Appeals Court Rules Firing Over Sexual Orientation Is Illegal February 26, 2018 By Jeff Green, Josh Eidelson, Bob Van Voris and Erik Larson Gay workers and their corporate supporters won a legal victory over the Trump administration as a federal appeals court ruled...
Exxon Gets Combative with Critics Suing Over Climate Change Policy February 15, 2018 By Bob Van Voris As climate-change lawsuits against the oil industry mount, Exxon Mobil Corp. is taking a bare-knuckle approach rarely seen in legal...
Saudi Arabia Asks U.S. Judge to Throw Out 9/11 Lawsuits January 22, 2018 By Bob Van Voris Saudi Arabia asked a U.S. judge to throw out lawsuits claiming it helped al-Qaeda carry out the Sept. 11 terrorist...
Yankees Deflect Foul-Ball Case as Court Upholds Century-Old Rule October 25, 2017 By Bob Van Voris At least the Yankees won something. As the team prepares to watch the Astros play the Dodgers in the World...
Injured New York Yankee Fan Takes a Swing at Century-Old Baseball Rule October 6, 2017 By Bob Van Voris Baseball is timeless. Is the Baseball Rule? The century-old legal doctrine blocks fans from suing a ball club if they...
Defamation Suit Over Rolling Stone Article Is Revived on Appeal September 21, 2017 By Bob Van Voris A defamation lawsuit suit against Rolling Stone magazine over its retracted 2014 article about an alleged gang rape at the...
PwC’s Oscars Screw-Up Could Risk Defense at MF Global Malpractice Trial March 3, 2017 By Bob Van Voris PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s epic screw-up at the Oscars could carry a high cost if jurors arrive at a malpractice trial next...
Supreme Court ‘Easily’ Settles Insider Trading Liability Question December 7, 2016 By Greg Stohr, Patricia Hurtado and Bob Van Voris For two years, stock traders and the attorneys who represent them said insider-trading law was a muddle, with no one...
Judge Denies Uber Bid to Enforce Arbitration in Consumer Suit August 1, 2016 By Bob Van Voris and Joel Rosenblatt Uber Technologies Inc. can’t require a Connecticut customer accusing the company of price-fixing to resolve the fight in arbitration, a...
Appeals Court Rules Google Book Copying Is Legal ‘Fair Use’ October 16, 2015 By Bob Van Voris Google Inc. can go ahead and create a digital library of millions of books without paying authors, a U.S. appeals...