Gunmaker Remington to Pay $73M to Settle Liability Claims With Sandy Hook Families February 15, 2022 By Tom Hals and Brendan O'Brien Remington Arms will pay $73 million to the families of five adults and four children killed in the Sandy Hook...
Sacklers Close to Agreement Increasing Opioid Settlement in Purdue Bankruptcy February 3, 2022 By Tom Hals and Mike Spector Members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma LP are nearing an agreement to boost their more than $4...
Employers Fear Long-Term Liability From ‘Take-Home’ COVID-19 Lawsuits January 24, 2022 By Tom Hals As COVID-19 cases surge in the United States, businesses say they fear a California court ruling has increased the likelihood...
Employers Fear Long-Term Liability From ‘Take-Home’ COVID-19 Lawsuits January 12, 2022 By Tom Hals As COVID-19 cases surge in the United States, businesses say they fear a California court ruling has increased the likelihood...
Second California Jury Sides With Bayer in Roundup Cancer Case December 10, 2021 By Tom Hals A California jury found that Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller was not the cause of a woman’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Bayer said on...
Update on Court Challenges to Biden Covid Vaccine Rules December 2, 2021 By Tom Hals Courts have recently blocked some of the Biden administration’s rules and regulations aimed at increasing U.S. vaccination against COVID-19, which...
U.S. Asks Appeals Court to Lift Stay on COVID Vaccine Mandate or Allow Mask Rule November 23, 2021 By Tom Hals The U.S. government asked a federal appeals court to immediately lift a court-ordered stay on a sweeping workplace COVID-19 vaccine...
6th Circuit to Hear Consolidated Lawsuits Challenging Biden Workplace Vaccine Rule November 17, 2021 By Tom Hals A judicial panel on Tuesday consolidated 34 lawsuits challenging the Biden administration’s workplace COVID-19 vaccine rule in the 6th U.S....
Judge Upholds United Airlines’ COVID Vaccine Mandate for Employees November 9, 2021 By Tom Hals and Rajesh Kumar Singh A U.S. federal judge on Monday ruled United Airlines Holdings Inc. can impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on its employees...
Biden COVID-19 Vaccine Rules for Businesses Prompt Republican Backlash November 5, 2021 By Tom Hals, Ahmed Aboulenein, David Shepardson and Nandita Bose President Joe Biden will enforce a mandate that workers at U.S. companies with at least 100 employees be vaccinated against...