Settlement News

CBI Settles Legal Action by Ex-Boss After Misconduct Scandal

Britain’s most prominent business group, the Confederation of British Industry, has reached a settlement with its former chief Tony Danker who was dismissed following complaints of workplace misconduct. Danker was sacked as director general of the CBI last April after …

Contractor Reaches $25M Settlement in Flint, Michigan Water Crisis Suit

]A second contractor has reached a $25 million settlement over its role in Flint, Michigan’s lead-contaminated water scandal. The class-action litigation agreement includes payments of $1,500 for individual minors, according to Boston-based Veolia North America. The company says the agreement …

GSK Settles Zantac Case Weeks Before Trial Was Set to Begin

GSK Plc has settled a US lawsuit on heartburn medicine Zantac just weeks before the case was due to be heard in a court in California. The British drugmaker said it had reached a confidential settlement with David Browne and …

Seattle Will Pay $10M to Protesters Who Said Police Used Excessive Force During 2020 Protests

Seattle has agreed to pay $10 million to 50 demonstrators who sued over the police department’s heavy-handed response to racial justice protests in 2020, in a settlement announced by attorneys from both sides. The protesters were among tens of thousands …

J&J Agrees to Resolve Talc Investigations in 42 States

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said it had reached a tentative settlement to resolve probes by U.S. states into whether it misled consumers about the safety of its talc products, which thousands of lawsuits claim can cause cancer. The deal …

How Legal Finance Adds Value to Judgment Preservation Insurance

Successful litigants holding trial-court judgments have traditionally found themselves positioned similarly to mountaineers atop Mount Everest: After a long, brutal and costly ascent to the summit, they are only halfway home, as their opponents vow to appeal and take their …

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Diageo Settle, Withdraw Lawsuits in Case That Accused Diageo of Racism

Rapper and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs has withdrawn his lawsuit against Diageo as part of a settlement with the London-based spirits giant. Combs and Diageo “have now agreed to resolve all disputes between them,” the two parties said in a …

Grubhub to Pay $3.5M to Massachusetts Restaurants for Overcharging During COVID

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell announced a $3.5 million settlement with the online food delivery service platform Grubhub. The settlement resolves a 2021 lawsuit brought by Campbell alleging Grubhub illegally overcharged fees to Massachusetts restaurants in violation of a state …

Diageo Settles Racism Dispute With Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

Diageo Plc has settled a lawsuit with Sean Combs after the music mogul sued the British drinks company, accusing it of underinvestment in brands he fronted. Combs, known as Diddy, had accused the spirits company of racism in neglecting liquor …

Morgan Stanley to Pay Under $300M to Settle Trading Probe

Morgan Stanley is close to an agreement to pay $200 million to $300 million to resolve a yearslong US investigation into its employees’ handling of stock sales big enough to move markets, a probe that rattled major clients and reverberated …