3M, DuPont to Pay $100 Million to End Georgia Lawsuit Over Polluted Drinking Water June 2, 2023 By Jef Feeley and David Voreacos 3M Co., DuPont de Nemours Inc. and other makers of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have agreed to pay more...
Facebook Fails in Bid to Get Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit Tossed May 11, 2023 By Jef Feeley A judge ruled Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and other former directors of the social-media company must face claims they turned...
Paramount Directors Agree to $168 Million Settlement Over Merger April 24, 2023 By Jef Feeley Paramount Global directors agreed to a $167.5 million settlement of investors’ lawsuits over the controversial 2019 merger of CBS Corp....
Fox News to Pay $787 Million to Settle Election Suit, Dominion Says April 19, 2023 By Erik Larson and Jef Feeley Fox News’s agreement to pay $787.5 million to settle a voting machine maker’s defamation lawsuit over the network’s 2020 election...
Fox Judge Says It’s ‘CRYSTAL Clear’ Election Claims Were False April 3, 2023 By Erik Larson and Jef Feeley Ever since Fox News was hit with a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit over reports falsely accusing a voting-machine company of...
Paramount Global Settles Shareholder Suit for $122.5 Million March 6, 2023 By Jef Feeley Paramount Global settled an investor lawsuit tied to the controversial 2019 merger of CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc. that created...
Juul Settlement to End Youth-Vaping Lawsuits Gets Initial Approval January 23, 2023 By Jef Feeley Juul Labs Inc. won preliminary approval of a settlement aimed at resolving thousands of lawsuits targeting the e-cigarette maker as...
Juul Agrees to Pay $1.2 Billion in Youth-Vaping Settlement December 12, 2022 By Jef Feeley and Malathi Nayak Juul Labs Inc. has agreed to pay $1.2 billion to resolve about 10,000 lawsuits targeting the e-cigarette maker as a...
Bayer to Pay $40 Million Over Whistle-Blower’s Bribe Claims September 6, 2022 By Chris Strohm and Jef Feeley Bayer AG agreed to pay $40 million to resolve US lawsuits linked to allegations that company officials bribed hospitals and...
Retailers Ordered to Pay $650 Million Over Ohio Opioid Sales September 5, 2022 By Jef Feeley Walmart Inc., CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. were ordered to pay a total of $650 million over...