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...
New York AG Tells Court Opioid Crisis Damage ‘Dwarfs’ Drugmakers’ Resources October 8, 2019 By Erik Larson The public cost of coping with the opioid crisis in the U.S. “dwarfs” the combined resources of the companies sued...
Massachusetts, New York Signal Purdue Faces Stiff Court Fight September 17, 2019 By Erik Larson The attorneys general of Massachusetts and New York gave Purdue Pharma LP a preview of the opposition it’s facing in...
States Split Over Purdue’s $12 Billion Opioid Epidemic Settlement Plan September 12, 2019 By Erik Larson and Katherine Doherty Purdue Pharma LP, maker of the highly addictive Oxycontin painkiller, is pitting state against state with its offer of about...
States Take Aim at SEC’s New Broker-Dealer Adviser Rule September 11, 2019 By Erik Larson New York and a half dozen other states accused the Securities and Exchange Commission of botching a final regulation intended...