Legal

3M loses first trial over military earplugs

3M Co. lost the first lawsuit to go to trial over the safety of earplugs it sold for years to the military, with a federal jury Friday awarding $7.1 million to three veterans and finding the company failed to warn about defects in the product.

Fortnite's mastermind goes to battle with Apple

The billionaire behind one of the most successful videogames of all time came to view Apple Inc. as an existential threat to his dream of the future. So Tim Sweeney decided to fight. He gave his dispute with the world's biggest company a code name: Project Liberty.

Peloton sued over Tread+ child safety

A woman is suing Peloton claiming its treadmill product is dangerous for children and pets after a consumer watchdog agency urged Americans to stop using its $4,295 Tread+

Texas wind farms sue Citigroup over charges from winter storm

A Canadian renewable energy firm on Wednesday sued Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) for rejecting force majeure declarations during a February winter storm and billing it over $100 million for replacement power, according to lawsuits filed in a Texas state court.

Judge in Texas lawsuit against Google issues protective order

The judge hearing the Texas antitrust lawsuit against AlphabetInc's Google put limits on what the search giant's in-house lawyers can see in an order aimed at ensuring that confidential information used in an upcoming trial remains secure.

Boeing sues, cancels contracts with Air Force One supplier

Boeing Co said Thursday it had filed a suit against and canceled contracts with a Texas-based supplier for Air Force One, the aircraft that carriers the U.S. president, over delays in completing interior work on the two heavily modified 747-8 planes.

McDonald's seeks damages against Tyson Foods, Pilgrim's Pride over chicken price-fixing claims: report

"McDonald's distribution centers (DCs) may have been victims of the purported conspiracy, unknowingly purchasing broiler chickens from Tyson and Keystone Foods (now owned by Tyson) at alleged wrongfully-inflated prices, which our DCs then resold to McDonald's and franchisees," Marion Gross, McDonald's chief supply chain officer, and Angie Steele, the interim US general counsel wrote in the memo.