Litigation

  • Lawsuit says GM failed to fix thousands of Impalas
    AP (July 05, 2011)
    DETROIT (AP) - A lawsuit claims General Motors Co. fixed a defective part on police versions of the Chevrolet Impala but didn't correct the same problem in hundreds of thousands of other Impalas.
     
  • Decision in Wal-Mart case a blow to class actions
    AP (June 21, 2011)

    WASHINGTON (AP) - Mounting a large-scale bias claim against a huge company will be more difficult in light of a Supreme Court decision that found no convincing proof of discrimination on which to allow a c
     

  • BP shares up after contractor settles Gulf claim
    AP (June 21, 2011)
    LONDON (AP) - Shares in oil company BP rose strongly Tuesday after one of the company's contractors agreed to settle claims arising from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
     
  • NRDC threatens US railroads with pollution lawsuit
    AP (June 21, 2011)
    LOS ANGELES (AP) - An environmental group has sent letters warning two U.S. rail companies to prepare for a federal lawsuit if they don't undertake measures to clean up hazardous waste their facilities emit into the air from diesel engines in 16 California rail yards.
     
  • Nokia, Apple settle drawn-out patent dispute
    AP (June 14, 2011)
    HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Nokia Corp. on Tuesday notched a valuable win against rival Apple Inc., with the U.S. company agreeing to pay the Finnish handset maker a one-time sum to settle long-standing patent disputes as well as royalties for current licenses.
     
  • Hearing begins in labor complaint against Boeing
    AP (June 14, 2011)
    SEATTLE (AP) - Boeing on Tuesday asked a Seattle judge to dismiss a case brought by the National Labor Relations Board that accuses the plane maker of breaking the law when it built a non-union production line in South Carolina.
     
  • Fla. firm OKs $55M Chinese drywall settlement
    AP (June 14, 2011)
    NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Miami-based supplier of tainted Chinese drywall agreed in a court filing Tuesday to a $55 million settlement of claims that the corrosive product damaged homes, all or nearly all of them in Florida.