Halliburton Pleads Guilty to Destroying Gulf Oil Spill Evidence July 26, 2013 By Braden Reddall and Jonathan Stempel Halliburton Co. has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the...
Court Dismisses Class Action Status in Google Digital Books Case for Now July 1, 2013 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court on Monday said a lawsuit against Google Inc.’s effort to create the world’s largest digital books...
Court Grants Scientific Article Authors, Publishers Broad Protection June 28, 2013 By Jonathan Stempel Authors and publishers of controversial scientific articles, and the companies sponsoring those articles, won broad free speech protection from a...
U.S. Charges 8 with Cybercrime Against Financial Institutions, Government June 13, 2013 By Jonathan Stempel Federal prosecutors in New Jersey on Wednesday unveiled criminal charges against eight people accused of trying to steal at least...
Walgreen Agrees to Record $80M Settlement Over Distribution of Painkillers June 12, 2013 By Jessica Wohl and Jonathan Stempel Walgreen Co., the largest U.S. drugstore chain, has agreed to pay $80 million in civil penalties to resolve allegations that...
S&P Wins Transfer of Ratings Lawsuits by States to Federal Court in New York June 7, 2013 By Jonathan Stempel and Luciana Lopez Standard & Poor’s and its parent company McGraw Hill Financial Inc. on Thursday won a ruling that moves 15 lawsuits...
AIG Ends a Bailout-Related Lawsuit Against N.Y. Federal Reserve May 30, 2013 By Jonathan Stempel American International Group Inc. has agreed to end litigation against the Federal Reserve Bank of New York over whether the...
S&P Cuts Rating on Buffett’s Berkshire Holding Company But Not Insurance Units May 17, 2013 By Jennifer Ablan, Ben Berkowitz and Jonathan Stempel Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. had its credit rating cut one notch by Standard & Poor’s, which cited a new...
AIG May Pursue Fraud Case vs. BofA over Countrywide May 7, 2013 By Jonathan Stempel American International Group Inc. may pursue a lawsuit accusing Bank of America Corp.’s Countrywide unit of causing billions of dollars...
Moody’s, S&P Settle Negligence Lawsuits Over Debt Vehicle Ratings April 28, 2013 By Jonathan Stempel and Nate Raymond Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s on Friday said they have settled two long-running lawsuits seeking to hold them...