Almost All Top US Companies Had Board Diversity Rules. Now Most Are Gone August 14, 2026 By Jeff Green and Daniela Sirtori Three years ago, nearly every major US company explicitly considered diversity when choosing new directors. Now, most don’t. In all,...
UnitedHealth Investor Suit Alleges Security, Governance Lapses August 13, 2026 By John Tozzi and David Voreacos UnitedHealth Group Inc. board members ignored a raft of governance and oversight risks for years before catastrophic failures triggered billions...
Taylor Farms, Taco Bell Face Multiple Lawsuits Over Cyclospora Outbreak August 11, 2026 By William Rabb Multiple proposed class-action lawsuits have been filed over the nationwide cyclospora outbreak, blaming Taco Bell and Taylor Farms for selling...
Trump’s Diversity Crackdown Reverberates Through US Boardrooms July 28, 2026 By Ross Kerber, Bianca Flowers and Simon Jessop As U.S. President Donald Trump intensifies his campaign against diversity programs, appointments of women and racial minorities to S&P 500...
Google Ordered to Defend Robby Starbuck’s AI Defamation Suit July 27, 2026 By Mike Leonard Alphabet Inc.’s Google LLC lost its bid Friday to escape a court case dangling the specter of legal liability for...
Amgen Settles Shareholder Lawsuit Claiming it Hid $10.7 Billion Tax Bill July 22, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel Amgen reached a $74 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing the biotechnology company of waiting too long to disclose that...
Proxy Advisers Notch Third Legal Win Staving Off Republican ‘Anti-ESG’ Rules June 30, 2026 By Ross Kerber and Mike Scarcella A federal judge late on June 26 granted a preliminary injunction blocking an Indiana law requiring new disclosures from proxy...
SPAC Deals Seen as Key Path to Public Market in Data Center Boom June 25, 2026 By Michael Hytha The rebound in blank-check companies is proving to be a useful route to public markets for companies involved in the...
Uber Board Sued Over Alleged ‘Serial’ Compliance Failures, Sexual Abuse Lawsuits June 23, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel Uber Technologies’ board was sued on Monday by shareholders who accused management and directors of letting the ride-sharing company cut...
Microsoft Sued by Shareholders Over Expenses, Cloud Business, AI June 16, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel Microsoft has been sued by shareholders who accused the company of defrauding them and inflating its stock price by failing...