Shareholder Lawsuit Alleges Tyson Misled About COVID-19 Protocols February 3, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel U.S. meat and poultry processor Tyson Foods Inc. was sued on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding shareholders with misleading disclosures about...
Judge Rules Former CBS Shareholders Can Sue Over ViacomCBS Merger January 28, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel A Delaware judge on Wednesday said former CBS shareholders may pursue a lawsuit accusing Shari Redstone, the daughter of late...
Judge Rules Former Viacom Shareholders Can Sue Over ViacomCBS Merger January 5, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel A Delaware judge ruled this week that former Viacom shareholders may pursue a lawsuit accusing Shari Redstone of engineering a...
Judge Throws Out Apple Copyright Claims Against Security Software Startup Corellium December 30, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge in Florida on Tuesday dismissed Apple Inc.’s copyright infringement claims against a Florida startup whose software helps...
Court Allows Dr. Seuss’s Estate to Sue ComicMix Over ‘Star Trek’ Mashup December 21, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Dr. Seuss’s estate may sue the publisher of a “Star Trek”-themed “mash-up” of the famed children’s author’s final book because...
SEC Lawsuit Alleges Biotech Firm, CEO Misled Investors About COVID-19 Tests December 18, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Decision Diagnostics Corp. and its chief executive for allegedly misleading investors by promising...
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Goldman Stock Price Class Action December 14, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s appeal in a securities fraud case that...
Battery Rivals Duracell, Energizer Agree to End Lawsuits Over False Advertising Claims December 8, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel The makers of Energizer and Duracell batteries have ended two lawsuits accusing each other of advertising false claims to consumers...
Former Tesla Employee Settles Over Theft of Trade Secrets, False Claims to Media December 2, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A former Tesla Inc. factory employee will pay Elon Musk’s electric car maker $400,000 after it accused him of tipping...
Trumps Want Court to Approve Arbitration for Marketing Fraud Lawsuit December 2, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A lawyer for Donald Trump on Tuesday urged a federal appeals court to halt a lawsuit accusing the U.S. president...