Bayer Weighs ‘Texas Two-Step’ Bankruptcy Filing Over Roundup March 15, 2024 By Jef Feeley, Tim Loh and Crystal Tse Bayer AG is weighing whether to use a controversial legal maneuver known as the Texas Two-Step bankruptcy to try to...
NBA Sued Over Deal With Failed Crypto Exchange Voyager February 8, 2024 By Jef Feeley The National Basketball Association was hit with a lawsuit over its marketing links to failed crypto exchange Voyager Digital Holdings...
Bayer’s Billions in Roundup Verdicts Increase Pressure for New Legal Strategy January 31, 2024 By Jef Feeley and Tim Loh Bayer AG faces mounting pressure to come up with a new plan for handling its Roundup weedkiller litigation after getting...
Bayer Jury’s $2.2 Billion Roundup Verdict Is Biggest Yet January 29, 2024 By Jef Feeley Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit was ordered by a Pennsylvania jury to pay more than $2.2 billion to a former Roundup...
J&J Sets Up 3rd Talc Bankruptcy Bid by Moving Unit to Texas January 22, 2024 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson is seeking to move a unit to Texas as it prepares for a potential third bankruptcy court...
J&J to Pay $700 Million to Settle States’ Talc-Marketing Probe January 8, 2024 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson has tentatively agreed to pay about $700 million to resolve an investigation by more than 40 US...
Berkshire Utility Reaches $299 Million Oregon Fire Accord December 8, 2023 By Jef Feeley Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.’s PacifiCorp said it will pay $299 million to settle claims over wildfires that burned homes in...
J&J Cites ‘Progress’ Settling Baby Powder Cancer Cases December 7, 2023 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson said it’s moving forward to resolve lawsuits that claim its talc-based Baby Powder causes cancer to avoid...
MLB, Formula 1 Face Fraud Suits for Promoting FTX Cryptocurrency November 28, 2023 By Jef Feeley FTX investors suing the cryptocurrency exchange’s celebrity promoters for allegedly helping to facilitate an $11 billion fraud have some new...
J&J Weighs Third Bankruptcy Try to Settle Baby Powder Suits October 19, 2023 By Steven Church and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson said it is weighing a third attempt to use bankruptcy for an $8.9 billion settlement of tens...