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Netflix Beats Shareholder Lawsuit over Account-Sharing Disclosures

Netflix has defeated a lawsuit filed by shareholders in a federal court in California that accused the streaming entertainment company of hiding the extent to which account-sharing was hindering its growth. A Texas-based investment trust sued in May 2022, after …

Elon Musk’s Drug Use Is the Latest Headache for Tesla’s Board

Elon Musk’s reported drug use has Tesla Inc. board members facing a familiar quandary: having to decide what, if anything, to do about the chief executive subjecting directors and shareholders alike to great financial and legal risk. The Wall Street …

Shareholders Sue Hawaiian Electric Over Maui Wildfires

Shareholders of Hawaiian Electric HE.N on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the utility provider in a San Francisco federal court, alleging the company’s failure to disclose important information about its wildfire prevention and safety protocols. Hawaiian’s protocols and procedures were …

No Coverage for Investor Losses Caused by Blue Bell’s Listeria Outbreak

A 2015 Listeria outbreak linked to ice cream sold by Blue Bell Creameries hospitalized 10 people and killed three. While those injuries and deaths were certainly “bodily injuries,” a lawsuit filed by investors against Blue Bell’s board of directors for …

4th Circuit Finds Nothing Ambiguous About Bump-Up Exclusion

Whether you call it an acquisition or a merger, the fact that Willis Group Holdings ended up controlling Towers Watson and shareholders filed a lawsuit alleging they were shortchanged triggered a “bump-up” exclusion in a directors and officers policy, a …

Delaware Court Dismisses Shareholder Suit over McDonald’s Sexual Harassment Policies

A Delaware Court on Wednesday dismissed a shareholder lawsuit filed against McDonald’s Corp. and its board of directors, finding the plaintiffs did not show that the directors ignored red flags that demonstrated widespread sexual harassment was taking place. Court of …

Spain’s Abengoa Wins Dismissal of US Shareholder Lawsuit Alleging Fraud

NEW YORK —A US judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by Abengoa SA shareholders accusing the Spanish engineering and energy company of conducting a massive accounting fraud between 2013 and 2015 that masked a liquidity crisis and culminated in bankruptcy. …

Judge Rejects ‘Gag Order’ for Elon Musk in Shareholder Suit

Elon Musk will not be subjected to a “gag order” preventing him from discussing a lawsuit claiming he defrauded Tesla Inc. shareholders by tweeting in 2018 about taking his electric car company private, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. U.S. …

Tesla Stockholders Ask Judge to Silence Musk in Fraud Case

DETROIT (AP) — A group of Tesla shareholders suing CEO Elon Musk over some 2018 tweets about taking the company private is asking a federal judge to order Musk to stop commenting on the case. Lawyers for stockholders of the …

Rivian is Sued by Shareholder After Rolling Back Electric Vehicle Price Hikes

Rivian Automotive Inc RIVN.O has been sued by a shareholder who claimed the company misled investors in its initial public offering about how it had mispriced its electric vehicles, leading to unpopular price hikes that it swiftly rolled back. In …