November 20, 2024
A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a Chapter 11 plan for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York that includes a $320 million fund to compensate victims of clergy sexual abuse and settles insurance issues. Judge Martin Glenn …
November 15, 2024
Major League Baseball’s players union settled a lawsuit that accused sports betting giant FanDuel of using the names and likenesses of hundreds of MLB players on its betting platform without permission. A FanDuel spokesperson said on Friday that the company …
November 13, 2024
Plains All American Pipeline has agreed to pay $72.5 million to settle a lawsuit over the 2015 Refugio Beach oil spill in Santa Barbara, a filing showed on Tuesday. The spill occurred after a pipeline, which ran across California’s coastline, …
November 12, 2024
Hawaiian Electric reported a third-quarter loss after the utility removed a warning about its ability to remain in business, saying that a recent capital raise helped mitigate the concerns. The utility had raised going concern doubts after disclosing that it …
November 6, 2024
Hawaiian Electric Industries formalized a $2 billion agreement to settle damage claims from a wildfire that razed the historic town of Lahaina and killed more than 100 people. The utility-owner had reached a tentative agreement in August in which it, …
November 5, 2024
JPMorgan Chase will pay $151 million to settle five U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement cases, including accusations that the largest U.S. bank made misleading disclosures to brokerage customers, the regulator said. The settlements include $61 million of civil fines …
October 31, 2024
Shipbuilder HII has settled claims against General Electric Co. that one of its units produced faulty propulsion gears for the USS Gerald R. Ford, the US’s costliest warship, that hobbled the vessel eight months after it was delivered, the companies …
October 29, 2024
Adidas AG reached an out-of-court settlement with rapper Ye that concludes all claims connected to the sportswear maker’s decision to end their partnership two years ago. “Both parties said we don’t need to fight anymore and withdrew all the claims,” …
October 25, 2024
BHP Group and Vale SA have signed a 170 billion-real ($29.8 billion) settlement with Brazil over the deadly Mariana dam collapse in 2015 at their iron ore joint venture. The settlement, which includes 38 billion reais, or about $6.7 billion, …
October 25, 2024
The sex-for-investment scandal that swiftly deposed Australian tech billionaire Richard White is just the latest corporate calamity in a country fast losing its reputation as a tightly-regulated market with strict governance standards. More than A$7.7 billion ($5.1 billion) of market …