Judge Agrees to Some VW Requests to Limit SEC Lawsuit Over Diesel Scandal August 21, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel and David Shepardson A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed portions of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing Volkswagen AG of defrauding...
Bayer to Pay $1.6 Billion to End 90% of U.S. Claims for Essure Birth Control Device August 21, 2020 By Tom Sims German drugs and pesticides group Bayer said on Thursday it will pay around $1.6 billion to settle the majority of...
U.S. Charges Uber’s Ex-Security Chief With Deliberately Concealing 2016 Hacking August 21, 2020 By Joseph Menn and Jonathan Stempel In an unprecedented case, a former chief security officer for Uber Technologies was criminally charged on Thursday with trying to...
QBE Appoints Mann Head of Credit & Surety in North America August 20, 2020 Insurer QBE has named Harpreet Mann as head of Global Credit & Surety for its North America division. In this...
Chubb Signs Onto Multi-Year Sponsorship of U.S. Tennis Open August 20, 2020 The U.S. Tennis Association announced that insurance carrier Chubb has become the official insurance sponsor of the U.S. Open under...
Court Deals Blow to Litigation Funders With False Claims Act Suits August 20, 2020 By Jim Sams A federal appellate court dealt a blow against litigation funding companies by ruling that the U.S. Justice Department can dismiss...
Court Grants Facebook Preliminary OK to Settle Facial Recognition Privacy Claims August 20, 2020 Facebook Inc. won preliminary approval late on Wednesday from a federal court for settlement of a lawsuit that claimed it...
Drug Costs for COVID-19 Patients in U.S. Hospitals Drop But May Rise Again August 20, 2020 By Chad Terhune Medication costs for COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the United States have dropped sharply since May, reflecting advances in treatment, shorter...
Cold Chain Mystery: Does Coronavirus Spread Via Contaminated Food Packaging? August 20, 2020 By Bloomberg News Evidence shows that food is an unlikely route of transmitting the coronavirus across borders, but contaminated items continue to grab...
Supreme Court’s Next Obamacare Test to Happen a Week After Election August 20, 2020 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court said it will hear its blockbuster clash over the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act on...