3M hit with $22.5 million verdict in latest U.S. military earplug trial
Dec 10 - A federal jury on Friday awarded $22.5 million to a U.S. Army veteran who alleged that combat earplugs sold by $3M$ Co caused him to suffer hearing loss and tinnitus, the biggest verdict yet in massive litigation over the product.Jurors in Pensacola, Florida, sided with former U.S. Army soldier Theodore Finley in the latest trial to result from more than 272,000 lawsuits by servicemembers and veterans who say defective earplugs made by 3M caused their hearing damage.Finley, who used th
Hedge Funds Ensnared in Expansive DOJ Probe Into Short Selling
Funds and researchers are scrutinized by Justice Department. Inquiry seeks information on trading in several dozen stocks. The U.S. Justice Department has launched an expansive criminal investigation into short selling by hedge funds and research firms, scrutinizing their symbiotic relationships and hunting for signs that they improperly coordinated trades or broke other laws to profit, according to people familiar with the matter.The probe, run by the department’s fraud section with federal pro