Lawyers suing Takata Corp. over customer claims of lost vehicle value connected to air-bag recalls asked that they be combined in a single federal court, which would give them a united front in pursuing the cases.
Read More »Toyota to begin settlement talks over acceleration
The move toward settlement comes less than two months after Toyota lost its first trial in a lawsuit claiming an electronic defect can cause its vehicles to speed up uncontrollably.
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Read More »BP loses bid to suspend spill settlement payments
BP lost a renewed bid to suspend payments from the court-supervised program administering its settlement of claims tied to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Read More »Michigan wins delay of Detroit bankruptcy filing challenge
Michigan officials won a postponement of a state judge’s ruling that Detroit’s bankruptcy filing in federal court violated the state’s constitution, pending a consideration of Michigan’s appeal.
Read More »Seagate Technology recoups $630M trade-secrets award
Seagate Technology LLC won court reinstatement of a $630 million arbitration judgment against Western Digital Corp. over allegations of misappropriation of trade secrets.
Read More »BP loses bid for access to U.S. e-mails in spill case
BP Plc can’t have access to 21 documents including e-mail communications between the White House and other top U.S. officials during the Gulf of Mexico oil spill of 2010, a federal judge ruled.
Read More »J&J said to agree to $2.2B settlement over Risperdal
Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay as much as $2.2 billion to settle U.S. probes of the marketing of its Risperdal antipsychotic drug and other medications, two people familiar with the negotiations said.
Read More »Banks may face fraud, municipal claims after mortgage accord
U.S. banks may still face state securities-fraud claims and municipal lawsuits over unpaid mortgage fees under a settlement that is “getting closer,” the official leading talks for state attorneys general said.
Read More »Ford asks court to reverse $2 billion award
Ford Motor Co. asked an Ohio appeals court to reverse a $2 billion judgment awarded in June to a class of commercial truck dealers who claimed the company overcharged them for 11 years.
Read More »Texas, 20 other states support Kinder’s health-law challenge
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and officials from 20 other states filed court papers supporting Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder’s challenge to the Obama administration’s health care reform law, Abbott’s office said in a statement Tuesday.
Read More »NFL asks 8th Circuit to let lockout continue
National Football League team owners asked a the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis to delay enforcement of a lower court’s order stopping their lockout of players, saying federal law barred interference in labor disputes.
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