Drugmaker’s Opioid Settlement Offer Gains Ground With States February 26, 2020 Opioid makers and distributors who proposed paying almost $50 billion to resolve U.S. lawsuits over the addictive drugs are drawing...
Court Rejects Deadline Asserted by Insurer in Secondary Payer Act Dispute February 19, 2020 By Jim Sams Insurers cannot rely on an apparent three-year deadline within the Secondary Payer Act to protect themselves from litigation if they...
J&J Ordered to Pay $344 Million Over Vaginal-Mesh Marketing January 30, 2020 By Jef Feeley and Bill Callahan Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $344 million for misrepresenting the risks of vaginal-mesh implants to consumers in California,...
McKesson Board Agrees to $175 Million Accord in Opioid Case January 27, 2020 By Jef Feeley McKesson Corp.’s board reached a $175 million settlement with investors who claimed directors failed to maintain adequate internal systems for...
Google’s ‘Wi-Spy’ Accord Gives Consumers Nothing, States Say January 27, 2020 By Malathi Nayak Attorneys general from nine states urged a federal judge to toss out Google’s $13 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit...
Bayer Roundup Deal Is Close as Claims Surge, Mediator Says January 17, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt Bayer AG may be only weeks away from settling more than 75,000 cancer claims over its Roundup weed-killer, after a...
Bayer Roundup Deal Is Close as Claims Surge, Mediator Says January 17, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt Bayer AG’s settlement of cancer lawsuits over its Roundup weed-killer may be only weeks away and is likely to cover...
PG&E Judge Demands Details on Potential Wildfire Payout Conflict January 16, 2020 By Steven Church Time is running out for PG&E Corp. to end the biggest-ever U.S. utility bankruptcy, so the company must set reorganization...
PG&E Fire Victims Fight FEMA Over Multibillion-Dollar Payout January 10, 2020 By Mark Chediak and Steven Church Victims of wildfires blamed on PG&E Corp.’s power lines and government agencies that provided them disaster relief are tussling over...
Judge to OK $215M Settlement for USC Gynecologist’s Patients January 9, 2020 LOS ANGELES — A federal judge is likely to approve a $215 million class-action settlement with thousands of former patients...