Marsh Executive Sues Spitzer for $60 Million Over Slate Column August 22, 2011 By Jonathan Stempel Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has been hit with a $60 million libel lawsuit by a former Marsh &...
California Targets Law Firms It Says Preyed On Struggling Homeowners August 22, 2011 By Jonathan Stempel California has broken up what it called a ring of law firms that fraudulently induced struggling homeowners nationwide to pay...
Judge Rejects JPMorgan’s Bid to Dismiss Whistleblower’s Retaliation Claim August 22, 2011 By Jonathan Stempel A Manhattan federal judge rejected JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s bid to dismiss a whistleblower lawsuit by a former private banker...
GM Says Bankruptcy Shields It Against Impala Lawsuits August 22, 2011 By Jonathan Stempel General Motors Co. is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit over a suspension problem on more than 400,000 Chevrolet Impalas from...
Court Throws Out Writers’ Copyright Settlement with Publishers August 17, 2011 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court voided a class-action settlement in a case brought by freelance writers who accused publishers of reprinting...
Oregon Family Sues Cargill Over Contaminated Turkey August 17, 2011 By Jonathan Stempel A Cargill Inc. unit is being sued by an Oregon family who said their young daughter was hospitalized after eating...
EPA Halts Sale of DuPont’s Imprelis Herbicide August 12, 2011 By Jonathan Stempel DuPont Co. was ordered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday to stop selling and recall its Imprelis herbicide, following...
AIG Sues BofA for $10 Billion, Alleges ‘Massive Mortgage Fraud’ August 8, 2011 By Jonathan Stempel Insurer American International Group (AIG) is suing Bank of America Corp. to recover more than $10 billion of losses from...
General Re, AIG Executives’ Convictions Tossed; New Trial Ordered August 2, 2011 By Ben Berkowitz and Jonathan Stempel Four former executives at Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s General Re Corp. unit and one at American International Group Inc. won the...
Large Investors Sue Bank of America August 1, 2011 By Jonathan Stempel Bank of America Corp. was sued by 15 former Countrywide Financial Corp. institutional investors who said they lost money after...