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VW Will Cough Up $69M to Settle Emissions Suits in New Jersey
Volkswagen AG confirmed on Tuesday it has agreed to pay $69 million to settle New Jersey state diesel emissions claims, one of the last major outstanding diesel legal issues the German automaker ...
New Judicial Appointments Could Help Curb Shareholder Suits, Reduce D&O Losses
Directors and officers insurance has faced major losses in recent years due, in part, to what some call a significant increase in shareholder securities class action lawsuits. But a slew of new ...
U.S. SEC Alleged to Wrongly Collect $14.9B From Investment Firm’s Liquidating Trustee
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been hit with a class action lawsuit seeking to recover $14.9 billion that lawyers for an investment firm's liquidating trustee say should not have ...
GM Will Pay $120M to Resolve State Ignition Claims
General Motors Co has agreed to pay $120 million to resolve claims from 49 U.S. states and the District of Columbia over faulty ignition switches, state attorneys general and the company said on ...
Another J&J Lawsuit: Patients in UK Trial Claim Hip Implants Were Defective
A Johnson & Johnson unit was accused of injuring hundreds of patients by selling "defective" hip implants, according to lawyers suing the company on the first day of a London trial. Some of DePuy ...
Appeals Court Overturns $663M Trinity Guardrail Judgement
Trinity Industries Inc. won't have to pay a $663 million judgment that was awarded in a whistle-blower lawsuit alleging the company defrauded the U.S. government with a faulty highway guardrail ...
Expect More Energy Contract Lawsuits, Thanks to Hurricane Harvey
Lawyers expect a spate of force majeure contract lawsuits after Hurricane Harvey tore through Southeast Texas and parts of Louisiana last month, paralyzing a fifth of U.S. fuel output and pushing ...
Streams of Raw Sewage Overwhelm Cities Slammed by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
Hurricane Harvey took aim at one of the nation's most industrial regions, releasing a stream of toxic pollutants from chemical plants, refineries and Superfund sites in Texas. But when its bigger ...