Settlement News

Robinhood to Pay $45M to Settle SEC Charges Over Recordkeeping, Other Violations

Online trading firm Robinhood Markets has agreed to pay $45 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges over record keeping, trade reporting and other rule violations, the regulator said on Monday. Regulators found Robinhood Securities LLC and Robinhood …

Purdue’s Sacklers Offer to Increase Contribution in New Opioid Settlement, WSJ Reports

The Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, is offering to increase their financial contribution to a bankruptcy settlement of opioid lawsuits, while agreeing to some exposure to future litigation, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Some family members who …

Kroger to Pay $110M to Resolve Kentucky Lawsuit Over Opioid Epidemic

Kroger has agreed to pay $110 million to resolve a lawsuit by the state of Kentucky alleging the supermarket chain’s pharmacies helped fuel a deadly opioid epidemic by flooding its communities with hundreds of millions of doses of addictive painkillers. …

Settlements Eclipse $40B in 2024 as PFAS, Reverse Discrimination Claims Emerge

Once again, settlements from class-action litigation topped $40 billion in 2024, according to an extensive analysis of more than 1,400 cases by law firm Duane Morris. Gerald L. Maatman, partner at the firm and co-author of its 650-page report, said …

Apple Clarifies Siri Privacy Stance After $95M Class Action Settlement

Apple clarified on Wednesday that it has never sold the data collected by its Siri voice assistant or used it to create marketing profiles, just days after settling a case in which it faced such accusations. The iPhone maker last …

IBM, GlobalFoundries Settle Lawsuits Over Contract, Trade Secrets

GlobalFoundries and IBM said on Thursday they have settled dueling lawsuits in which GlobalFoundries was accused of breaching a contract with IBM and the computer giant was alleged to have misused the chipmaker’s trade secrets. The companies said in a …

LL Bean Agrees to Injunction to End Skechers Shoe Lawsuit

LL Bean, the clothing and outdoor gear company, agreed to stop selling a line of casual shoes to settle a lawsuit in which Skechers USA accused it of copying a design for its own shoes, which have sold in the …

Stellantis Unit to Pay $4.2 Million to Resolve California Emissions Probe

Stellantis unit FCA US agreed to pay $4.2 million to resolve a California investigation into excess emissions, the state said on Monday. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) said the vehicles covered by the settlement for violations of air quality …

Group Says New Jersey Toxic Dumping Caused $1B in Harm, Calls Settlement Inadequate

Years of toxic waste dumping in a Jersey Shore community where childhood cancer rates rose caused at least $1 billion in damage to natural resources, according to an environmental group trying to overturn a settlement between New Jersey and the …

Aerospace Firm AAR Settles US Bribery Charges for $55M

Global aerospace company AAR Corp. has agreed to pay more than $55 million to resolve allegations of bribing Nepalese and South African public officials, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday. The amount involved settlements with the SEC …