$200M Settlement Reached in Tribune Leveraged Buyout Fraud Case June 13, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel Real estate billionaire Sam Zell and other former officers and directors of Tribune Co. have reached a $200 million settlement...
Cryptocurrency Pioneer Justin Sun Pays $4.5 Million for Charity Lunch with Buffett June 3, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel Cryptocurrency pioneer Justin Sun bid a record $4.57 million to have lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who famously referred...
Facebook Must Turn Over Records on How Execs Handle Data Privacy, Judge Rules May 31, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge ordered Facebook Inc. to give shareholders emails and other records concerning how the social media company handles...
Los Angeles County Files Suit Against Bayer’s Monsanto over PCBs May 31, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel Los Angeles County sued Monsanto Co. on Thursday, seeking to force the unit of Germany’s Bayer AG to help pay...
Beer Settlement Offers Partial Refunds Over ‘Hawaii’ Claims May 31, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel The maker of Kona beer agreed to offer partial refunds to settle a lawsuit claiming it misled consumers in the...
Judge Dismisses Investors’ Claim Cboe Allowed Rigging of Stock Market ‘Fear Gauge’ May 30, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit in which investors accused the parent of the Chicago Board Options Exchange...
7 U.S. Exchanges Face Investors’ Claims for Favoring High Frequency Traders May 30, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A Manhattan federal judge has ordered seven U.S. stock exchanges to face proposed class-action claims that they defrauded ordinary investors...
25 New Sexual Harassment Complaints Brought Against McDonald’s May 22, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel McDonald’s Corp. was accused on Tuesday in 25 new lawsuits and regulatory charges of condoning sexual harassment in the workplace...
‘Pooey Puitton’ Lawsuit Against Louis Vuitton Goes Nowhere May 17, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel Louis Vuitton has won the dismissal of a lawsuit by a California toy company that accused the French luxury goods...
French Press Maker Denies Defect, Sues Starbucks for Product Disparagement May 15, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel Bodum Holding AG sued Starbucks Corp. on Friday for alleged product disparagement in connection with the coffee company’s recent U.S....