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...
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...
J&J Agrees to Resolve Talc Investigations in 42 States January 24, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said it had reached a tentative settlement to resolve probes by U.S. states into whether...
Mother Whose Child Died in TikTok Challenge Urges US Court to Revive Lawsuit January 18, 2024 By Nate Raymond A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday wrestled with whether the video-based social media platform TikTok could be sued for causing...
Fujitsu Says It Will Pay Compensation in Post Office Scandal January 18, 2024 By Lucy White An executive at Fujitsu Ltd., whose software contributed to improper convictions of UK Post Office sub-postmasters, said the company has...
Engine Maker Cummins to Repair 600,000 Ram Trucks in $2B Emissions Cheating Scandal January 18, 2024 By Alexa St. John And Tom Krisher Engine maker Cummins Inc. will recall 600,000 Ram trucks as part of a settlement with federal and California authorities that...