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Lying About Gulf Oil Spill Size to Investors to Cost BP $175M
Jun 3 2016 // BP Plc said it agreed to pay $175 million to settle claims by U.S. investors that its managers lied about the size of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill to prop up its stock price, removing the company’s last major...
Critics of Uber’s $100M Driver Settlement Have Day in Court
Jun 3 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. may have to return to the bargaining table to show just how badly it wants to avoid a jury trial with drivers demanding to be treated as employees. The world’s largest rideshare company faced...
Financial Industry Files Suit Against Obama Fiduciary Standard for Retirement Plan Brokers
Jun 3 2016 // Wall Street and business lobbying groups have teamed up to fight the Obama administration’s new rules for U.S. brokers managing retirement accounts, saying the regulations include a ” deliberately...
Canadian Grain Bin Maker Sued by North Dakota Insurance Company
Jun 2 2016 // A North Dakota-based insurance company is accusing a major farm equipment manufacturer from Canada of making defective grain bins. Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Co. of Jamestown is suing Winnipeg-based Westeel in federal...
AIG to Appeal Ruling Letting PIMCO Suit Over Financial Crisis Investments Proceed
Jun 2 2016 // American International Group Inc. failed to persuade a judge to throw out a lawsuit by Pacific Investment Management Co. over investments that were wiped out because of the insurer’s exposure to credit-default swaps...
4th Suit Linking Illnesses to DuPont C8 Dumping Goes to Trial in Ohio
Jun 1 2016 // One of more than 3,500 lawsuits alleging links between people’s illnesses and DuPont discharging C8 into drinking water and the Ohio River is headed to trial in federal court. The lawsuits are part of a multidistrict...
School Bus Firm Agrees to Settle California Safety Suit for $11.5M
May 31 2016 // An attorney representing mechanics for a school bus company says the company has agreed to pay $11.5 million to settle a California lawsuit claiming they used unsafe buses to transport San Francisco students. The San...
NYC Plans to Issue Salt-Warning Fines as Lawsuit Continues
May 31 2016 // New York City plans to start enforcing a first-of-its-kind requirement for chain restaurants to use icons to warn patrons of salty foods after getting an appeals court’s go-ahead on May 26 to start issuing fines. But...
Supreme Court to Hear State Farm’s Appeal of Katrina False Claims Ruling
May 31 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal by State Farm contesting a jury finding that the insurance company defrauded the federal government when assessing damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 along...
Flooded Homeowners Allege Negligence in Suit Against City of Houston
May 27 2016 // A citizen’s group and homeowners who have recently suffered repeat flood damage sued Houston, Texas, in federal court, alleging the city backed improvements at a commercial development they say were made without...
Judge: Plaintiffs in University of Tennessee Discrimination Suit Owed $460K in Fees
May 27 2016 // A federal judge has recommended that former Tennessee associate director of sports medicine Jenny Moshak and two ex-Lady Volunteers strength coaches should recover more than $460,000 in attorneys’ fees as part of the...
North Dakota Company Settles Racial Discrimination Suit for $250K
May 26 2016 // A Williston, N.D.-based oil field service company will pay $250,000 to a worker it fired after he complained of harassment to settle a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Oregon Church Sued for $5M for Alleged Unreported Abuse
May 26 2016 // A woman is suing a northwestern Oregon church over claims that its leaders kept quiet about reports from her daughter that she was being sexually abused by her father. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that the $5 million...
Johnson & Johnson Gets Sued by California over Marketing for Pelvic Mesh
May 26 2016 // California has accused Johnson & Johnson of failing to warn doctors and patients about the severity and frequency of complications associated with its pelvic mesh devices. According to the lawsuit filed by the...
Hulk Hogan Privacy Suit Enjoys Litigation Financing from Tech Billionaire Thiel
May 26 2016 // Billionaire investor Peter Thiel is helping wrestler Hulk Hogan bankroll his lawsuit against Gawker Media, according to a report in Forbes. Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, in March won a $140 million jury verdict...
South Carolina Bar Sued For Overserving Motorcyclist Who Crashed, Killed Passenger
May 26 2016 // A bar in Columbia, S.C., has been accused of serving so much alcohol to one of its underage patrons that he became extremely intoxicated and crashed his motorcycle, killing a 19-year-old woman who was riding with him. The...
Miami Artist Lawsuit Against Apple, Design Firm Dismissed
May 26 2016 // A lawsuit filed by artist Romero Britto against Apple Inc. and a design firm claiming misuse of his distinctive images and colorful style has been dismissed. Miami federal court documents show the 2015 lawsuit was dropped...
West Virginia Motorcyclist Wins $500K in Suit Against Travelers, Truck Driver
May 25 2016 // A jury has awarded more than $500,000 to a motorcyclist in South Charleston, W. Va., who was injured in a lumber spill wreck. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports jurors reached the verdict last week in Larry Keeling...
Family of MLB Star Gwynn Sues Tobacco Companies in California
May 25 2016 // The family of the late baseball star Tony Gwynn, a Hall of Famer who played with the San Diego Padres, has filed a lawsuit in California accusing makers of dipping tobacco of causing his death from cancer by getting him...
Ohio AG Suing Roofer for Taking Insurance Checks, not Finishing Work
May 24 2016 // The state attorney general is suing a Cincinnati roofing company over more than a dozen complaints that the company took insurance checks but the work was either never finished or was done improperly. Attorney General Mike...
