Tag Archives: Compensation for Damages (Law)

A celebrated artwork by the environmental artist Mary Miss will be demolished by the museum that commissioned it. On Tuesday, the Des Moines Art Center reached an agreement with Miss, 80, to dismantle her sprawling outdoor installation, “Greenwood Pond: Double Site,” in exchange for $900,000, ending the lawsuit she filed …

Mastercard is set to pay $26 million to settle accusations that the company has for years underpaid thousands of female, Black and Hispanic employees, according to an agreement filed in court on Tuesday. The settlement, if approved by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, will …

In a decision widely seen as benefiting climate activists, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a lawsuit filed by Honolulu against oil companies over their role in global warming. The Honolulu case is one of the most prominent among two dozen similar suits brought by …