Walgreens to Pay $44 Million to Settle Theranos Fraud Claims September 8, 2023 By Erik Larson Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. has agreed to pay $44 million to settle class action claims by consumers who received flawed...
Trump Immune From Suit for Election Comments Made in Office August 3, 2023 By Erik Larson A Pennsylvania state court judge ruled that presidential immunity is broad enough to protect Donald Trump’s false claims that the...
Surprise Golf Marriage of PGA and LIV Risks Antitrust Scrutiny June 8, 2023 By Leah Nylen, Malathi Nayak and Erik Larson The PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia-backed challenger LIV Golf avoided calling their proposed partnership a merger. But their shock announcement...
NRA Sues Maryland Over ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional’ Gun Laws May 19, 2023 By Erik Larson The National Rifle Association’s lobbying arm sued to block Maryland from enforcing new gun-control measures that enhance requirements for obtaining...
Trump Liable for Sex Abuse, Must Pay $5 Million to Carroll May 10, 2023 By Erik Larson, Patricia Hurtado and David Voreacos A federal jury in New York found Donald Trump liable for sexually assaulting writer E. Jean Carroll and then defaming...
Fox News to Pay $787 Million to Settle Election Suit, Dominion Says April 19, 2023 By Erik Larson and Jef Feeley Fox News’s agreement to pay $787.5 million to settle a voting machine maker’s defamation lawsuit over the network’s 2020 election...
Trump Sues Ex-Lawyer Michael Cohen Over Alleged Breaches of Contract April 13, 2023 By Erik Larson Former President Donald Trump filed a $500 million lawsuit against his former attorney Michael Cohen for allegedly violating their attorney-client...
Fox Judge Says It’s ‘CRYSTAL Clear’ Election Claims Were False April 3, 2023 By Erik Larson and Jef Feeley Ever since Fox News was hit with a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit over reports falsely accusing a voting-machine company of...
Biogen Agrees to Pay $900M to Resolve Kickback Claims September 27, 2022 By Erik Larson A Biogen Inc. whistle-blower will collect almost $250 million for bringing to light a kickback scheme the company agreed to...
Juul Reaches $439 Million Settlement Over Marketing to Children September 6, 2022 By Erik Larson, Rachel Butt and Malathi Nayak Juul Labs Inc. reached an agreement in principle to pay $438.5 million to 33 states to resolve a two-year bipartisan...