1970s Musicians Sue for ‘Second Chance’ to Reclaim Their Songs February 7, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel David Johansen, John Waite and other prominent 1970s musicians filed lawsuits on Tuesday accusing Sony Music Entertainment Inc. and UMG...
Judge Nixes $50 Million Yahoo Email Breach Settlement January 31, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge rejected Yahoo’s proposed settlement with millions of people whose email addresses and other personal information were stolen...
Court Rules Federal Age Bias Law Protects Only Current Employees, Not Applicants January 24, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A divided U.S. appeals court on Wednesday dealt a setback to older job applicants, saying they cannot invoke a federal...
U.S. Charges Traders, Ukrainian Hackers with Stealing SEC Filings on Corporations January 16, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel U.S. authorities on Tuesday charged a suspected Ukrainian computer hacker and several traders with scheming to trade on market-moving corporate...
Judge Lets Berkshire Hathaway’s Dairy Queen Sue Over ‘Blizzard’ Trademark January 11, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge in Minnesota ruled this week that Dairy Queen, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., may pursue...
Brewery Defeats Trademark Complaint by Conservative Icon Schlafly’s Heirs November 27, 2018 By Jonathan Stempel Relatives of the late conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly on Monday lost their appeal to block a St. Louis, Missouri, craft...
Judge Nixes U.S. Suit Against Malaysia Airlines, Insurer Allianz Over Plane Disappearance November 25, 2018 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge has dismissed nationwide litigation over the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in which victims’ families sought...
U.S. Court Affirms Dismissal of IPO Investors’ Claims Against Barclays November 20, 2018 By Jonathan Stempel Barclays Plc is not liable to investors who bought its U.S.-listed stock a few months before the 2008 financial crisis...
Motel 6 Pays $7.6M to Settle Class Action Over Giving Guest Lists to Immigration Agents November 6, 2018 By Jonathan Stempel Motel 6 will pay up to $7.6 million to Hispanic guests to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming that it...
Thai Soccer Boys’ Cave Rescuer Sues Musk for Defamation September 18, 2018 By Jonathan Stempel Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla Inc., was sued for defamation on Monday for falsely suggesting that a British...