Sarah Palin’s Defamation Trial Against New York Times Scheduled to Start January 24, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel and Helen Coster Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, has spent 4-1/2 years battling the New York...
Judge Narrows SEC Claim vs Morningstar Over Undisclosed Bond Rating Changes January 6, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge on Wednesday narrowed but refused to dismiss a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing Morningstar Inc. of...
Federal Appeals Court Revives Libor-Rigging Claims Against Big Banks January 3, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. appeals court on Thursday revived litigation accusing a slew of large banks of conspiring to rig the Libor...
Judge Rules Goldman Sachs Must Again Face 2008 Securities Fraud Class Action December 9, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel Goldman Sachs Group Inc .must again face a class action by shareholders who said they lost $13 billion because the...
Four Employees Sue Claiming Bristol Myers Refused Vaccine Religious Exemptions December 2, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel Bristol Myers Squibb Co. was sued on Wednesday by four employees who said the drugmaker refused to grant them religious...
Judge Tosses $10B Advertising Bias Lawsuit Against McDonald’s for Insufficient Evidence December 1, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge has dismissed a $10 billion lawsuit against McDonald’s Corp. by the media entrepreneur Byron Allen, who accused...
New York Seeks Monitor to Oversee Amazon Worker Safety December 1, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel New York state’s attorney general on Tuesday asked a state judge to appoint a monitor to oversee worker safety at...
JPMorgan Beats Insurers in Appeal Over $140M Bear Stearns Settlement November 23, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel New York’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that JPMorgan Chase & Co. is entitled to insurance coverage for $140 million...
US Court Rejects Israeli Firm’s Immunity From Facebook Suit Over Malware November 9, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. appeals court said Facebook can pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel’s NSO Group of exploiting a bug in its...
Judge Says Wells Fargo Must Face Shareholder Fraud Claims October 1, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge on Thursday rejected Wells Fargo & Co’.s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders about...