March 11, 2024 By Karen Freifeld and Chris Prentice The U.S. Justice Department is expanding its whistleblower program to coax more tipsters to disclose corporate misconduct by offering monetary...
Rite Aid Advisers Rake in Millions Through Bankruptcy; Opioid Victims Brace for Nothing March 8, 2024 By Amelia Pollard and Fiona Rutherford Nancy Zailo is at the back of the line. She’s behind Jeffrey Stein, the Rite Aid Corp. chief executive collecting...
Connecticut Property Owners Sue Kimberly-Clark Over Alleged PFAS Contamination March 7, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson Some of manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s neighbors in New Milford, Connecticut believe the paper goods manufacturer has contaminated their soil and...
Miami Trial of J&J Talc Powder Cancer Claims Ends in Hung Jury March 7, 2024 By Staff and Wire Reports The latest trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson’s talc products cause cancer ended in a mistrial on Tuesday, as...
Texas Utility Pole at Center of Wildfire Suit Was Marked Unsafe to Climb March 7, 2024 By Mark Chediak and Josh Saul The toppled utility pole that Xcel Energy Inc. has been asked to preserve as potential evidence was inspected and marked...
Buffett’s Oregon Fire Costs Grow as He Sours on Utilities March 6, 2024 By Rachel Graf Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s PacifiCorp was hit with at least another $29.3 million in damages for Oregon’s 2020 Labor Day fires,...
Jury Awards $72.5M to Woman Paralyzed When Struck by New York City Bus March 5, 2024 A Florida woman who says she was struck and dragged by a New York City bus and left partially paralyzed...
Volkswagen Faces Pair of Lawsuits Over Claim Porsche EV Battery Sparked Ship Fire March 5, 2024 By Karin Matussek Volkswagen AG faces a pair of lawsuits in Germany over claims it was the battery in a Porsche electric vehicle...
Xcel Energy Is Sued Over Worst Wildfire in Texas History March 4, 2024 By Mark Chediak and Jef Feeley A unit of Xcel Energy Inc. was sued over claims that broken power equipment started the worst wildfire in Texas...
Fidelity Investigations: A Guide to Successful Claims Outcomes March 4, 2024 By Peter Fogarty, Natalie Lewis and Stephen O'Malley Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part article. Fidelity/crime/financial institution bonds, in a general sense, cover an insured...