No Adequate Remedy in Aqua Dots Case
In In re Aqua Dots, a case recently heard in the Northern District of Illinois, the court faced a class certification request from plaintiffs who had purchased a popular children’s toy called ...
Hospitals Agree to Settle Lawsuit Over Patient Deaths Following Katrina
Tenet Healthcare has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over patient deaths at a subsidiary New Orleans Hospital – Memorial Medical Center – occurring during Hurricane Katrina. The terms ...
Supreme Court Decisions Take Steps Toward Greater Government Transparency
After last year’s controversial Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission campaign-finance ruling, which treated corporations like people under the First Amendment in lifting restrictions ...
On Public Pensions
Unless you have been unconscious for the past month, you know that the Governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, who – like others claiming the mantle of the Tea Party -- is financed by the Koch ...
Glaxo to Settle Avandia Cases with $250 Million
GlaxoSmithKline Plc agreed to pay over $250 million to settle 5,500 cases of reported deaths and injuries from its diabetes drug, Avandia.
The average settlement cost per plaintiff comes to ...
NY Mets and JP Morgan Sued for Alleged Ties with Madoff
Bernie Madoff bankruptcy trustee Irving Picard, who is attempting to recover assets for the victims of Madoff’s illustrious ponzi scheme, has sued the New York Mets and JP Morgan Chase for their ...
Recall, Buying the Products Themselves- Same Thing, Right?
Last week, Oregon Attorney General John Kroger sued health care conglomerate Johnson & Johnson for allegedly leaving eight-capsule packets of defective Motrin on Oregon store shelves for ...
Say It Ain’t So: CSX Sues Asbestos Law Firm for False Claims
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently revived a lawsuit brought on by CSX Transportation against the Pittsburgh law firm of Robert Peirce Associates, accusing the ...
The Gloves Come Off: PIMCO to Settle in Bond Market Manipulation Suit
Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) recently agreed to pay $92 million to settle a class action alleging manipulation of the futures market. As is typical when a party ...
On Whistleblowers
On January 1, the venerable show 60 Minutes ran a story about mega-pharmaceutical maker GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”) pleading guilty to distributing adulterated drugs, a felony.
The company paid ...
Dean Foods to pay $30 Million in Antitrust Settlement Funds
A proposed class action settlement has been reached between Northeastern dairy farmers and Dean Foods, a national milk processor. In the lawsuit, pending in Vermont federal court, plaintiffs ...
Dannon To Pay $21 Million for False Claims
Thirty-nine states have filed a lawsuit against Dannon for exaggerating the health benefits of its products. Dannon will pay $21 million over false statements promoting the digestive and immune ...
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