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Opioid Crisis: School Sues Manufacturers & Distributors
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The Miami-Dade County School Board, the nation's fourth-largest school district, filed a federal lawsuit against major manufacturers and distributors claiming that they should be compensated for the money spent to keep…
Opioid Crisis: Hard-Hit Counties Opt For Individual Lawsuit
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The opioid class action, created to help settle thousands of lawsuits, has been weakened after the local governments in regions affected by the opioid epidemic opted to…
Opioid Crisis: Part Of Insys Conviction Overturned
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The U.S. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston has overturned parts of racketeering conviction against Insys Therapeutics founder and former sales executives, stating the prosecutors failed to prove that the manufacturer…
J&J's Request To Toss $70M Risperdal Verdict Upheld
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Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) request to toss the $70 million Risperdal verdict has been upheld by the Pennsylvania appeals court.
According to the 2013 lawsuit…
U.S Judge Limits Evidence in the Upcoming Roundup Trial
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In an order issued on December 3, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria agreed to split an upcoming Roundup trial scheduled for February 25 into two…
Sonoma City Council To Ban Roundup Use in City Parks
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The Sonoma City Council on December 17 voted to accept the city staff's recommendation to ban Roundup and other glyphosate-based weed killers in all…
Zofran Lawsuits Delayed Over GSK's Petition To The FDA
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The U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor, in Boston, delayed the first bellwether trial scheduled for January 2020, as GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is petitioning the FDA regarding …
Jury To Decide the Merits of Januvia Pancreatic Cancer Cases
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According to a December 26 ruling by the Illinois First District Appellate Court, the jury would determine whether the federal regulators would have allowed Merck to include pancreatic cancer warnings to…
Opioid Trial Update: Cabell, Huntington Cases Selected Next
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According to an order issued on December 31 by federal Judge Dan Polster, lawsuits filed by Cabell County Commission and City of Huntington are the next to go for trial among hundreds of other…
Connecticut Judge Tosses Opioid Lawsuits Against Drug Makers
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On Tuesday, January 8, Judge Thomas Moukawsher of the Hartford Superior Court dismissed opioid lawsuits filed by 37 cities and two towns in the Connecticut state…
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