Court Revives Privacy Violation Claims Against Facebook for Tracking Users April 14, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court last Thursday revived nationwide litigation accusing Facebook Inc. of violating users’ privacy rights by tracking their...
Courts Allows Shareholder Class Action Against Goldman Sachs Tied to 2008 Crisis April 13, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Goldman Sachs Group Inc. must face a shareholder class action accusing the bank of hiding conflicts of interest, including behind-the-scenes...
GM Settles Faulty Ignition Switch Cases for $120 Million March 30, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel General Motors Co. has reached a $120 million settlement with owners who claimed that their vehicles lost value because of...
Buffett Warns of Corporate Directors Too Beholden to CEO February 25, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Warren Buffett on Saturday called on corporate America to make their boards of directors more accountable to shareholders and less...
Brooks Brothers and Brooks Running Shoes Clash Over Trademark February 13, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Brooks, the running shoe and apparel unit of billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against...
Burger King Says Vegans Should Ask to Have Impossible Whoppers Their Way February 3, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Burger King, saying it never billed its “Impossible Whoppers” as vegan or promised to cook them a particular way, said...
Judge Cuts Johnson & Johnson Damages in Risperdal Case From $8 Billion to $6.8 Million January 21, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A Pennsylvania judge on Friday slashed to $6.8 million from $8 billion a punitive damages award against Johnson & Johnson...
Ben & Jerry’s Says No Depositions Possible in Claims Against ‘Happy Cows’ January 15, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Ben & Jerry’s said it does not deceive consumers by saying it used milk and cream from “happy cows” to...
Appeals Court OKs Affordable Care Act’s Risk Payments to Insurers January 2, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. appeals court upheld the validity of a federal program governing the payment of billions of dollars to insurers...
Diet Dr Pepper Is Not Promising Weight Loss, Court Rules December 31, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. federal appeals court on Monday said the maker of Diet Dr Pepper did not deceive consumers into thinking...