All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 17 2024 // Oil field service companies Bigfoot Energy Services and Iron Mountain Energy Services, operating as a single employer, violated federal law by failing to prevent widespread sexual and racial harassment in their workforce,...
Oct 17 2024 // NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The family of a Tennessee employee who was killed by catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Helene has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company he worked for, arguing that workers...
Oct 16 2024 // Facebook parent company Meta must face lawsuits by U.S. states accusing it of fueling mental health problems among teens by making its Facebook and Instagram platforms addictive, a federal judge in California ruled on...
Oct 16 2024 // Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, has added the state’s largest natural gas utility to its $51.5 billion climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies over their role in the region’s deadly...
Oct 16 2024 // Google is endorsing a bill that would require people filing lawsuits to disclose who will be paying for – and profiting from – the litigation.The bill, introduced last week by California Republican Representative...
Oct 15 2024 // British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline sued Moderna in federal court in Delaware on Tuesday, accusing its American rival of violating GSK’s patent rights in messenger RNA (mRNA) technology with its blockbuster COVID-19...
Oct 11 2024 // People who lived near the disastrous East Palestine derailment last year should still be able to receive personal injury payments even while the bulk of their $600 million class action settlement with Norfolk Southern...
Oct 11 2024 // The company that owns the New York Mets professional baseball team is the target of a class action lawsuit alleging the organization collects and profits from fans’ biometric information at its stadium, CitiField, in...
Oct 11 2024 // One of the UK’s top insurers is accused of using a team of “recruiting sergeants” to poach talent from a rival that led to mass resignations in Brazil and London.Aon UK Ltd. sued Howden Group Holdings...
Oct 11 2024 // A second minor league umpire joined a lawsuit against Major League Baseball, alleging he was fired after he reported he was sexually assaulted by a female umpire.Brandon Cooper, an umpire who worked in the minor league...
Oct 10 2024 // Six months after a three-judge panel of the Delaware Supreme Court said an insurance agency deserved another shot at proving its claims of professional negligence against a law firm, the full state high court has agreed.On...
Oct 10 2024 // GSK has agreed to pay up to $2.2 billion to settle most lawsuits in U.S. state courts claiming that a discontinued version of the heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer, the company announced on Wednesday.The agreement with...
Oct 9 2024 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appellate court is reviewing a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies to place polluting industries in majority-Black communities.The Fifth...
Oct 9 2024 // Citigroup Inc. said US banks will be forced into a “dramatic shift” in how electronic payments are processed if New York state wins a lawsuit claiming the company doesn’t do enough to prevent online...
Oct 8 2024 // TikTok faces new lawsuits filed by 13 U.S. states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday, accusing the popular social media platform of harming and failing to protect young people.The lawsuits filed separately in New...
Oct 8 2024 // There is no federal law that requires the disclosure of litigation funding agreements in court cases, but some disturbing insight has been found in individual jurisdictions that have rules to increase transparency,...
Oct 8 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by U.S. gun maker Smith & Wesson SWBI.O and firearms wholesaler Interstate Arms to throw out Mexico’s lawsuit accusing them of aiding the illegal trafficking...
Oct 7 2024 // Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott has unveiled the terms of the settlement reached last month with Walgreens to resolve the city’s claims against the company for its role in fueling the opioid epidemic in...
Oct 7 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge by Uber and Lyft to lawsuits by the state of California on behalf of drivers who signed agreements to keep legal disputes with the ride-hailing companies out of...
Oct 7 2024 // A California vineyard owner is suing Santa Clara County after officials fined him for allowing his longtime employee to live in an RV on his property for years.Michael Ballard, whose family owns Savannah-Chanelle Vineyards...