Tag: Litigation

NewsXPO has settled a pair of worker classification cases in California that will pay out close to $30 million to a group of almost 800 drivers. The settlement documents were filed with the U.S. District Court for the Central

NewsThe University of Pacific McGeorge School of Law on Tuesday announced a $30 million influx of cash, thanks to a deep-pocketed donor and university funds, with most of the money earmarked for student scholarships.

NewsIn August, 7-Eleven Stores agreed to pay $98 million to settle two class actions filed against it in the Federal Court of Australia by franchisees. The applicants in the class actions alleged that 7-Eleven had engaged in

NewsLitigation powerhouse Reid Collins & Tsai LLP today announced the terms of a direct pay cash settlement totaling at least $300 million and resolving the Derivative Litigation. The aggregate cash payment to Renren’s

NewsA San Francisco jury ruled that Tesla TSLA -1% must pay $137 million in a workplace racism case in which a Black man alleged that he endured racist abuse while working at Tesla’s Fremont California plant. Owen Diaz

NewsPerrigo has agreed to a proposed settlement in a US court case with two Florida pension funds that accused the pharmaceutical firm of concealing a $1.64bn Revenue tax bill from shareholders. Last week, the two

NewsCable cowboy John Malone, other former members of GCI Liberty Inc.’s board, and a group of investors secured the approval of a Delaware judge for a $110 million settlement resolving a challenge to the telecom

NewsAfter 11 years, multiple lawsuits, public rallies and contentious debates, firefighter Gerald Alston’s case has come to a close after Brookline Town Meeting approved an $11 million settlement Tuesday. The agreement

NewsA federal court in Chicago granted preliminary approval of a $92 million class action settlement on behalf of users of the TikTok app, and its predecessor application Musical.ly, over claims the social media

NewsThe city of San Francisco gave final approval Tuesday to an $8 million settlement for a man who claims he spent 20 years in prison for a murder he did not commit after a police officer framed him with false

NewsThe national law firm of Baron & Budd, as part of the plaintiffs’ steering committee, announced a $1.8 billion settlement with Southern California Gas Company and its parent company Sempra Energy over

NewsA plastics company accused of contaminating residents’ water in a New York town, has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit for over $23 million, the Times Union reported. The settlement, which was filed on Friday

NewsA global settlement of up to $1.8 billion was reached in the Aliso Canyon Well Blowout lawsuit. The settlement was achieved after nearly six years of intense litigation led by a coordinated team of plaintiffs’ attorneys

NewsGreyhound will pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Washington state over the company’s practice of allowing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents to board and search its buses without warrants

NewsThe video game publisher Activision Blizzard said Monday that it would pay $18 million in a settlement with a federal employment agency that filed a civil-rights complaint against the company earlier in the day, accusing

NewsOn September 9, 2021, Endo International plc announced a settlement with New York state and two New York counties over its sale and marketing of opioids. The plaintiffs had alleged that Endo (and others) falsely

NewsA Southern California school district has agreed to pay $11 million to settle a lawsuit filed by seven victims and alleged victims of a former middle school teacher who is serving a 74-year prison sentence for sexual abuse

NewsResidents in Michigan and Wisconsin who purchased fresh or frozen raw chicken within the last decade may be eligible to receive some money back. Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro and Cohen Milstein, Sellers

NewsA federal judge on Wednesday tentatively approved more than $450 million in settlements with three pharmaceutical giants accused of conspiring to jack up the price of an essential diabetes drug. In a consolidated

NewsThe Fairfield County commissioners reached a settlement for $7.3 million with the Franklin County Health Insurance Cooperative regarding a past health insurance pool, or reserve, of $8.5 million. The county won