California Court Denies Bayer Appeal of Roundup Verdict But Reduces Damages July 21, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel and Tina Bellon Bayer AG failed to persuade a California appeals court to overturn a verdict favoring a school groundskeeper who claimed its...
Massachusetts Sues Uber, Lyft to Classify Drivers as Employees July 15, 2020 By Tina Bellon Massachusetts on Tuesday followed California in suing Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc. over allegedly misclassifying their drivers as independent...
Bayer Gambles on Science to Let It Keep Selling Roundup, Mitigate Future Claims June 25, 2020 By Tina Bellon FRANKFURT/NEW YORK— Seeking to forestall further claims, Bayer AG is taking a risky bet that an independent scientific review will...
California Wants Judge to Force Uber, Lyft to Classify Drivers as Employees June 25, 2020 By Tina Bellon California plans to ask a state court judge to force Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. to classify their ride-hail...
Bayer to Settle 100,000 Roundup Weedkiller Cancer Claims for $10.9 Billion June 24, 2020 By Ludwig Burger and Tina Bellon FRANKFURT/NEW YORK- Bayer AG, after more than a year of talks, agreed to pay as much as $10.9 billion to...
U.S. Court Nixes Cancer Warning on Bayer’s Roundup Weed Killer June 23, 2020 By Tina Bellon A U.S. federal appeals court on Monday blocked California from requiring that Bayer AG label its glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup...
Autonomous Car Makers at Odds With Insurance Industry Study Claiming Low Estimate of Crashes June 15, 2020 By Tina Bellon Companies working on self-driving vehicles have criticized an insurance industry study suggesting that only a third of all U.S. road...
California Regulator Says Uber, Lyft Drivers Are Employees June 11, 2020 By Akanksha Rana and Tina Bellon Drivers working for ride-hailing services such as Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc will be considered employees under California’s new...
Autonomous Car Makers Dispute Insurance Study’s Low Estimate of Crashes June 8, 2020 By Tina Bellon Companies working on self-driving vehicles have criticized an insurance industry study suggesting that only a third of all U.S. road...
Court Hears Bayer’s Appeal of $289M Roundup Cancer Verdict June 3, 2020 By Tina Bellon A California appeals court on Tuesday heard arguments in the first case that went to trial over allegations that Bayer...