BHP, Vale Reach $30 Billion Brazil Settlement for Dam Disaster October 25, 2024 By Mariana Durao and Daniel Carvalho BHP Group and Vale SA have signed a 170 billion-real ($29.8 billion) settlement with Brazil over the deadly Mariana dam...
Billionaire Sex Saga Is Latest Scandal to Hit Australia CEOs October 25, 2024 By Angus Whitley The sex-for-investment scandal that swiftly deposed Australian tech billionaire Richard White is just the latest corporate calamity in a country...
Walmart to Pay $7.5M to Resolve California Hazardous Waste Charges October 23, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel Walmart will pay $7.5 million to resolve charges that the largest U.S. retailer illegally disposed of hazardous and medical waste...
Insurers Paying $123M in Walmart Settlement of Shareholder Suits Over Handling of Opioids October 21, 2024 By Anne D'Innocenzio Walmart said it has reached a proposed settlement pact related to three lawsuits filed by shareholders on behalf of the...
Archdiocese of Los Angeles Agrees to Pay $880M to Victims of Clergy Sexual Abuse October 21, 2024 The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades,...
McKinsey Poised to Pay at Least $500 Million in DOJ Opioid Probe October 17, 2024 By Ambereen Choudhury, Sabrina Willmer and Chris Strohm McKinsey & Co. is nearing a deal with U.S. prosecutors to pay at least $500 million to settle federal probes...
RTX Agrees to $950M Settlement Over US Defense Fraud, Qatar Bribery October 17, 2024 By Luc Cohen in New York and Nate Raymond RTX agreed to pay nearly $950 million to resolve federal charges it defrauded the U.S. Department of Defense into overpaying...
Progressive to Pay Policy Limits in Fatal Boat Crash That Involved Murdaugh’s Son October 16, 2024 By Staff and Wire Reports Progressive Insurance will pay $500,000, the policy limits, to the family of a young woman killed in a 2019 boat...
J&J Must Pay $15M to Man Who Says Talc Caused His Cancer, Jury Finds October 16, 2024 By Brendan Pierson Johnson & Johnson must pay $15 million to a Connecticut man who alleges that he developed mesothelioma, a rare form...
Google Endorses Bill to Reveal Funders Backing Lawsuits October 15, 2024 By Emily Birnbaum Google is endorsing a bill that would require people filing lawsuits to disclose who will be paying for – and...