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...
FTC Democrat Tells States: ‘BalI Is In Your Court’ on Facebook Privacy Compliance December 10, 2019 By Ben Brody and Erik Larson A Democratic member on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission urged states investigating Facebook Inc. to examine whether the company disregarded...
Fox Countersuit in Harassment Case Not Retaliation, Judge Rules November 25, 2019 By Erik Larson Fox Broadcasting Co. didn’t illegally retaliate with a breach-of-contract claim against a former executive who sued after he was fired...
Juul Sued by New York State Over Marketing Vape Products to Kids November 20, 2019 By Erik Larson Juul Labs Inc. is being sued by New York for allegedly trampling state marketing laws by targeting teenagers in advertisements...
Former Executive Sues MetLife Alleging Gender Bias; Insurer Denies Claims November 14, 2019 By Erik Larson A former MetLife Inc. executive claims she suffered years of gender-based pay discrimination and harassment from members of the insurer’s...
How Exxon’s Climate Change Trial Ended Up Being About Numbers October 25, 2019 By Erik Larson Climate change protesters outside a Manhattan courthouse this week expressed overwhelming support for New York’s landmark securities fraud lawsuit against...
Bankruptcy Judge Grants Purdue Pharma Time Out from Government Opioid Litigation October 13, 2019 By Steven Church and Erik Larson Purdue Pharma LP and its billionaire owners won a temporary reprieve from nearly 2,700 opioid lawsuits, giving the bankrupt drugmaker...