Dow Chemical said Friday it will pay $835 million to settle a long-standing class action lawsuit, after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia decreased its chances of prevailing at the Supreme Court. The announcement is an early indication of how corporations are shifting their legal strategy following the loss of the court’s 5-4 conservative majority. “I think most corporations facing class …
NEW YORK (AP) — Sexual abuse and harassment of women in New York State prisons persists and flourishes because the state’s “zero tolerance” policy is a sham, a lawsuit says. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court asks a judge to force the state to prevent women from being sexually abused by male guards. The lawsuit seeking class action status represents six women on behalf of an …
Dow Chemical agreed to settle a class action lawsuit after determining the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made victory less likely. The company agreed to pay $835m (£602m) – less than the $1.06bn a court in Kansas ordered it to pay in 2013. Dow was hoping the Supreme Court would overturn the ruling, but the death of Justice Scalia left it evenly spilt between conservatives and …
Screenshot via VWAn ad for Volkswagen’s lineup of diesel vehicles It’s been more than five months since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Volkswagen’s use of illegal “defeat device” software in diesel cars in mid-September. But Volkswagen appears no closer to beginning a recall of the affected cars–leaving owners of almost 600,000 diesel vehicles deeply frustrated. And …
Angelina Lemus was puzzled. She had no idea why every month as much as $96 was disappearing from her Citibank checking account. Months later, Ms. Lemus finally figured out the mystery — or at least part of it.
Donald Trump’s Web site, which asks “Are You My Next Apprentice?” offers students the chance to learn how to succeed in business. Donld Trump charges would-be moguls up to $35,000 to “learn from the master” at his online Trump U.
FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday it had not opened an official investigation into Daimler’s luxury car brand Mercedes-Benz but had only requested information to explain emissions levels in some of its cars. A spokesman for Daimler said on Sunday it was fully cooperating with the request for information, and that Mercedes-Benz cars conformed with all rules …
Slater & Gordon announces almost $1 billion loss by Jonathan Shapiro and Sarah Danckert Slater & Gordon has two months to the secure the support of National Australia Bank and Westpac Banking Corp The Melbourne-based company posted a $958 million first-half losss, which is three times the combined profits since it became the first law firm in the world to float on a stock market in 2007. The …
Justice department lawyers have been accused of withholding documents that show a priest who worked at an infamous Indian residential school for nearly four decades was a serial sexual predator even as they persuaded an adjudicator to deny compensation to a former student who said the priest abused him. The man, who was a student of St. Anne’s Indian Residential School in Fort Albany, Ont., is …
One of the most visited museums in the world is about to become even more accessible. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City announced on Friday (Feb. 26) that it will settle a three-year-old class action lawsuit challenging its vague “pay-as you wish” admission policy. To coincide with the opening of its new satellite location on Madison Avenue and 75th Street next month, the museum …