Report: Weinstein, Insurers, Accusers Have Reached Tentative $47 Million Settlement December 12, 2019 By Patricia Hurtado and Christopher Palmeri Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced film mogul charged with rape, reached a tentative $47 million settlement with accusers, potentially putting an...
Admissions Bias Claim Against Harvard Must Go to Bench Trial October 1, 2018 By Patricia Hurtado and Janelle Lawrence Harvard, the nation’s oldest university, must go to trial to defend a lawsuit claiming it discriminates against Asian-American applicants. A...
Harvard Blasts Plaintiff in Seeking Dismissal of Admissions Discrimination Claim August 28, 2018 By Patricia Hurtado Harvard University said a lawsuit by Asian-Americans who claim the school discriminated against them during the admissions process should be...
Lawsuits Seek to Hold Opioid Makers Responsible for Insurance Premium Hikes May 3, 2018 By Patricia Hurtado and Andrew Harris Makers and distributors of the prescription opioids that triggered a U.S. public health crisis are responsible for a rise in...
Nestle’s ‘Natural’ Claims on Poland Springs Don’t Hold Water, Lawsuit Alleges August 25, 2017 By Patricia Hurtado Nestle SA’s Poland Spring Water unit has duped American consumers into paying premium prices for ordinary ground water that’s pumped...
Supreme Court ‘Easily’ Settles Insider Trading Liability Question December 7, 2016 By Greg Stohr, Patricia Hurtado and Bob Van Voris For two years, stock traders and the attorneys who represent them said insider-trading law was a muddle, with no one...
Judge Claims Facebook Not Taking Terrorism Threat Seriously September 23, 2016 By Patricia Hurtado A federal judge slammed Facebook Inc., saying the social media giant might not be doing enough to deter terrorists from...
Appeals Court Grants Uber Pro-Arbitration Ruling, Thwarting Drivers’ Class Action September 7, 2016 By Joel Rosenblatt and Patricia Hurtado Uber Technologies Inc.’s arbitration agreements were largely ruled by an appeals court to be valid and enforceable in a blow...
GM Wins Second ‘Bellwether’ Ignition Switch Trial March 31, 2016 By Erik Larson and Patricia Hurtado General Motors Co. won its second straight trial against drivers who blamed car wrecks on faulty ignition switches, boosting the...
Supreme Court Deals Blow to Insider Trading Prosecutors October 8, 2015 By Greg Stohr and Patricia Hurtado The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a major insider-trading ruling that threatens at least 10 convictions and creates what the...