Judge Wants NRA to Name Insurance Witnesses in Claims Against New York April 30, 2021 By Erik Larson A judge ordered the National Rifle Association to provide the names Lloyd’s of London agents or employees who the gun...
Exxon Argues Massachusetts Climate Fraud Lawsuit Punishes It for Opinion December 17, 2020 By Erik Larson Exxon Mobil Corp. told a judge that a fraud lawsuit filed by Massachusetts last year amounts to illegal punishment for...
Exxon Argues Massachusetts AG’s Climate Lawsuit Amounts to Improper Retaliation August 6, 2020 By Erik Larson Exxon Mobil Corp. will argue that a consumer and investor fraud lawsuit filed by the Massachusetts attorney general amounts to...
Businesses Fear Lawsuits from Sick Employees, Patrons After Reopening April 20, 2020 By Erik Larson, Edvard Pettersson and Christopher Yasiejko Whenever U.S. stores, restaurants and theaters reopen from coronavirus shutdowns, they may face an unexpected problem: lawsuits from sick patrons...
Life-or-Death Decisions by Hospitals, Doctors Come With Threat of Lawsuits April 2, 2020 By Erik Larson Doctors and hospitals overwhelmed in the pandemic will have to make their excruciating life-or-death decisions meticulously or they risk being...
Exxon Loses Jurisdiction Fight in Massachusetts Climate Suit March 20, 2020 By Erik Larson Exxon Mobil Corp. suffered a setback in a climate change case when a federal judge ruled that a consumer protection...
Making Big Oil Pay for Climate Change May Be Impossible January 24, 2020 By Erik Larson Exxon Mobil dodged a bullet last month when a judge rejected a novel climate-change lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney...
New York Won’t Appeal Its Defeat in Exxon Climate Trial January 13, 2020 By Erik Larson New York won’t appeal a ruling by a judge who rejected the state’s claim that Exxon Mobil Corp. misled investors...
Sandy Hook Families Get Gunmaker Trial Nine Years After Attack December 13, 2019 By Erik Larson Family members of nine children and educators killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre have received a September...
Exxon Beats New York Claim of Climate Change Accounting Fraud December 10, 2019 By Erik Larson Exxon Mobil Corp. won a closely watched securities-fraud trial that delved into its internal accounting for the financial risks of...