Reuters Report: How Judges’ Secrecy Has Added to Toll of Opioids and Other Products June 25, 2019 By Benjamin Lesser, Dan Levine, Lisa Girion and Jaimi Dowdell WELCH, West Virginia —The opioid epidemic that has so far killed half a million Americans is routinely blamed on greedy...
Judge Wants PG&E Power Restrictions for Next California Wildfire Season January 10, 2019 By Dan Levine A U.S. judge has proposed restricting utility PG&E Corp from using power lines deemed to be unsafe during high winds...
In Reply to Cities’ Liability Suit, One Oil Firm Agrees Humans Causing Climate Change March 26, 2018 By Dan Levine A Chevron attorney said in court last Wednesday that the company supports scientific conclusions that humans are causing climate change,...
Big Oil to Face Questions on Climate Change as Cities’ Abatement Lawsuit Proceeds March 21, 2018 By Dan Levine Five of the world’s biggest energy producers will be questioned by a federal judge on Wednesday about climate change science,...
Uber to Settle U.S. Lawsuit by Indian Woman Raped by Driver December 11, 2017 By Heather Somerville and Dan Levine Uber Technologies Inc. and a woman who accused top executives of improperly obtaining her medical records after a company driver...
18 States Denied Bid for Emergency Order to Restore Obamacare Subsidies October 26, 2017 By Dan Levine and Lawrence Hurley A U.S. judge on Wednesday refused to block President Donald Trump’s decision to end subsidy payments to health insurers under...
Trump Defends Killing Off Obamacare Subsidies; 18 States Sue in Uphill Battle October 15, 2017 By Dan Levine and Yasmeen Abutaleb Eighteen U.S. states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday to stop him from scrapping a key component of Obamacare,...
Uber Sued by Rape Victim Who Says It Violated Her Medical Privacy June 16, 2017 By Dan Levine A woman sued Uber Technologies Inc. on Thursday claiming top executives at the ride-hailing company improperly obtained her medical records...
Democratic Attorneys General Move to Defend Obamacare Insurer Subsidies May 19, 2017 By Yasmeen Abutaleb, Lawrence Hurley and Dan Levine More than a dozen Democratic attorneys general on Thursday sought to intervene to defend a key part of the Obamacare...
Unions, Gig-Economy Firms Prepare for New York Benefits Battle November 28, 2016 By Dan Levine and Kristina Cooke Faced with a barrage of lawsuits from workers demanding benefits and recognition as employees, some companies in the fast-growing ‘gig...