Conservative Activist Uses Civil War-Era Law to Challenge Corporate Diversity September 26, 2023 By Nate Raymond The anti-affirmative action activist behind the successful U.S. Supreme Court challenge to race-conscious college admissions policies is trying to use...
Kroger to Pay Up to $1.4 Billion to Resolve Opioid Lawsuits September 8, 2023 By Nate Raymond Kroger on Friday said it would pay as much as $1.4 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits by U.S. states,...
Activist Behind Affirmative Action Cases Sues Major Law Firms August 22, 2023 By Nate Raymond A group founded by the conservative activist who led the successful U.S. Supreme Court challenge to the consideration of race...
Supreme Court Allows Justice Department to Toss Whistleblower Cases June 16, 2023 By Nate Raymond The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday preserved the Justice Department’s power to unilaterally dismiss lawsuits filed under a law that...
Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Limit Civil Rights Lawsuits June 8, 2023 By Nate Raymond The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the ability of people to sue for civil rights violations under an 1871...
Supreme Court Lets Chevron Foe Donziger’s Contempt Conviction Stand March 27, 2023 By Nate Raymond The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a disbarred environmental lawyer’s challenge to his criminal contempt conviction after...
Ex-Blue Bell CEO to Plead Guilty to Misdemeanor Over 2015 Listeria Outbreak March 9, 2023 By Nate Raymond The former chief executive of Blue Bell Creameries will plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge under a deal in which...
U.S. Sues AmerisourceBergen, Says Distributor Helped Ignite Opioid Epidemic January 3, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel, Nate Raymond and Gram Slattery The U.S. government filed a lawsuit accusing AmerisourceBergen Corp., one of the nation’s largest drug distributors, of helping ignite the...
Facebook Parent Meta to Settle Cambridge Analytica Scandal Case for $725M December 27, 2022 By Nate Raymond Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media...
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Anti-Gay Marriage Web Designer December 5, 2022 By Andrew Chung and Nate Raymond The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday began hearing arguments in a major case pitting LGBT rights against a claim that...