Facebook Escapes U.S. Privacy Lawsuit Over User Tracking July 5, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge has dismissed nationwide litigation accusing Facebook Inc. of tracking users’ internet activity even after they logged out...
City of Philadelphia Sues Wells Fargo, Alleges Predatory Lending May 17, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel The City of Philadelphia sued Wells Fargo & Co. on Monday, accusing the largest U.S. mortgage lender of predatory lending,...
Trump Claims Absolute Immunity from D.C. Wine Bar’s Lawsuit May 11, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel Lawyers for Donald Trump on Wednesday said the U.S. president has “absolute immunity” from a lawsuit by owners of the...
Greenberg’s Starr to Appeal AIG Bailout Case to Supreme Court May 10, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court threw out a ruling that the U.S. government illegally bailed out insurer American International Group Inc....
Berkshire Hathaway Goes Small with biBERK Online Commercial Site May 10, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel It has been decades since anyone thought of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., or even its insurance operations, as “very,...
Court Denies Shareholder Claim Against AIG Bailout Case Led by Starr’s Greenberg May 9, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court threw out a ruling that the U.S. government illegally bailed out insurer American International Group Inc....
JPMorgan Not Liable to Madoff Customers, Court Rules April 27, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel JPMorgan Chase & Co. is not liable to a group of former customers of Bernard Madoff who blamed the bank...
United Passenger’s Lawyers Preparing to Drag Airline Into Court April 13, 2017 By David Shepardson, Jonathan Stempel and Alana Wise Lawyers for the passenger dragged from a United Airlines plane in Chicago filed an emergency request with an Illinois state...
Goldman Sachs Loses Bid to Limit Class Action Alleging Gender Discrimination April 13, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s bid to dismiss two of the four female plaintiffs in...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Sues Goodyear Over Asbestos Claims April 7, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel An insurance unit of Warren Buffett’s conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said it has sued Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co to...