A spokesman for Dell is disputing a claim that it withheld evidence in a lawsuit that claims it sold faulty computers and then tried to hide the problems.
As Senate committee hearings began today on the oil rig explosion and resulting massive undersea well leak that has been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for three weeks, two…
Updated: Two commercial shrimpers have filed a federal lawsuit in Louisiana against the owner and operator of a oil rig that exploded and sank last week in the Gulf of…
On the eve of trial, a judge dismissed a False Claims Act case against a onetime general counsel of Tenet Health Care Corp., finding that the government waited too long…
A record fine of $16.4 million that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is seeking to impose on Toyota Motor Corp. will probably help the plaintiffs…
In the latest blows to Toyota Motor Corp.’s once-sterling reputation, federal authorities have announced a criminal probe of automotive safety issues and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is looking…
Plaintiffs lawyers are predicting that what has the potential to be the largest-ever automotive products liability case will result in a complex federal action equivalent to tobacco litigation.
Plaintiffs attorneys from nearly two dozen law firms are asking a federal court in California to consolidate litigation throughout the country over alleged defects in Toyota automobiles into a single…
Responding to the first of at least 41 class action lawsuits alleging sudden acceleration issues in its automobiles, Toyota Motor Corp. has asked a federal judge in Los Angeles judge…
In the wake of Toyota Motor Corp.’s well-publicized recalls of millions of cars over acceleration issues—and customer concerns that other models also have issues or have been adversely affected by…
As news of claimed acceleration—and, on hybrid models, brake—problems related to an already-massive recall of Toyota automobiles seemingly exploded today, so did news of an ever-expanding list of lawsuits against…
As plaintiffs attorneys lick their chops over Toyota Motor Corp.’s sudden-acceleration crisis, a former lawyer for the automaker is awaiting a ruling that could add further impetus to an onslaught…
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