Judge Tosses $4.5B Deal Shielding Sacklers From Purdue Opioid Claims December 17, 2021 By Brendan Pierson A federal judge has thrown out a $4.5 billion settlement that would have shielded the Sackler family, which owned OxyContin...
AbbVie Pays $200M to Settle Opioid Marketing Case Right Before Trial Ends December 9, 2021 By Brendan Pierson AbbVie Inc. agreed to pay $200 million to settle claims by New York that its Allergan unit helped fuel an...
Court Revives 6,000 Lawsuits Against 3M Over Surgical Device August 17, 2021 By Brendan Pierson A federal appeals court on Monday revived nearly 6,000 lawsuits alleging that a widely used device produced by 3M Co....
Drugmaker Endo Agrees to $35M Opioid Settlement With Tennessee Local Governments August 2, 2021 By Brendan Pierson Endo International Plc has agreed to pay $35 million to settle a lawsuit by Tennessee local governments and on behalf...
In Opioid Trial Closing, West Virginia Blames Drug Distributors. Distributors Blame Doctors. July 28, 2021 By Brendan Pierson CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lawyers for a West Virginia city and county hard hit by the opioid crisis began wrapping up...
Drugmaker Endo Agrees to $35m Opioid Settlement With Tennessee Local Governments July 23, 2021 By Brendan Pierson Endo International Plc has agreed to pay $35 million to settle a lawsuit by Tennessee local governments and on behalf...
States’ Next Targets for Opioid Settlements Include Pharmacies and Drugmakers July 21, 2021 By Brendan Pierson With a $26 billion nationwide settlement in sight over claims that the three largest U.S. drug distributors and Johnson &...
E-Cigarette Maker Juul to Pay $40M to Settle North Carolina Suit Over Youth Marketing June 29, 2021 By Brendan Pierson E-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. has agreed to pay $40 million to North Carolina to settle a lawsuit by the...
Pandemic-Delayed Trials Over Drugmakers’ Marketing of Opioids to Begin April 19, 2021 By Nate Raymond and Brendan Pierson Four drugmakers, including Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., will go to trial on Monday over claims they...
Suspected Russian Hack of U.S. Government: Espionage or Act of War? December 21, 2020 By Jan Wolfe and Brendan Pierson The suspected Russian hack of U.S. government agencies has led to heated rhetoric from lawmakers, with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin...