June 16, 2014
Experian Plc, the largest of the three credit reporting companies in the U.S., was accused by Mississippi of failing to ensure that its consumer credit reports are accurate. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood alleged in a complaint moved to federal …
June 13, 2014
Lance Armstrong, stripped of seven Tour de France victories and banned from professional cycling in 2012, was questioned under oath for the first time since he admitted doping in an Oprah Winfrey interview last year. Armstrong, 42, was deposed in …
June 3, 2014
Former Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino is among 15 former players suing the National Football League over claims it hid the risk of concussions sustained during the game. Claims by more than 5,000 ex-NFL players that the league hid the …
April 23, 2014
FedEx Corp. was sued over an April 10 collision on a California highway that killed 10 people when one of the shipping company’s trucks smashed into a bus taking high-school students on a college tour. Jennifer Bonilla, one of five …
March 7, 2014
HSBC Holdings Plc and Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to settle lawsuits by mortgage holders who alleged they were forced to pay for property insurance at inflated rates. HSBC will pay as much as $32 million to resolve the claims, …
February 14, 2014
Virginia’s ban on gay marriage was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge who said it violated the equal-protection rights of the state’s residents including couples married legally in other states. The ruling, which won’t take effect until any appeals are …
December 17, 2013
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. must face some of the negligence and securities law claims by investors who alleged they suffered $500 million in damages from the exchange’s handling of Facebook Inc.’s May 2012 initial public offering. U.S. District Judge Robert …
December 4, 2013
Lennar Corp. said a Florida jury awarded it $1 billion in damages against a California developer, Nicolas Marsch III, who the homebuilder accused of defamation and conspiring with Barry Minkow to extort money from the company. “While collecting the award …
November 21, 2013
The National Collegiate Athletic Association sued Electronic Arts Inc., saying the video-game maker hasn’t agreed to indemnify the NCAA for legal claims by college athletes and hasn’t maintained insurance to do so. The NCAA is a co-defendant in a consolidated …
October 11, 2013
A jury in California on Thursday found Toyota Motor Corp. not liable in one of the first wrongful death lawsuits to go to trial in the United States over alleged defects that caused some vehicles to unexpectedly accelerate. The closely …