Lawsuits Against Businesses Over Coronavirus Have Begun. More to Come? March 4, 2020 By Bob Van Voris, Edvard Pettersson, Chris Dolmetsch and Hugo Miller The coronavirus has upended markets, disrupted supply chains and forced quarantines. It’s all fertile ground for lawsuits. Hospitals, restaurants, day...
Native American Tribe Says Showtime’s ‘Billions’ TV Show Defamed Reputation August 16, 2019 By Bob Van Voris In the hit Showtime series “Billions,” it seems, everybody’s somebody. Ruthless hedge fund titan Bobby Axelrod evokes Steven A. Cohen,...
Boeing Faces Spate of Lawsuits After Second 737 MAX 8 Crash March 15, 2019 By Bob Van Voris and Janan Hanna Lawyers are already targeting Boeing Co. for Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines disaster even while investigators are still trying to figure out...
Boeing Defends 737 Safety as First U.S. Lawsuit Filed Over Lion Air Crash November 16, 2018 By Bob Van Voris Boeing Co. has been sued in what may be the first U.S. claim tied to the crash of Lion Air...
New York’s Global Warming Suit Against Oil Companies Tossed July 20, 2018 By Bob Van Voris and Kevin Crowley A U.S. judge threw out New York’s lawsuit seeking to hold five of the world’s biggest oil companies financially responsible...
Oil Companies Ask to Throw Out New York’s Climate Change Lawsuit June 15, 2018 By Bob Van Voris A group of the world’s biggest oil companies asked a judge to throw out New York City’s lawsuit seeking to...
Oil Companies Ask Judge to Kill NYC’s Global Warming Lawsuit May 9, 2018 By Bob Van Voris Five of the world’s biggest oil companies asked a judge to throw out New York City’s lawsuit seeking to hold...
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...