March 1, 2024
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown reported that his Opioids Enforcement Unit has finalized settlements with Teva, Allergan, Walmart, and Walgreens, after multi-year investigations of these opioids-makers’ or chain pharmacies’ involvement in the opioid crisis in the state. The settlements …
January 25, 2024
Walmart will pay $60,000 and provide other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. The EEOC charged in its suit that Walmart refused to promote an employee …
September 15, 2023
Walmart, Inc. and Walmart Stores Arkansas, LLC, a multinational retailer, violated federal law when it subjected a nationwide class of employees with disabilities to unlawful testing, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit. According to the …
September 14, 2023
The U.S. agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws said on Wednesday that it had sued Walmart Inc over allegations it fired hourly workers with disabilities who could not pass a computer-based test. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said that …
May 25, 2023
Walmart will pay half a million dollars to settle allegations from California’s Department of Justice that it was selling brass knuckles on its website, state Attorney General Rob Bonta said. Brass knuckles are classified as deadly and illegal weapons in …
March 31, 2023
Walmart Inc. was sued on Thursday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency’s second lawsuit this week accusing the largest U.S. retailer of discrimination against workers with disabilities. The EEOC said Walmart illegally demoted Calvin Hagan for …
March 17, 2023
Indian digital payments firm PhonePe said on Friday it has raised $200 million from majority backer Walmart Inc. at a pre-money valuation of $12 billion. PhonePe, already India’s most valuable payments firm and among the country’s most highly valued startups, …
February 28, 2023
Walmart Inc. violated federal workplace safety standards at its warehouse in Johnstown, New York, when it failed to prevent stored merchandise from falling onto – and seriously injuring – an employee in 2017, a federal panel has affirmed. The Feb. …
December 7, 2022
Retail pharmacy Walmart, Inc. has agreed to pay $500,000 to Massachusetts after allegedly failing to follow the state’s prescription pricing procedures designed to keep costs down in the workers’ compensation insurance system, Attorney General Maura Healey announced. As a result …
November 30, 2022
An employee at the Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, where a supervisor fatally shot six people last week, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the company, claiming she and others had warned management about the shooter’s behavior and that nothing was …