US District Judge for the Northern District of California Charles Breyer Wednesday granted final approval of Volkswagen and Porsche’s $80 million settlement of a class action lawsuit. The companies were accused of manipulation of fuel economy and fuel emission tests for nearly 500,000 gasoline-powered Porsche class vehicles with a model year between 2005-2020. Judge Breyer [...]

CVS Health Co. (CVS) and Walgreens Co. (Walgreens), a subsidiary of its parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., Wednesday, announced that each company reached a preliminary settlement deal totaling approximately $10 billion in order to end thousands of lawsuits related to ongoing opioid-related litigation. As part of its settlement, beginning in 2023, CVS will pay a total [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday charged Californian David Wayne DePape with federal assault and kidnapping for allegedly attacking Paul Pelosi, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband. Depape was arrested on Friday. The DOJ’s criminal complaint details that San Francisco Dispatch received a 911 call from Mr. Pelosi who stated a male named David, [...]

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Wednesday adopted compensation recovery listing standards and disclosure rules which will “require issuers to develop and implement a policy providing for the recovery of erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation received by current or former executive officers.” The SEC stated that the rule applies even if the public company executive [...]

A Jackson County, Michigan, Jury Wednesday convicted Joseph Morrison, Pete Musico and Paul Bellar for felony charges related to their 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer from her summer home.  As the jury read its verdict, Bellar appeared in court, and Morrison and Musico appeared virtually via Zoom, as they recently tested positive for [...]

Former Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Kueng Monday pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter for his involvement in the death of George Floyd, the Associated Press reported. At a later date, Kueng will be sentenced to 42 months in prison served concurrently with his existing three-year federal sentence for violating Floyd’s constitutional rights. Kueng aided [...]

Extense Thursday organised The 1% Study Report Launch, a virtual panel event discussing The 1% Study and its findings that brought to light the under-representation of minorities within the UK legal profession. The total population of the UK, according to the 2011 Census, comprises of only 3.3% Black ethnic groups out of 56.1 million people [...]

The UK Government Monday announced that every Crown Court in England and Wales will utilize new technology to allow victims and witnesses of crimes to have their cross-examination recorded instead of being cross-examined in person during trial. According to officials, the goal of pre-recorded testimony is “to boost rape convictions and ensure better support for [...]

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Monday charged three men for their roles “in orchestrating fraudulent manipulative securities trading schemes” which resulted in a $100 million valuation for a New Jersey deli and a $120 million valuation for a separate shell company. The SEC’s complaint states that Peter L. Coker Sr., Peter L. Coker Jr. and [...]

A German court Tuesday rejected a lawsuit filed by environmental group Deutsche Umwelthilfe intended to bar Mercedes-Benz from selling cars with combustion engines that emit greenhouse gases after 2030. Deutsche Umwelthilfe claimed that Mercedes-Benz must comply with the Paris Climate Protection Agreement and the German Climate Protection Act regarding reduction in its vehicles’ CO2 emissions. Deutsche [...]