Articles by Jonathan Stempel

A federal appeals court handed a major defeat to Wall Street banks in ruling that a financial news service did...

In a major victory for victims of Allen Stanford’s alleged Ponzi scheme, U.S. regulators have concluded that they should be...

A federal judge has chosen a Utah crash that killed two people as the first bellwether trial in nationwide litigation...

A federal judge signaled that she would approve a settlement calling for Wells Fargo & Co. to pay $32 million...

Angelo Mozilo, the former Countrywide Financial Corp. chief executive, urged a federal judge to throw out Allstate Corp.’s lawsuit seeking...

Bayer AG has been hit with a wider U.S. lawsuit, accusing Germany’s largest drugmaker of discriminating against women in pay,...

Citigroup Inc. officials, including Chief Executive Vikram Pandit, won the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit accusing them of turning a...

The three major U.S. credit rating agencies won the dismissal of lawsuits seeking to hold them liable as “underwriters” for...

Former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. warehouse workers of Cuban origin may pursue a lawsuit accusing the world’s largest retailer of discrimination,...