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Jury orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $4.7 billion in talcum powder suit
The company denies its products contain asbestos and vows to appeal the decisionBy Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairsJuly 13, 2018A state court jury in St. Louis has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay...
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Mississippi sues Navient, claiming student loan abuses
The company denies the chargesBy Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairsJuly 25, 2018Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has filed a lawsuit against Navient Corporation, charging the student loan lender of...
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Johnson & Johnson threatens legal action after researchers criticize...
The corporation is demanding a retraction after a paper alleged serious flaws in the companys own researchBy Amy Martyn of ConsumerAffairsJuly 30, 2018The metal-on-metal hips that Johnson & Johnson...
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Supreme Court decision could pave the way for legal sports betting
The court struck down a 1992 law that had banned gambling on sporting eventsBy Christopher Maynard of ConsumerAffairsMay 14, 2018The Supreme Court has handed down a ruling that very well may pave the...
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Locals and activists fight to stop a Louisiana pipeline that the operator...
The Bayou Bridge pipeline is partially financed by the same company behind the controversial Dakota Access PipelineBy Amy Martyn of ConsumerAffairsAugust 10, 2018Protesters in Louisiana are locking...
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Bayer stocks tumble after $289 million verdict against Monsanto
A jurys ruling that Roundup causes cancer comes shortly after a controversial merger between two seed giantsBy Amy Martyn of ConsumerAffairsAugust 13, 2018When Bayer announced in June that it would pay...
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Microsoft faces investigation over its business practices in Hungary
Potential kickbacks, middlemen, and jacked-up prices are all raising questionsBy Gary Guthrie of ConsumerAffairsAugust 24, 2018The U.S. Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
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Target debit cardholders are seeing ‘red’
A class action lawsuit claims debit cards with non-sufficient funds are getting hit with excessive feesBy Gary Guthrie of ConsumerAffairsAugust 27, 2018Like most retailers, Target offers holders of...
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Missouri is about to criminalize using the word ‘meat’ to sell meat substitutes
Missouri officials are ready to stand up for meat, whatever that meansBy Amy Martyn of ConsumerAffairsAugust 28, 2018In case anyone was unclear as to why Missouri needs a law clarifying that meat comes...
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State Farm reaches $250 million settlement on racketeering claim
Policyholders claim the insurance company tried to rig Illinois' justice system against themBy Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairsSeptember 5, 2018Insurance giant State Farm has agreed to pay $250 million...
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SEC alleges 10 individuals generated over $27 million from unlawful stock sales
Florida billionaire Phillip Frost is believed to have played a role in two of three market manipulation schemesBy Sarah D. Young of ConsumerAffairsSeptember 10, 2018The U.S. Securities and Exchange...
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Judge demands Musk, SEC justify their settlement agreement
Judge Alison Nathan has requested a joint letter explaining why the settlement is fair and reasonableBy Sarah D. Young of ConsumerAffairsOctober 5, 2018Less than a week after Tesla CEO Elon Musk...
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Judge may overrule jury’s decision in Monsanto Roundup case
A judge may gut a significant portion of cancer-victim Dewayne Johnsons awardBy Sarah D. Young of ConsumerAffairsOctober 12, 2018A California judge is reportedly considering slashing the $289million...
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StarKist pleads guilty to canned tuna price-fixing
Government investigators claim rivals colluded to keep prices highBy Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairsOctober 19, 2018The ongoing investigation into alleged price-fixing in the canned tuna industry...
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Judge reduces punitive damages in Monsanto case by $211 million
The ruling denies the companys request to completely drop the claimBy Sarah D. Young of ConsumerAffairsOctober 23, 2018Earlier this month, reports surfaced that a San Francisco judge was considering...
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Bird, Lime, and other dockless scooters are unsafe, lawsuit claims
The plaintiffs say dockless e-scooters contain defective electronics and do not provide proper safety instructionsBy Amy Martyn of ConsumerAffairsOctober 24, 2018A 62-year-old street performer known as...
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Attorneys General call for strict enforcement of the Military Lending Act
Thirty-three state officials are asking the CFPB not to drop routine audits of lendersBy Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairsOctober 25, 2018As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) reportedly...
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Yahoo to pay $50 million to victims of 2013 data breach
Account holders who had their information compromised can claim up to $375By Sarah D. Young of ConsumerAffairsOctober 25, 2018Yahoos new owners, Verizon and Altaba, have agreed to pay $50 million in...
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New York sues Exxon Mobil for allegedly misleading investors
A lawsuit claims the company told investors that it had factored in the cost of climate change but never didBy Sarah D. Young of ConsumerAffairsOctober 25, 2018On Wednesday, New York Attorney General...
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Supreme Court split on Google privacy settlement
Under the current settlement, Google users would receive no moneyBy Sarah D. Young of ConsumerAffairsNovember 1, 2018On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a case that stemmed from an $8.5 million...
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