Nation May 06 Some iPhone owners could get up to $95 after Apple agrees to settle case for $250 million By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press
Nation May 04 Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni settle lawsuit over 'It Ends With Us' dispute The two sides settled their legal dispute Monday ahead of a planned trial over Lively’s claims that Baldoni conspired with publicists to preemptively destroy her reputation after she privately accused him of sexually harassing her on the movie set. By Associated Press
Nation Mar 17 Bank of America settles lawsuit brought on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein victims Bank of America has tentatively settled a lawsuit claiming it ignored suspicious financial transactions involving Jeffrey Epstein while he was sexually abusing hundreds of girls and women. By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press
World Aug 20 Israel approves settlement project that could divide the West Bank The international community overwhelmingly considers Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank to be illegal and an obstacle to peace. By Associated Press
Nation Jul 11 Boeing reaches settlement with man whose wife and children died in 737 Max crash in Ethiopia Boeing reached a settlement Friday with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 crash in Ethiopia, averting the first trial connected to the devastating event that led to a worldwide grounding of Max… By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press
Jan 29 Meta agrees to pay $25 million settlement to Trump over Jan. 6 suspension lawsuit By Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Facebook parent company Meta has agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against the company after it suspended his accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to three people familiar with the matter. Continue reading
Aug 03 Parties in lawsuits seeking damages for Maui wildfires reach $4 billion global settlement By Audrey McAvoy, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press The parties in lawsuits seeking damages for last year’s Maui wildfires have reached a $4 billion global settlement, a court filing said Friday, nearly one year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. Continue reading
Jul 04 Israel approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements By Josef Federman, Tia Goldenberg, Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press The house-building is the latest effort by Israel's hard-line government to beef up the settlements as part of a strategy to cement Israel's control over the West Bank and prevent a future Palestinian state. Continue reading
Dec 30 McKinsey and Co. agrees to $78 million settlement over claims it helped fuel opioid crisis By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press Consulting firm McKinsey and Co. has agreed to pay $78 million to settle claims from insurers and health care funds that its work with drug companies helped fuel an opioid addiction crisis. Under the agreement, McKinsey would establish a fund… Continue reading
Oct 30 Men exonerated in Malcolm X's murder to receive $36 million in settlements By Associated Press The city of New York is settling lawsuits filed on behalf of two men who were exonerated last year for the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X, agreeing to pay $26 million for the wrongful convictions which led to both men spending decades… Continue reading