Twitter Sued for Mass Layoffs by Musk Without Enough Notice
Twitter Inc. was sued over Elon Musk's plan to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at the social media platform, which workers say the company is doing without enough notice in ...
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CVS, Walgreens and Walmart to Pay $13.8B to Settle U.S. Opioid Claims: Sources
CVS Health Corp, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Walmart Inc. have tentatively agreed to pay about $13.8 billion to resolve thousands of U.S. state and local government ...
GEICO Faces California Class Action Claiming It Overcharged for Car Insurance
A federal judge on Monday said a lawsuit accusing GEICO Corp. of overcharging more than 2 million California policyholders on car insurance early in the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Self-Driving Claims
Tesla Inc. is under criminal investigation in the United States over claims that the company's electric vehicles can drive themselves, three people familiar with the ...
Court Dismisses 32 COVID-19 Business Insurance Cases Against Erie Insurance
A federal judge has dismissed 32 lawsuits over COVID-19 business interruption insurance claims against Erie Insurance, concluding the claimants failed to "plausibly ...
Federal Judge Dismisses Multiple Pennsylvania COVID-19 Claims
A Western Pennsylvania federal district judge has dismissed eight cases seeking payment for COVID-19 business interruption coverage from several insurers including ...
Insurers Win Key Parts of Stonegate COVID-19 Business Interruption Case: MS Amlin
Insurers have won key parts of a complex legal battle with British pubs group Stonegate, MS Amlin said after Monday's judgment on the 1 billion pound ($1.13 billion) ...
Social Media Company Liability Draws U.S. Supreme Court Scrutiny
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether social media companies can be sued over targeted content recommendations, agreeing to hear an appeal from a family that says Alphabet Inc.'s Google bears ...
Judge Dismisses Mexico Lawsuit Against Gun Manufacturers
A U.S. federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Mexican government against U.S. gun manufacturers arguing their commercial practices have led to bloodshed in Mexico. Judge F. Dennis ...