Buffett’s Duracell Sued by BASF Over Lithium Battery Secrets April 11, 2025 By Jef Feeley Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Duracell battery maker was accused by chemical producer BASF SE of stealing trade secrets about lithium...
J&J Plunges After Plan to Settle Baby Powder Suits Fails April 1, 2025 By Steven Church, Jonathan Randles, Jef Feeley and Damian Garde Johnson & Johnson shares fell the most in five years after the company’s plan to settle thousands of talc-related lawsuits...
J&J Spars With Foes of $9 Billion Talc Cancer Plan as Trial Ends March 2, 2025 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson told a judge its $9 billion proposal to settle baby powder cancer claims in bankruptcy court is...
Bayer Faces Billions in Payouts for Decades-Old Toxic Mess January 16, 2025 By Jef Feeley Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit stopped making toxic PCBs a half century ago, but the legal fallout lingers even as many...
Edison Utility Sued Over Role of Equipment in Los Angeles Fire January 13, 2025 By Jef Feeley, Mark Chediak and Malathi Nayak Edison International Inc.’s southern California utility was hit with a lawsuit blaming the energy provider’s equipment for igniting one of...
Gunmaker Sig Sauer Must Pay $11 Million Over Pistol That Fired Accidentally November 22, 2024 By Jef Feeley Gunmaker Sig Sauer Inc. was ordered by a Pennsylvania jury to pay $11 million to a customer who alleged defects...
Abbott, Reckitt Score First Victory in Baby Formula Trial November 1, 2024 By Jef Feeley Abbott Laboratories and a unit of Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc were cleared by a jury over claims they hid risks...
J&J’s $8.2 Billion Talc Settlement Faces January Court Test October 29, 2024 By Jef Feeley The fate of Johnson & Johnson’s latest push to use bankruptcy courts to end thousands of cancer lawsuits tied to...
Becton Dickinson Hernia-Mesh Settlements Will Exceed $1 Billion October 4, 2024 By Jef Feeley Becton Dickinson & Co. will pay more than $1 billion to resolve more than 38,000 lawsuits alleging medical patients suffered...
J&J Lifts Baby Powder Settlement Bid to More Than $8.2 Billion September 20, 2024 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson has boosted to more than $8.2 billion its offer to settle thousands of lawsuits by people who...