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1. Warren Buffett's Squishmallows firm sues Build-A-Bear amid 'knock-off' claims; Jazwares claims that rival has created its own pillow-like toys to cash in on its viral success

Subjects
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, Build-A-Bear Workshop -- Cases, Toy industry -- Cases, Insurance industry -- Cases, Company legal issue, Insurance industry, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Mark Sweney The company behind Squishmallows, the squidgy pillows-with-a-face that count Lady Gaga and Kim Kardashian among their fans, has filed a lawsuit against Build-A-Bear over claims it has [...]

Published
2024

2. NetJets pilots' union sues Berkshire Hathaway

Subjects
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, Collective labor agreements -- Cases, Pilots and pilotage -- Cases, Insurance industry -- Cases, Employee dismissals -- Cases, Company legal issue, Insurance industry, Transportation industry, Travel industry
Abstract

NetJets, the luxury plane unit of billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, has been sued by its 3,000-member pilots union for allegedly interfering with its communications with aircraft owners and [...]

Published
2023

3. Berkshire Hathaway Says Law Firm Aided Fraud

Author

Ewing, Jack

Subjects
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue -- Cases, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, Insurance industry -- Cases, Law firms -- Cases, Fraud -- Cases, Pipe and tube industry -- Cases, Company legal issue, Insurance industry, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

A lawsuit claims Jones Day helped trick Warren Buffett's organization into buying a German company for five times what it was worth. FRANKFURT -- Berkshire Hathaway may have found a [...]

Published
2020

4. United States : Carefree of Colorado to Pay $100,000 to Settle EEOC Disability and Retaliation Suit

Subjects
United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission -- Cases, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, Employment discrimination -- Cases, Insurance industry -- Cases, Discrimination against disabled persons -- Cases, Company legal issue, Insurance industry, Business, international
Abstract

Carefree/Scott Fetzer Company, doing business as Carefree of Colorado, will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment [...]

Published
2021

5. OPTUM FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST AMAZON GROUP

Subjects
JPMorgan Chase & Co. -- Cases, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, Banking industry -- Cases, Trade secrets -- Cases, Breach of contract -- Cases, Brand names, Organizations, Banking industry, Company legal issue, Business, Health care industry
Abstract

Optum, a division of United-Healthcare, has filed a lawsuit against the healthcare partnership started by Amazon, JP Morgan, and Berkshire Hathaway to stop one of its former executives from joining [...]

Published
2019

6. Buffett Needs to Be Bigger in Texas

Author

Laughlin, Lauren Silva

Subjects
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. -- Cases, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, Investment banks -- Cases, Claims against decedents' estates -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Warren E. Buffett's folksy charm may come in especially handy for his Oncor encore. His Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate is taking a second stab at Oncor, a Texas electricity provider, and [...]

Published
2017

7. Few emulate Buffett's strategy on D&O exposure; But lack of coverage doesn't seem to deter Berkshire directors

Author

Ryst, Sonja

Subjects
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, Corporate directors -- Cases, Liability insurance -- Cases, Insurance industry -- Cases, Company legal issue, Company business management, Insurance industry, Business, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: SONJA RYST Warren Buffett does not buy directors and officers liability insurance to protect executives at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. from job-related lawsuits, but experts say such an approach works [...]

Published
2011

8. Dairy Queen lawsuit gets frosty reception

Subjects
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, International Dairy Queen Inc. -- Cases, Trademark infringement -- Cases, Restaurant industry -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, Insurance
Abstract

The latest in what seems like a blizzard of trademark infringement lawsuits involves just that--a blizzard. Or actually, the Blizzard, a soft-serve ice cream product sold by International Dairy Queen [...]

Published
2010

9. U.S. Steel sued by real estate firm

Subjects
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, Real estate -- Cases, Steel industry -- International economic relations -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Len Boselovic Dec. 02--A real estate firm hired by U.S. Steel to sell a company-owned condominium in tony Ligonier is suing the struggling Pittsburgh steel producer after it refused [...]

Published
2015

10. Two Brazilian Brothers To Pay Nearly $5 Million In Insider Trading Case

Author

Protess, Ben

Subjects
Kraft Heinz Foods Co. -- Cases, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, Food industry -- Cases, Insurance industry -- Cases, Investment companies -- Cases, Insider trading in securities -- Cases, Company legal issue, Insurance industry, Food and beverage production/distribution software, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The bullish bet on H. J. Heinz flashed all the telltale signs of insider trading. The bet came on Feb. 13, just a day before Berkshire Hathaway and the investment [...]

Published
2013

11. Two shareholders rescind Heinz lawsuits

Subjects
Kraft Heinz Foods Co. -- Cases, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, Food industry -- Cases, Stockholders' derivative actions -- Cases, Investment companies -- Cases, Company legal issue, Food and beverage production/distribution software, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Len Boselovic April 05--Two H.J. Heinz shareholders who had filed lawsuits over the $28 billion buyout of the Pittsburgh ketchup maker on Thursday asked a federal judge to dismiss [...]

Published
2013

12. Heinz agrees to turn over documents to shareholders in lawsuit over $28 billion buyout

Subjects
Kraft Heinz Foods Co. -- Cases, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, Food industry -- Cases, Stockholders' derivative actions -- Cases, Company legal issue, Food and beverage production/distribution software, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Len Boselovic April 02--Attorneys for H.J. Heinz Co. agreed today to turn over board minutes and other documents related to the proposed $28 billion buyout of the Pittsburgh condiment [...]

Published
2013

13. S.E.C. Looks At Trades Day Before Heinz Deal

Author

Protess, Ben

Subjects
United States. Securities and Exchange Commission -- Investigations -- Cases, Kraft Heinz Foods Co. -- Cases, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, Food industry -- Cases, Investment companies -- Cases, Insider trading in securities -- Cases, Company legal issue, Food and beverage production/distribution software, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Regulators are scrutinizing unusual trading surrounding the planned $23 billion takeover of the food company H. J. Heinz, raising questions about potential illegal activity in one of the biggest deals [...]

Published
2013

14. Sokol Is Accused Of Misleading Buffett on Trades

Author

Protess, Ben and Lattman, Peter

Subjects
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, Lubricants industry -- Reports -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

9:02 p.m. Updated Berkshire Hathaway directors have accused David L. Sokol, once considered a possible successor to Warren E. Buffett, of misleading the company about his personal stake in a [...]

Published
2011

15. Trial opens in General Re-AIG case; Prosecutor outlines origins of alleged financial manipulation

Author

Christoffersen, John

Subjects
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Officials and employees, General Re Corp. -- Cases, General Re Corp. -- Officials and employees, American International Group Inc. -- Cases, American International Group Inc. -- Officials and employees, Property and casualty insurance industry -- Cases, Property and casualty insurance industry -- Officials and employees, Insurance industry -- Cases, Insurance industry -- Officials and employees, Insurance industry, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2008

17. General Re Subpoenas Supported

Subjects
Company legal issue, Insurance industry, General Reinsurance Corp. -- Cases, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, American International Group Inc. -- Cases, Health insurance industry -- Cases, Insurance industry -- Cases, Insurance fraud -- Cases, Property and casualty insurance industry -- Cases
Abstract

Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company controlled by Warren E. Buffett, and its General Reinsurance unit must comply with subpoenas from the subsidiary's former chief executive, Ronald E. Ferguson, whose fraud […]

Published
2007

18. Buffett likely to be called to testify; Berkshire CEO is not accused in AIG case

Author

Browning, Lynnley

Subjects
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, General Re Corp. -- Cases, American International Group Inc. -- Cases, Property and casualty insurance industry -- Cases, Insurance industry -- Cases, Financial misrepresentations -- Cases, Insurance industry, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2007

20. TAXES; Buffett wins suit over deductions; His company to get $23 million from the IRS

Author

O'Hanlon, Kevin

Subjects
United States. Internal Revenue Service -- Cases, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Taxation, Property and casualty insurance industry -- Cases, Property and casualty insurance industry -- Taxation, Tax deductions -- Cases, Tax administration and procedure -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2005

21. Buffett's company sues I.R.S. over $16 million in taxes

Subjects
Company legal issue, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, United States. Internal Revenue Service -- Cases, Property and casualty insurance -- Cases, Investment companies -- Cases
Abstract

Berkshire Hathaway, the investment company headed by the billionaire Warren E. Buffett, says in a lawsuit that it was mistakenly ordered to pay the Internal Revenue Service $16.3 million in […]

Published
2002

22. Buffett vs. the taxman: Berkshire seeks to reverse IRS divs ruling

Author

Lazo, Shirley A.

Subjects
United States. Internal Revenue Service -- Cases, United States. Internal Revenue Service -- Laws, regulations and rules, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Cases, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Taxation, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Securities, Capitalists and financiers -- Cases, Dividends -- Taxation, Property and casualty insurance industry -- Cases, Property and casualty insurance industry -- Taxation, Property and casualty insurance industry -- Securities, Tax law -- Analysis, Company dividends, Tax law, Company securities, Company legal issue, Government regulation, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business
Abstract

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is contesting in court an IRS claim to over $16 million in taxes and interest on a decades-old $750 million it borrowed. The IRS claims that Hathaway's deal fell foul of a provision governing dividends-received deductions.

Published
2002

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