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On Tuesday, a Pennsylvania judge reduced a $2.25 billion U.S. verdict against Bayer (BAYGn.DE) to $400 million. This decision involved a Pennsylvania man, John McKivison, who claimed he developed cancer from exposure to the company’s Roundup weedkiller. A jury in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas determined that McKivison’s non-Hodgkins lymphoma resulted from using Roundup…
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On Tuesday, prosecutors in the historic criminal trial of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden told jurors that overwhelming evidence shows Hunter lied to hide his drug addiction so he could illegally buy a gun. The defense argued that he had no intent to deceive. In federal court in Delaware, jurors heard opening statements from…
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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) must pay $260 million to an Oregon woman who developed mesothelioma, a deadly cancer linked to asbestos exposure, after inhaling the company’s talc powder, a jury ruled on Monday. The verdict from the 4th Judicial District Circuit Court in Portland comes as Johnson & Johnson continues to pursue a proposed $6.48…
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A Georgia appeals court will hear arguments in October to determine whether to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting Donald Trump for attempting to overturn his 2020 defeat, a schedule likely to postpone the trial until after the Nov. 5 election. The court will examine whether Willis’ past affair with her former…
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On Monday, a jury began the trial of Hunter Biden on gun charges, marking a historic criminal prosecution of a sitting president’s son that could impact the 2024 presidential election. Hunter Biden, 54, faces trial at the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware. This event occurred four days after Republican Donald Trump, the Democratic president’s rival…
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A former partner at U.S. law firm Locke Lord, Mark Scott, argued that prosecutors failed to prove he knowingly participated in a $400 million fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. On Wednesday, Scott urged the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse or vacate his November 2019 conviction, asserting that the government’s case relied heavily on a…
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The Supreme Court revived the National Rifle Association’s lawsuit against a New York state official accused of coercing banks and insurers to avoid doing business with the gun rights group. The ruling, authored by liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, warned public officials against using their power to punish speech they dislike. In a unanimous 9-0 decision,…
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U.S. consumers suing French luxury house Hermes have expanded their lawsuit, accusing the company of forcing buyers to spend thousands of dollars on other products before allowing them to purchase one of its famed Birkin bags. On Thursday, another California resident joined the lawsuit in San Francisco federal court, becoming the third named plaintiff in…
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A Tesla shareholder has filed a lawsuit accusing CEO Elon Musk of insider trading, alleging that Musk sold over $7.5 billion of Tesla shares in late 2022 before the company revealed potentially disappointing production and delivery numbers. The lawsuit, filed by shareholder Michael Perry in Delaware Chancery Court, claims that Tesla’s share price plummeted after…
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The Justice Department informed a judge that Alphabet’s Google cannot avoid a jury trial over its alleged digital advertising dominance by unilaterally paying the government. In a court filing on Thursday, the Justice Department and a coalition of states responded to Google’s argument that only a judge, not a jury, should hear the government’s lawsuit…
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