Appeals Court Rules Insurers Not Obligated to Defend Opioid Distributor McKesson January 31, 2024 By Chad Hemenway The role drug distributor McKesson Corp. had in the opioid crisis was no accident, meaning the company is not entitled...
Zuckerberg Turned Down 2021 Request for More Child-Safety Staff January 31, 2024 By Aisha Counts, Kurt Wagner and Alex Barinka Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg rejected requests from his top leadership in 2021 to expand teams overseeing...
Bayer’s Billions in Roundup Verdicts Increase Pressure for New Legal Strategy January 30, 2024 By Jef Feeley and Tim Loh Bayer AG faces mounting pressure to come up with a new plan for handling its Roundup weedkiller litigation after getting...
Bayer Jury’s $2.2 Billion Roundup Verdict is Biggest Yet January 29, 2024 By Jef Feeley Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit was ordered by a Pennsylvania jury to pay more than $2.2 billion to a former Roundup...
Seattle Will Pay $10M to Protesters Who Said Police Used Excessive Force During 2020 Protests January 29, 2024 By Gene Johnson Seattle has agreed to pay $10 million to 50 demonstrators who sued over the police department’s heavy-handed response to racial...
Vale, BHP Ordered to Pay $9.7 Billion for 2015 Brazilian Dam Disaster January 29, 2024 By Mariana Durao Vale SA, BHP Group and their Samarco iron ore venture must pay 47.6 billion reais ($9.7 billion) in compensation for...
Houston ‘Hire A Dick’ Attorney Faces Another Six Figure Sanctions Order January 26, 2024 By Ezra Amacher For the second time in three months, Houston plaintiffs’ attorney Eric B. Dick has been ordered to reimburse an insurer...
Oregon Jury Awards $85M to 9 Victims of Deadly 2020 Wildfires January 26, 2024 An Oregon jury awarded $85 million to nine victims of wildfires that ravaged the state in 2020, the latest verdict...
Fate of Most Remaining Zantac Lawsuits Weighed by Delaware Judge January 26, 2024 By Brendan Pierson GSK GSK.L, Pfizer PFE.N and other pharmaceutical companies are urging a judge in Delaware this week to find that evidence...
Glencore, Viterra Sue Louis Dreyfus for $200 Million Cotton Loss January 25, 2024 By Ilena Peng Glencore Ltd. and Viterra BV have filed a lawsuit in New York claiming they lost more than $200 million from...