Berkshire’s PacifiCorp Pays $575M to Settle Oregon, California Wildfire Claims March 9, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel PacifiCorp, a utility owned by Berkshire Hathaway, agreed to pay $575 million to resolve U.S. government damages claims related to...
Judge Rejects Shell’s Bid to Overturn Arbitration Award With Venture Global March 3, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel, Curtis Williams and Marwa Rashad A New York state judge on Monday rejected British oil major Shell’s request to throw out an arbitration award that...
New York Sues Video Game Developer Valve, Says Its ‘Loot Boxes’ Are Gambling February 27, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel New York’s attorney general sued Valve, a video game developer whose franchises include Counter-Strike, Team Fortress and Dota, accusing it...
California Seeks Injunction to Stop Amazon’s Alleged Stifling of Price Competition February 24, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel California asked a state judge on Tuesday to stop Amazon.com from inflating prices for consumers through an alleged campaign to...
Judge Upholds $243M Verdict Against Tesla Over Fatal Autopilot Crash February 23, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge rejected Tesla’s request to overturn a $243 million jury verdict over the 2019 crash of an Autopilot-equipped...
Berkshire’s Pacificorp Pays $575M to Settle Oregon, California Wildfire Claims February 23, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel PacifiCorp, a utility owned by Berkshire Hathaway, agreed to pay $575 million to resolve U.S. government damages claims related to...
Texas Anti-ESG Law Declared Unconstitutional by US Judge February 5, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge declared unconstitutional a 2021 Texas law restricting state investments in companies seeking to rely less on fossil...
Elon Musk Loses Bid to Dismiss SEC Lawsuit Over Twitter Stake February 4, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Elon Musk’s bid to dismiss a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that claimed...
Google to Pay $135 Million to Settle Android Data Transfer Lawsuit January 28, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel Google will pay $135 million to settle a proposed class action by smartphone users who accused Google of programming its...
Google Settles Google Assistant Privacy Lawsuit for $68 Million January 26, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel Google agreed to pay $68 million to settle a lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated assistant spied inappropriately on smartphone users,...