Purdue Pharma Receives $5.5B Sentence, Paving Way for Opioid Settlement April 29, 2026 By Dietrich Knauth OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma was sentenced on Tuesday to $5.5 billion in fines and penalties stemming from its 2020 guilty...
Purdue Pharma’s $5.5B Sentencing for Opioid Charges Delayed April 22, 2026 By Dietrich Knauth A federal judge on April 21 delayed the planned criminal sentencing of Purdue Pharma by one week, saying she wanted...
24 States File Lawsuit to Stop Trump’s Latest Global Tariffs March 6, 2026 By Dietrich Knauth A group of 24 U.S. states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday in the first legal challenge to his...
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to $2.46B Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Settlement January 13, 2026 By Dietrich Knauth The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to the Boy Scouts of America’s landmark $2.46 billion...
Most Trump Tariffs Are Not Legal, US Appeals Court Rules September 2, 2025 By Dietrich Knauth, Nate Raymond and Tom Hals A divided U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal, undercutting the Republican president’s...
Musk, X Corp to Settle $500M Lawsuit Over Twitter Firings August 25, 2025 By Dietrich Knauth Elon Musk and his social media company X Corp have reached a tentative agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by...
California Fails to Stop 23andMe Founder From Re-Acquiring Company July 9, 2025 By Dietrich Knauth Genetic testing company 23andMe can proceed with a $305 million sale to the company’s co-founder Anne Wojcicki after a U.S....
Trump Tariffs May Remain in Effect While Appeals Proceed, US Appeals Court Rules June 11, 2025 By Dietrich Knauth and Nate Raymond A federal appeals court allowed President Donald Trump’s most sweeping tariffs to remain in effect on Tuesday while it reviews...
Judge Dismisses California’s Tariff Lawsuit, Teeing up Appeal June 3, 2025 By Dietrich Knauth A U.S. judge dismissed the state of California’s challenge to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, allowing the state to file an...
Trump’s Tariffs to Remain in Effect After Appeals Court Grants Stay May 29, 2025 By Dietrich Knauth and Sarah Marsh A federal appeals court temporarily reinstated the most sweeping of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Thursday, a day after a...