Judge Has Questions About Bayer’s $2 Billion Roundup Settlement May 19, 2021 By Tom Hals A federal judge on Tuesday questioned a $2 billion proposal by Bayer AG that would create a framework for resolving...
Appeals Court Rejects Bayer Appeal of $25M Roundup Cancer Verdict May 17, 2021 By Tom Hals A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a $25 million judgment and trial verdict finding Bayer’s Roundup caused a California...
Virginia Health Workers With COVID Get Workers’ Comp Unless They Refuse Vaccine April 5, 2021 By Tom Hals Virginia has passed a law making it easier for some healthcare workers who become ill with COVID-19 to collect medical...
Judge Questions Why Facebook May Have Overpaid in Data Privacy Settlement February 11, 2021 By Tom Hals Facebook Inc. may have paid $4.9 billion more than the maximum penalty it faced under a settlement agreement with regulators...
Broker Robinhood Sued by Parents Over Trader Son’s Suicide February 8, 2021 By Tom Hals The family of a 20-year-old stock trader who committed suicide sued the broker Robinhood for his death, citing its “misleading...
Bayer Strikes $2 Billion Deal to Resolve Future Roundup Cancer Claims February 4, 2021 By Tom Hals Bayer AG struck a $2 billion deal to resolve a class action of future claims relating to allegations that its...
Judge Permits McDonald’s Suit Against Ex-CEO Over Alleged Sexual Affairs Cover-Up February 3, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel and Tom Hals A Delaware judge on Tuesday rejected former McDonald’s Corp. Chief Executive Stephen Easterbrook’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by the...
Analysis: User Pact, Section 230 Likely to Shield Robinhood, Reddit From Lawsuits February 1, 2021 By Tom Hals Robinhood Markets Inc.’s user agreement is likely to protect the brokerage app from a barrage of lawsuits filed by customers...
Former Fidelity Investments’ Employee Claims Discriminatory, Hostile Workplace December 9, 2020 By Tom Hals A former female employee of Fidelity Investments has sued the company for discrimination and a hostile workplace where women were...
Meat Plant Workers Being Denied Workers’ Compensation for COVID-19: Reuters September 29, 2020 By Tom Hals and Tom Polansek Saul Sanchez died in April, one of six workers with fatal COVID-19 infections at meatpacker JBS USA’s slaughterhouse in Greeley,...