U.S. Court Rejects J&J Bankruptcy Strategy for Thousands of Talc Lawsuits January 31, 2023 By Tom Hals, Mike Spector and Dan Levine A U.S. appeals court on Monday shot down Johnson & Johnson’s attempt to offload tens of thousands of lawsuits over...
Shareholders Can Sue McDonald’s Ex-Executive in Landmark Ruling January 26, 2023 By Tom Hals Shareholders can sue McDonald Corp’s former global chief people officer for the damage they claim he caused to the restaurant...
FTX Customers File Class Action to Lay Claim to Dwindling Assets December 28, 2022 By Tom Hals and Dietrich Knauth FTX customers filed a class action lawsuit against the failed crypto exchange and its former top executives including Sam Bankman-Fried...
Court Weighs Novel Issue of Crypto Ownership in Bankruptcy December 8, 2022 By Tom Hals and Dietrich Knauth A U.S. judge this week is considering for the first time the question of who owns bitcoin and other tokens...
FTX Was Run as ‘Personal Fiefdom,’ Faces Hacks and Missing Assets: Attorneys November 23, 2022 By Dietrich Knauth, Tom Hals and Tom Wilson FTX was run as a “personal fiefdom” of former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, attorneys for the collapsed crypto exchange said in...
Elon Musk Trial Opens to Decide Fate of His $56B Tesla Pay November 14, 2022 By Tom Hals A trial opened Monday over shareholder allegations that Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package was rigged...
Twitter Rejects Musk’s Claims That He Was Hoodwinked August 5, 2022 By Tom Hals Twitter Inc. on Thursday dismissed Elon Musk’s claims in a Delaware court filing that he was hoodwinked into signing the...
Elon Musk Files Countersuit Under Seal Versus Twitter Over $44 Billion Deal August 1, 2022 By Tom Hals Elon Musk countersued Twitter Inc. on Friday, escalating his legal fight against the social media company over his bid to...
Twitter’s Battle With Elon Musk Over $44 Billion Deal Heads to Oct. 17 Trial July 29, 2022 By Tom Hals Twitter’s bid to hold Elon Musk to his $44 billion deal for the social media platform will head to a...
Explainer: Will U.S. Supreme Court EPA Ruling Rein in Federal Regulators? July 5, 2022 By Tom Hals The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from power plants...