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...
GM Settles Shareholder Suit But Ignition Switch Exposure Not Over September 17, 2015 By Bob Van Voris, Erik Larson and Patricia Hurtado General Motors Co.’s potential liability over flawed ignition switches isn’t over yet, and billions of dollars remain at stake. GM...
AIG’s Lavastone in Dispute with Life Settlements Firm Coventry August 28, 2015 By Erik Larson and Patricia Hurtado An American International Group Inc. unit and Coventry First LLC began a trial in a dispute over bets in the...
More Charges Added Against Former N.Y. Senate Leader Skelos and Son July 22, 2015 By Patricia Hurtado Former New York Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos faces new charges he demanded illegal payments be made to his son...
Judge Blocks Access to Government Witnesses in GM Lost Value Suit July 17, 2015 By Patricia Hurtado General Motors Co. customers suing over faulty ignition switches lost their bid for access to witnesses interviewed by the government...
Former QBE Insurance Executive, Consultant Charged with Embezzling $2.6M June 16, 2015 By Patricia Hurtado A former QBE Insurance Group Ltd. executive and an accomplice embezzled $2.6 million by submitting phony invoices in which the...
Judge Denies Daughter’s Cuba Damages Claim Under TRIA for Father’s Death May 1, 2015 By Patricia Hurtado A federal judge who will sentence BNP Paribas SA Friday for violating U.S. sanctions against Sudan, Iran and Cuba on...
Ex-Oppenheimer Exec Admits to Role in Sinking Oklahoma Insurer February 22, 2015 By Patricia Hurtado A former Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. executive pleaded guilty to participating in a fraud that the U.S. says led to...