Judge Orders Cisco to Pay $1.9 Billion in Cybersecurity Patent Lawsuit October 6, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge on Monday ordered Cisco Systems Inc. to pay $1.9 billion to a Virginia company that accused it...
Appeals Court Reinstates Glaxo $235.5 Million Verdict Against Teva October 5, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a 2017 jury verdict ordering Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. to pay GlaxoSmithKline Plc...
New York Charges Johnson & Johnson with Insurance Fraud Over Opioid Claims September 18, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel New York state filed civil charges on Thursday accusing Johnson & Johnson of insurance fraud for downplaying the risks of...
Dunkin’ Donuts Parent Settles New York Cyber Attack Lawsuit, Agrees to Pay Fine September 16, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel The parent of Dunkin’ Donuts on Tuesday agreed to upgrade its security protocols and pay $650,000 in fines and costs...
Buffett’s Duracell Countersues Energizer, Alleging False Ads Over Battery Life Claims September 9, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Duracell, the battery unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., sued the maker of Energizer batteries on Tuesday, accusing it...
Trump Labor Rule That Narrows ‘Joint Employer’ Standard Struck Down by Judge September 9, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Trump administration rule that narrowed the definition of “joint employer,” and which...
Judge Allows Palin Defamation Suit Against New York Times August 31, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge on Friday rejected the New York Times’ bid to dismiss Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit over a 2017...
Judge Dismisses Shareholder Lawsuit Against Danske Bank and Officers August 25, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Denmark’s Danske Bank A/S and four former top executives of defrauding...
Judge Agrees to Some VW Requests to Limit SEC Lawsuit Over Diesel Scandal August 21, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel and David Shepardson A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed portions of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing Volkswagen AG of defrauding...
U.S. Charges Uber’s Ex-Security Chief With Deliberately Concealing 2016 Hacking August 21, 2020 By Joseph Menn and Jonathan Stempel In an unprecedented case, a former chief security officer for Uber Technologies was criminally charged on Thursday with trying to...