Climate Court Cases That Could Set New Precedents Around the World May 23, 2024 By Jake Spring Courts around the world are hearing an ever-growing number of climate change lawsuits with some of the largest cases in...
Miami Trial of J&J Talc Powder Cancer Claims Ends in Hung Jury March 6, 2024 By Staff and Wire Reports The latest trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson’s talc products cause cancer ended in a mistrial on Tuesday, as...
Tinder, Other Match Dating Apps Encourage Compulsive Use, Lawsuit Claims February 15, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel Match Group was sued on Wednesday in a proposed class action claiming that its dating apps Tinder, Hinge and The...
Class Action Numbers Dip in 2023, but Settlements Still Costing Billions January 11, 2024 By Jim Sams Class-action and government enforcement lawsuits continued to take a toll on corporate defendants in 2023, with ten $1 billion settlements...
Judge Gives Early Nod to GEICO’s $5M Settlement in Georgia Class Action December 8, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports GEICO Indemnity Co. has agreed and a federal court in Georgia has given approval to a preliminary settlement of $5.1...
Florida Injury Attorney Begins Prison Time for Defrauding Former Players in NFL Lawsuit November 29, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A Florida injury attorney who led a class-action lawsuit on behalf of former NFL players, then defrauded his clients out...
FTX Investors Shift Focus to Celebrity Endorsers After SBF Conviction November 7, 2023 By Malathi Nayak Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal fraud conviction came just as the FTX implosion was approaching its first anniversary. But for others who...
Apple Faces $1 Billion UK Lawsuit by Apps Developers Over App Store Fees July 25, 2023 By Foo Yun Chee Apple on Tuesday found itself the target of a 785-million-pound ($1 billion) class action lawsuit brought by more than 1,500...
Allegations Against Former Barclays CEO Staley ‘Very Serious’: CEO April 27, 2023 By Lawrence White Allegations made against British bank Barclays’ former CEO Jes Staley regarding his ties with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are “very...
Brazil Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks $2.5B in Damages From Alleged Orange Juice Cartel April 10, 2023 By Ricardo Brito Giants of the orange juice trade in Brazil have become defendants in a class-action lawsuit seeking $2.5 billion in damages...