Drug Wholesalers, Teva Settle With Ohio Counties Over Opioids October 21, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Riley Griffin The three largest U.S. drug distributors and a major generic-drug manufacturer have agreed to pay $260 million to settle the...
J&J to Pay $117 Million in Nationwide Pact Over Vaginal Mesh October 18, 2019 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $117 million to settle 41 states’ claims that it misrepresented the risks of vaginal-mesh...
SmileDirect Claims California Dentist Conspiracy Harmed Business October 18, 2019 By John Tozzi and Janet Freund SmileDirectClub Inc., which sells clear orthodontic aligners, alleges dentists who serve on a regulatory board in California conspired to hurt...
J&J Recalls Lot of Baby Powder After Asbestos Trace Found October 18, 2019 By Riley Griffin and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson is recalling one lot of its Johnson’s Baby Powder after tiny amounts of asbestos contamination were found...
Black Guest Ousted from Doubletree Hotel Sues for $10M October 11, 2019 PORTLAND, Ore. — A hotel guest whose lawyers say he was ousted from a DoubleTree hotel in Oregon for “calling...
U.S. Appeals Court Will Not Disqualify Judge in Opioid Cases or Delay Trial October 10, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court on Thursday cleared the way for a landmark trial over the nation’s opioid crisis, rejecting a...
New York Sues Online E-Cigarette Sellers Amid Vape Crackdown October 10, 2019 By Chris Dolmetsch New York City sued more than a dozen online retailers for allegedly selling e-cigarettes to underage residents, expanding a U.S....
Purdue’s Sacklers Get Closer to an Opioid Trial in Massachusetts October 9, 2019 By Erik Larson Purdue Pharma LP’s billionaire owners, the Sackler family, are a step closer to a trial in Massachusetts over their role...
Cost of Opioid Crisis ‘Dwarfs’ Drugmakers’ Resources, N.Y. Says October 8, 2019 By Erik Larson The public cost of coping with the opioid crisis in the U.S. “dwarfs” the combined resources of the companies sued...
Southwest Pilots Sue Boeing Over Alleged Lost Wages From 737 Max Grounding October 8, 2019 By Tracy Rucinski The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA) said on Monday it filed a lawsuit against Boeing Co alleging that the grounding...