Texas Sues Chemical Manufacturers for Deceptive PFAS Marketing December 12, 2024 By Ezra Amacher Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Dec. 11 against manufacturers 3M and DuPont for misrepresenting the health...
Snack Maker Hearthside Settles Illinois Child Labor Probe December 9, 2024 By Jonathan Randles Private equity-backed snack producer Hearthside Food Solutions has agreed to pay $4.5 million to end an investigation by Illinois authorities...
Settlement Offered to Nursing Home Residents Kept in Warehouse During Ida December 9, 2024 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Some of the elderly residents of seven Louisiana nursing homes who were sent in 2021 to...
New Mexico City Reaches $20M Settlement in Death of Woman Shot by Officer November 27, 2024 A city in New Mexico has reached a $20 million settlement with the family of a woman who was shot...
New Orleans to Pay $20M to School District to Settle Long-Running Suit November 21, 2024 By Katie Jane Fernelius The New Orleans City Council and Orleans Parish School Board announced Monday that they have found a partial solution to...
$1M Settlement for Woman After Police Dog in California Bit into Her Scalp November 20, 2024 A Northern California city has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle a lawsuit alleging police used excessive force...
Texas Medical Center Settles Racial Hiring Discrimination Case November 19, 2024 The U.S. Department of Labor and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have entered into a conciliation agreement in...
Minnesota County to Pay $3.4M to Settle Suit Over Detainee’s Death November 13, 2024 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s most populous county will pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged jail workers ignored...
Sarah Palin, NY Times Have Explored Settlement, as Judge Sets Defamation Retrial November 13, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel Sarah Palin and the New York Times have explored trying to settle the former Alaska governor and Republican U.S. vice...
Hawaiian Electric Finalizes $2 Billion Maui Fire Settlement November 6, 2024 By Mark Chediak Hawaiian Electric Industries formalized a $2 billion agreement to settle damage claims from a wildfire that razed the historic town...