Allstate Wins Victory in Whistleblower Suit Against ‘Sham’ Law Firm December 30, 2019 By Jim Sams Allstate Insurance Co. won an appellate court victory in a whistleblower lawsuit against a Los Angeles attorney whom it accuses...
Virginia Attorney Charged in Extortion Plot Over Roundup December 20, 2019 By Denise Lavoie RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia attorney involved in litigation against Monsanto Co. over health risks associated with Roundup weed killer...
Facebook Must Face Data Breach Class Action on Security, But Not Damages December 2, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge said up to 29 million Facebook Inc users whose personal information was stolen in a September 2018...
7th Circuit: Appraisal Should Have Ended Dispute Over Roof Replacement November 18, 2019 By Jim Sams When managers of the Villas at Winding Ridge in Indianapolis asked a contractor to assess the condition of the 33...
Judge Shields Oxycontin-Maker Purdue From Litigation Until April November 7, 2019 By Tom Hals Purdue Pharma LP and the company’s Sackler family owners will be shielded until April 8, 2020, from sprawling opioid litigation...
Musk Says Tesla Has Finally Made a Ready-to-Deploy Solar Roof October 28, 2019 By Brian Eckhouse Almost three years after Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk unveiled solar roof shingles as part of his push...
J&J Says No Legal Reserves Needed Amid Wave of Lawsuits October 15, 2019 By Riley Griffin Johnson & Johnson won’t set aside any legal reserves for the more than 100,000 lawsuits it faces across its portfolio...
Purdue Judge Halts Government Opioid Suits Against Drugmaker October 14, 2019 By Steven Church and Erik Larson Purdue Pharma LP and its billionaire owners won a temporary reprieve from nearly 2,700 opioid lawsuits, giving the bankrupt drugmaker...
U.S. Appeals Court Will Not Disqualify Judge in Opioid Cases or Delay Trial October 10, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court on Thursday cleared the way for a landmark trial over the nation’s opioid crisis, rejecting a...
Cost of Opioid Crisis ‘Dwarfs’ Drugmakers’ Resources, N.Y. Says October 8, 2019 By Erik Larson The public cost of coping with the opioid crisis in the U.S. “dwarfs” the combined resources of the companies sued...