A Los Angeles jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $966 million to the family of a California woman who died from mesothelioma, finding the company liable for selling talc products allegedly contaminated with asbestos. The verdict, which includes $950 million in punitive damages, stands among the largest to... Read More »
Tyson Foods and Cargill have agreed to pay a combined $87.5 million to settle claims that they conspired to raise the price of beef sold to U.S. consumers. The proposed settlements, filed October 6 in federal court in Minnesota, mark the first consumer payouts in the beef price-fixing litigation that... Read More »
North Carolina State University has filed a lawsuit against Monsanto Company and Pharmacia LLC, alleging the companies are responsible for toxic chemical contamination that forced the closure of Poe Hall, one of the school’s main academic buildings. The complaint, filed October 1 in Wake County Superior Court, claims Monsanto and... Read More »
The New York Times has filed a lawsuit in New York state court seeking to recover more than $150,000 in attorney’s fees and costs from Justin Baldoni’s production company, Wayfarer Studios, after defeating defamation claims earlier this year. The Times argues the prior case was a baseless Strategic Lawsuit Against... Read More »
YouTube will pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump after the platform suspended his account following the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The settlement was disclosed Monday in court filings, ahead of a scheduled hearing before U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers... Read More »
A federal judge in Florida has dismissed a proposed class action accusing The Hershey Company of misleading consumers with packaging that displayed Reese’s Halloween candies carved with faces and other designs that were absent from the actual products. U.S. District Judge Melissa Damian ruled on September 19 that the plaintiffs... Read More »
Temu will pay $2 million in civil penalties and operate under a permanent court order after federal regulators accused the company of violating consumer protection laws. The order, entered September 8 by Judge Myong J. Joun of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, resolves a lawsuit filed... Read More »
Starbucks employees in Illinois, Colorado, and California are accusing the company of violating labor laws by requiring them to pay for new clothing and footwear under a recently updated dress code. Class-action lawsuits were filed in Illinois and Colorado state courts, while workers in California submitted complaints to the Labor... Read More »
A federal judge has allowed central antitrust claims against Epic Systems Corp. to move forward, ruling that the healthcare software company must face allegations it used its dominance to suppress competition in the market for medical record “payer platforms.” U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the Southern District of... Read More »
A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the Trump administration from subpoenaing medical records of transgender patients at Boston Children’s Hospital, ruling the Justice Department’s request improper and politically motivated. U.S. District Judge Myong Joun issued the decision Tuesday, finding that the subpoena “was motivated only by bad faith.” The... Read More »
Nevada has agreed to pay $4.6 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that prison guards fatally beat an inmate at High Desert State Prison in 2023, according to the attorney representing his family. Christian Walker, 44, died shortly after being transferred to the prison near Las Vegas. While the Clark... Read More »
A federal judge in Washington has blocked President Donald Trump from removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, ruling that the president’s attempt likely violated legal protections for the central bank’s independence. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb issued a preliminary injunction late Tuesday, finding that Cook’s claim of improper dismissal had... Read More »
A former head of security at WhatsApp has filed a federal lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Inc., alleging the company ignored significant flaws in the app’s digital defenses and retaliated against him for raising concerns. The complaint was brought by Attaullah Baig, who served as WhatsApp’s head of security from 2021... Read More »
Warner Bros. Discovery has filed a federal lawsuit against Dish Network, alleging that the company’s new Sling TV “Passes” breach their distribution agreements and threaten the traditional subscription model for pay television. The complaint, filed September 9 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, claims... Read More »
Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $79 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a 2020 incident in which one of its jets dumped thousands of gallons of fuel over Los Angeles neighborhoods, including several schoolyards. The settlement, approved Monday, resolves claims by teachers, students, and residents of... Read More »
