October 18, 2024
Hunter Biden has revived a lawsuit that accuses Fox News of illegally publishing explicit images of him as part of a streaming series. The president’s son first sued Fox in New York in July over images used in the Fox …
October 18, 2024
Energy company Phillips 66 owes biofuel maker Propel Fuels $604.9 million in damages for stealing Propel’s trade secrets to build up its renewable-fuel capabilities, a jury in a California state court decided on Wednesday. The jury in Oakland agreed with …
October 18, 2024
The insurance industry faces a new wave of financial exposure as federal and state regulations surrounding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances become more stringent. Once hailed as miracle compounds for their water-repellent, non-stick, and heat-resistant properties, PFAS are now viewed with …
October 16, 2024
Progressive Insurance will pay $500,000, the policy limits, to the family of a young woman killed in a 2019 boat crash involving Alex Murdaugh’s youngest son, essentially ending the family’s legal actions in the tragedy. Progressive, which insured the boat …
October 15, 2024
Elon Musk’s X on Friday dropped Unilever from a lawsuit that claimed the consumer goods giant and others conspired with an advertising industry group to boycott the social media platform, causing it to lose revenue. In a filing in federal …
October 11, 2024
Bayer must pay $78 million to a Pennsylvania man who said he got cancer from using the company’s Roundup weedkiller, a state court jury in Philadelphia found on Thursday. The verdict follows previous consecutive victories for Bayer in that court. …
October 11, 2024
A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary can pursue its third attempt to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging its talc products caused cancer in a Texas bankruptcy court, a judge ruled on Thursday, allowing the company to avoid a venue …
October 11, 2024
HSBC on Thursday appealed a tribunal’s decision to reinstate a female, senior investment banker’s lawsuit that alleges the bank victimized and discriminated against her when it did not hire her for a senior sales position in 2018. Carmen Chevalier-Firescu, 41, …
October 10, 2024
GSK Plc said it will pay as much as $2.2 billion to resolve about 80,000 US court cases related to allegations that its old reflux medication Zantac was contaminated with a suspected carcinogen. The cases represent about 93% of those …
October 9, 2024
Johnson & Johnson’s bold move to skirt a US court in New Jersey and seek a potentially friendlier venue in Texas to settle claims its baby powder gave women cancer faces a key decision as soon as Thursday. A federal …