COVID-19 Signals Billions in Long-Term Healthcare Costs Ahead August 3, 2020 By Emilio Parodi, Nick Brown and Caroline Humer Late in March, Laura Gross, 72, was recovering from gall bladder surgery in her Fort Lee, New Jersey, home when...
Bond Insurer Assured Guaranty Sues Puerto Rico Again Over Turnaround Plan May 23, 2018 By Nick Brown Bond insurer Assured Guaranty sued Puerto Rico and its federally-appointed oversight board on Wednesday, saying their plan to resuscitate the...
Puerto Rico Bondholders Suffer Setback as Lawsuit Dismissed January 31, 2018 By Nick Brown A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by some of Puerto Rico’s bondholders, who had argued that the...
Judge Upholds GM Liability Shield from Some Ignition Claims April 16, 2015 By Jessica Dye and Nick Brown General Motors Co. will not have to face dozens of lawsuits accusing it of concealing an ignition-switch defect that led...
Judge Could Weaken GM’s Bankruptcy Liability Protection February 18, 2015 By Nick Brown A judge said on Tuesday that if General Motors Co is found to have violated car owners’ constitutional rights by...
Judge: Ex-MF Global Execs Can Tap More Insurance Funds to Defend Lawsuits May 20, 2014 By Nick Brown Jon Corzine and other former insiders of collapsed brokerage MF Global can tap another $10 million of insurance funds to...
Anadarko, Kerr-McGee Liable for Pollution Costs of Spun-Off Paint Unit Tronox December 12, 2013 By Nick Brown Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and its Kerr-McGee unit acted with “intent to hinder” when they spun off Tronox, the paint materials...
Miners’ Union Takes Unusual Legal Turn to Save Benefits in Bankruptcy May 1, 2013 By Nick Brown As mineworkers and retirees battle to salvage their pensions and benefits from the bankruptcy of Patriot Coal Corp., lawyers for...
Meningitis Lawsuits: Success Could Hinge on Whether Courts See Product Liability or Medical Malpractice November 5, 2012 By Nick Brown Victims of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak are starting to sue the physicians and clinics that administered tainted steroid shots,...
Meningitis Lawsuits: Product Liability or Medical Malpractice? October 24, 2012 By Nick Brown Victims of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak are starting to sue the physicians and clinics that administered tainted steroid shots,...