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...
SEC Probes Twitter Security Lapse Before Elon Musk Took Over October 12, 2023 By Sabrina Willmer and Jef Feeley The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating how Twitter Inc. managed a 2018 security lapse that exposed personal user information...
Guess Board Agrees to Settle Co-Founder Marciano’s Harassment Case; Insurers Sued October 2, 2023 By Jef Feeley Guess? Inc. directors agreed to a settlement worth as much as $30 million to resolve claims they turned a blind...
Philips to Pay at Least $479 Million For Apnea Machine Cases September 7, 2023 By Jef Feeley and Cagan Koc Koninklijke Philips NA officials have agreed to pay at least $479 million to resolve part of a sprawling litigation tied...