All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 11 2025 // Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Duracell battery maker was accused by chemical producer BASF SE of stealing trade secrets about lithium ion battery technology.BASF, the world’s biggest chemical maker by...
Apr 9 2025 // A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant that claimed a local news outlet defamed him in public comments about its Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting on the misspending of $77 million in federal...
Apr 9 2025 // Mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili sued the Metropolitan Opera and her union, alleging the company unlawfully terminated her contracts because of a vocal issue that developed after she gave birth. She also accused the...
Apr 9 2025 // The parents of a freshman Bucknell University football player who died after his first day of football practice in 2024 have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the school, its administrators, and athletic coaches who,...
Apr 8 2025 // U.S. planemaker Boeing Co reached settlements with the families of two people who died in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX on the eve of a trial, the company and lawyers for the families said on...
Apr 7 2025 // GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A federal lawsuit alleging North Carolina’s new electronic courts records and case management system contributed to unlawful arrests or extended jail detainments can continue against the...
Apr 4 2025 // A U.S. judge said several companies including Walmart, Beech-Nut and Gerber must face a nationwide lawsuit claiming that toxic heavy metals contaminated their baby food, causing brain and neurodevelopmental damage to...
Apr 2 2025 // National restaurant chain Chipotle Services, Inc. will pay $20,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) religious harassment, retaliation, and constructive discharge...
Apr 1 2025 // Johnson & Johnson shares fell the most in five years after the company’s plan to settle thousands of talc-related lawsuits through bankruptcy was shot down in court.The ruling means J&J will have to fight...
Mar 31 2025 // ATLANTA (AP) — The second part of Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s top priority to limit lawsuits and large verdicts won approval Thursday from the House. The full package, also called tort reform, is set to...
Mar 31 2025 // The family of Stephane Roy, a Canadian entrepreneur killed in a helicopter accident in 2019, has filed a C$50 million ($35 million) lawsuit against manufacturer Robinson Helicopter Co.Roy and his 15-year-old son Justin...
Mar 31 2025 // Elon Musk failed to fend off an investor lawsuit claiming he manipulated the stock price of Twitter Inc. months before he bought the company in 2022 by concealing how much stock he’d acquired.A Manhattan federal...
Mar 31 2025 // Contractors insurance groups say worker injuries are being faked at an unprecedented rate across New York’s construction sites in hopes of receiving workers’ compensation benefits and liability insurance...
Mar 27 2025 // A federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action filed on behalf of Pennsylvania homeowners who believe that State Farm undervalued their property damage claims in its use of the Xactimate software that is popular...
Mar 26 2025 // A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who says the company’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, according to attorneys representing the plaintiff.The...
Mar 26 2025 // Kroger Co. is fighting back against a lawsuit brought by Albertsons Cos. over its failed $24.6 billion takeover of the rival grocery chain, escalating a dispute that began after US antitrust enforcers succeeded in blocking...
Mar 25 2025 // Several residents of Los Angeles who were affected by the deadly Palisades wildfire sued city authorities over claims that municipal utility power lines ignited the fire, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.The suit cited...
Mar 25 2025 // CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The family of a former Boeing quality control manager who police say killed himself after lawyers questioned him for days about his whistleblowing on alleged jumbo jet defects sued the airplane...
Mar 25 2025 // Standard Chartered on Tuesday lost a bid to halve the value of a roughly 1.5 billion-pound ($1.94 billion) London lawsuit brought over allegations the lender broke U.S. sanctions against Iran in a more widespread way than...
Mar 25 2025 // The US Supreme Court refused to reinstate a novel and far-reaching lawsuit filed by young people who sought to force the federal government to take steps against climate change.The justices without comment left intact a...