Rhode Island Sues 5 Landlords over Alleged Lead Hazards July 19, 2022 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island has sued five more landlords who rent properties in which children with lead poisoning...
Bayer Reaches $80M PCB Contamination Settlement With Ohio March 26, 2022 By Tom Hals Bayer AG reached an $80 million settlement with Ohio to resolve environmental damage allegedly caused by polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs,...
Amazon Loses Bid to Stop COVID-19 Standards Probe August 11, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed Amazon.com Inc’s lawsuit to block New York’s attorney general from investigating...
Centene Reserves $1.1 Billion for Pharmacy Disputes June 16, 2021 By John Tozzi Centene Corp. agreed to pay settlements to Ohio and Mississippi to resolve claims that it inflated pharmacy costs, and the...
West Virginia Hospital Settles Whistleblower Suit For $50M September 11, 2020 By John Raby CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A financially strapped West Virginia hospital has agreed to pay the federal government $50 million to resolve...
Exxon Prevails Over New York in Climate Accounting Case December 10, 2019 By Erik Larson Exxon Mobil Corp. won a closely watched securities-fraud trial that delved into its internal accounting for the financial risks of...
Oklahoma Makes Final Bid to Hold J&J Responsible for Opioid Epidemic August 1, 2019 By Nate Raymond Oklahoma’s attorney general on Wednesday made his final bid to force Johnson & Johnson to pay $17 billion for its...
Facebook Pays Record $5 Billion to Settle U.S. Privacy Claims July 24, 2019 By Ben Brody and David McLaughlin Facebook Inc. agreed to pay a record $5 billion to resolve a U.S. investigation into years of privacy violations, a...
Opinion Sought on Louisiana Flood Board Term Length June 27, 2014 By KEVIN McGILL The independent committee assembled to nominate members of two regional flood boards in southeastern Louisiana voted Wednesday to seek an...
Utah Attorney General Ask Feds to Crack Down on Patent Trolls December 20, 2013 Acting Utah Attorney General Brian Tarbet is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate patent trolls. Tarbet joined 42 other...