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JP Morgan Agrees to Record Settlement in Suit Alleging Bias Against Dads
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $5 million to resolve a discrimination claim filed by a male employee who alleged the bank's parental leave policy was biased against dads. The payout ...
Brazil Is Suing Top Tobacco Firms to Recover Public Health Treatment Costs
Brazil is suing the world's largest cigarette makers, British American Tobacco Plc and Philip Morris International, in a landmark case aimed at recovering the public health treatment costs of ...
MGM Resorts: $751M Insurance Cover Will Help Address $800M Las Vegas Shooting Settlement
Casino giant MGM Resorts told federal regulators last Thursday it might pay up to $800 million to settle liability lawsuits stemming from the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas — the deadliest in ...
Europe’s Biggest Insurers Hit With Massive Bill From Boeing Crashes
Europe's biggest insurers are on the hook for as much as $450 million from a pair of airline crashes involving Boeing Co. 737 Max planes. Munich Re reckons it could pay 150 million euros ($168 ...
J&J Reportedly Will Fork Over $1B to Resolve Most Metal-Hip Suits
Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay about $1 billion to resolve most lawsuits claiming it sold defective metal-on-metal hips that ultimately had to be removed, according to people with knowledge of ...
Judge Approves $307.5M Fiat Chrysler Diesel Emissions Settlement
A federal judge in San Francisco on Friday approved a $307.5 million civil settlement for about 100,000 U.S. owners of Fiat Chrysler diesel vehicles that the government said had illegal software that ...
State Farm, Allstate Sue Doctors and Pain-Management Clinics, Alleging Billing Fraud
Two insurance carriers filed separate lawsuits recently against medical doctors and their pain-management clinics, accusing them of submitting bills for unnecessary medical procedures performed on ...
Boeing Sued by Two Families Alleging Negligence in Ethiopa 737 Max Crash
Boeing Co. was sued Monday by two Canadians who lost 10 family members in the March crash of a 737 Max in Ethiopia, adding to the aircraft manufacturer's legal woes stemming from two deadly crashes ...