BASF to Pay $316 Million to Settle PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ U.S. Lawsuit May 22, 2024 By Clark Mindock German chemical company BASF said on Tuesday it reached a $316.5 million settlement with some U.S. public water systems that...
GM, LG Agree on $150M Relief for Chevy Bolt EV Owners Over Faulty Batteries May 20, 2024 General Motors and South Korea’s LG Electronics reached a settlement to establish a $150 million fund to provide relief to...
Volkswagen Reaches $54M ‘Dieselgate’ Settlement With Italian Owners May 16, 2024 Volkswagen and a group representing car owners in Italy have reached an agreement worth more than 50 million euros ($54...
GM’s Cruise Pays More Than $8 Million in Robotaxi Settlement May 15, 2024 By David Welch General Motors Co.’s autonomous-car unit reached an $8 million to $12 million settlement with a pedestrian who was dragged by...
Geico Settles Case Claiming It Encouraged Employees to Call the Cops on Pro-Union Co-Workers May 6, 2024 By Josh Eidelson Geico has settled allegations by the US labor board that it illegally threatened and interrogated upstate New York employees about...
JPMorgan Expects to Pay $100 Million in a Third Surveillance Case May 2, 2024 By Hannah Levitt and Austin Weinstein JPMorgan Chase & Co., fresh off settling complaints from two regulators over gaps in its trade-surveillance program, expects to pay...
J&J Seeks Backing for $11 Billion Baby Powder Cancer Deal May 1, 2024 By Jef Feeley and Steven Church Johnson & Johnson will ask thousands of people suing over its allegedly tainted baby powder to vote in favor of...
Williams-Sonoma to Pay $3.2M for Violating FTC’s ‘Made in USA’ Order April 30, 2024 Home products retailer Williams-Sonoma will have to pay almost $3.2 million for violating a Federal Trade Commission “Made in USA”...
BHP, Vale Offer Brazil $25.7 Billion Payment for Dam Disaster April 30, 2024 By Archie Hunter and Mariana Durao Mining giants BHP Group and Vale SA offered to pay Brazil about $25.7 billion in total compensation for a 2015...
‘Fearless Girl’ Lawsuit by State Street Settles on Eve of Trial April 30, 2024 By Chris Dolmetsch State Street Corp. and the artist it commissioned to create Wall Street’s sculpture have settled a 2019 lawsuit on the...