The plaintiffs bar has orchestrated the largest-ever transfer of wealth from companies to their clients in the last three years through massive class action settlements, including almost three dozen ...

The federal lawsuit, filed in Oakland, Calif., alleges that Southwest marketed two flights for several months in 2022 that were late by more than an hour on multiple occasions. The U.S. and Buttigieg, ...

There’s an anti-ESG movement in the United States but the larger trend is for more, not less, accountability for companies that try to push growth at the expense of these non-business values, ...

This latest action comes as part of a risk-based initiative the agency launched in 2021 to identify companies that allow their employees to use personal email or text messaging on personal devices, ...

“By adding or subtracting claims or parties, and thus reframing the suit, that pleading can alter a federal court’s authority. And so it is here,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the court. “When a ...

American Express agreed to pay $230 million to settle Department of Justice charges that it engaged in deceptive marketing and deficient recordkeeping in pitching its credit cards to small businesses.

Lawyers carry an ethical duty of competent representation for clients, an obligation that in some states requires colleagues to report professional lapses they observe to the bar. Many of these ...

The wrestling company’s books and filings were inaccurate because its former chief never told the legal and accounting teams about harassment claims he settled, the agency said. A close ally of ...

Planned Building Services and its affiliates and Guardian Service Industries, in separate agreements with the Federal Trade Commission, have agreed to stop enforcing no-hire agreements they require of ...

The term “gun-jumping” derives from the colloquialism “jumping the gun,” or proceeding with the assumption of management duties that are prohibited until an antitrust review period, such as prescribed ...

Elon Musk did not receive Tesla compensation as a director but has been involved in a long-running dispute in McCormick’s court – which he has thus far lost – over a $56 billion pay package Tesla ...

In-house lawyers have been focused on the copyright side of class action lawsuits related to artificial intelligence since generative AI tools hit the market a few years ago, but their focus will need ...