In recent years, Glencore Plc, Airbus SE and Credit Suisse have collectively paid more than $5.5 billion in fines for their roles in sprawling corruption cases. While law enforcement in France and the UK took the lead, the involvement of …
TikTok was sued by a group of seven French families who blame the social network app for harming the mental health of their children, driving two of them to suicide. The families, grouped in the association Algos Victima, filed their …
Pavel Durov, the chief executive officer of Telegram, has been detained in France over claims that the messaging service failed to properly fight crime on the app, including the spread of child sexual abuse material. The 39-year-old Russian-born billionaire was …
An auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP sued his employer over a serious head injury he suffered during a work event that “encouraged excessive consumption of alcohol.” Michael Brockie alleges in London suit that PwC failed to ensure his safety by allowing …
A Paris resident seeking 21 million euros ($22 million) for health damage caused by the city’s pollution got a boost from an adviser to the European Union’s top court who said the French state may be liable. The non-binding opinion …
A French court ruled that families of children who suffered side effects from the epilepsy medicine Depakine can join in a class-action lawsuit against drugmaker Sanofi. The company should have warned of the risk of birth defects for pregnant women …
Airbus SE and Air France-KLM could face charges of involuntary manslaughter over the deadly crash of a Paris-bound plane off the Brazilian coast over a decade ago. The Paris appeals court ruled Wednesday that the case should be taken to …
A dentist was ordered by France’s top court to pay damages for sexually abusing a female assistant after the man was cleared of related criminal charges. In a milestone ruling last month, the Cour de Cassation said the bar is …
Two former American International Group Inc. employees won awards totaling about $10 million after French judges chastised the insurance giant for trying to block the payment of bonuses they’d already earned to cover for its huge losses. The Paris court …
A veteran executive who was voted woman of the year at Societe Generale SA is suing the bank at a Paris employment tribunal after colleagues accused her of being a disrespectful control-freak and her bosses decided she was unfit for …
