Bayer’s Monsanto to Pay $160M to Resolve Seattle’s PCB Contamination Lawsuit July 29, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel Monsanto will pay $160 million to settle a lawsuit by the city of Seattle that accused the unit of Germany’s...
School Settles With Professor Fired for Showing Image of the Prophet Muhammad July 26, 2024 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A former adjunct professor on Monday settled a federal religious discrimination lawsuit against a private...
Buffett’s PacifiCorp Suspected of Collusion by Wildfire Victims’ Law Firms July 22, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel The law firms leading class-action litigation against PacifiCorp over the 2020 Labor Day weekend wildfires in Oregon want to examine...
Detroit-Area County to Pay $7M to Family of Man Killed in Jail for a Misdemeanor July 18, 2024 DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area county agreed to a $7 million settlement in the death of a man who was...
Vitol, SK Settle California Fuel Rigging Probe for $50 Million July 11, 2024 By Archie Hunter California’s attorney general said it reached a $50 million settlement with commodity traders Vitol and SK Energy Americas Inc. after...
Former Kansas Newspaper Reporter Settles Lawsuit Over Police Raid for $235K July 8, 2024 By John Hanna TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former reporter for a weekly Kansas newspaper has agreed to accept $235,000 to settle part...
$21M to Settle Claims Over Botched Fireworks Detonation in Los Angeles July 5, 2024 Los Angeles will pay more than $21 million to settle claims by residents of a neighborhood where police bungled the...
Hawaii Agrees to ‘Groundbreaking’ Settlement of Youth Climate Change Case June 21, 2024 By Nate Raymond Hawaii on Thursday agreed to take action to decarbonize its transportation system by 2045 to settle a lawsuit by 13...
Los Angeles Will Pay $300K to Settle Lawsuit Against Journalist Over Undercover Photos June 21, 2024 By Jaimie Ding Los Angeles has agreed to pay $300,000 to cover the legal fees of a local journalist and a technology watchdog...
Chicago Health Care Company to Pay $2M To Settle False Claims Act Suit June 20, 2024 A Chicago health care company and its former owners will pay nearly $2 million to the United States and the...