Broker Robinhood Sued by Parents Over Trader Son’s Suicide February 8, 2021 By Tom Hals The family of a 20-year-old stock trader who committed suicide sued the broker Robinhood for his death, citing its “misleading...
Bayer Strikes $2 Billion Deal to Resolve Future Roundup Cancer Claims February 4, 2021 By Tom Hals Bayer AG struck a $2 billion deal to resolve a class action of future claims relating to allegations that its...
Judge Permits McDonald’s Suit Against Ex-CEO Over Alleged Sexual Affairs Cover-Up February 3, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel and Tom Hals A Delaware judge on Tuesday rejected former McDonald’s Corp. Chief Executive Stephen Easterbrook’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by the...
Analysis: User Pact, Section 230 Likely to Shield Robinhood, Reddit From Lawsuits February 1, 2021 By Tom Hals Robinhood Markets Inc.’s user agreement is likely to protect the brokerage app from a barrage of lawsuits filed by customers...
Former Fidelity Investments’ Employee Claims Discriminatory, Hostile Workplace December 9, 2020 By Tom Hals A former female employee of Fidelity Investments has sued the company for discrimination and a hostile workplace where women were...
Meat Plant Workers Being Denied Workers’ Compensation for COVID-19: Reuters September 29, 2020 By Tom Hals and Tom Polansek Saul Sanchez died in April, one of six workers with fatal COVID-19 infections at meatpacker JBS USA’s slaughterhouse in Greeley,...
Bayer Settles More U.S. Claims Over Weedkiller Roundup September 17, 2020 By Tom Hals Bayer AG has settled thousands of U.S. Roundup weed killer lawsuits as part of an $11 billion settlement, reaching deals...
Accusers Oppose $35M Weinstein Insurance Settlement of Sexual Misconduct Claims September 3, 2020 By Tom Hals Lawyers for Harvey Weinstein’s bankrupt film studio on Wednesday presented a revised proposal to settle sexual misconduct claims against the...
Bayer Appeals $20.5 Million Roundup Damages Award to California Supreme Court September 2, 2020 By Tom Hals Bayer AG has asked California’s Supreme Court to review a decision awarding $20.5 million to a groundskeeper who claimed the...
Bayer’s $11 Billion Roundup Settlement Hits Some ‘Bumps’ August 28, 2020 By Mrinalika Roy and Tom Hals German drug company Bayer AG said on Thursday there were “bumps” in sealing its $11 billion settlement of thousands of...