Johnson & Johnson Hit with $25 Million Talc Verdict; Also Cleared by Another Jury May 22, 2019 By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay at least $25 million to a woman who said she contracted a rare...
5 More States Sue Purdue Over OxyContin Marketing May 17, 2019 By Erik Larson and Jef Feeley Purdue Pharma LP and its billionaire owners are being sued by five more states alleging the company’s aggressive marketing of...
J&J Strikes Out in Bid to Transfer State Talcum Suits to Federal Court May 10, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Margaret Cronin Fisk Johnson & Johnson failed to get 2,400 state-court cancer lawsuits tied to its baby powder immediately transferred to a federal...
J&J Pinnacle Hip Lawsuits Settlement Said to Cost $1 Billion May 8, 2019 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay about $1 billion to resolve most lawsuits claiming it sold defective metal-on-metal hips that...
More States Could Settle Opioid Suits in Wake of West Virginia’s McKesson Deal May 6, 2019 By Jef Feeley McKesson Corp.’s settlement of an opioid lawsuit with West Virginia — the state with the highest U.S. rate of drug-overdose...
Jury Finds Insys Founder, Execs Guilty of Racketeering in Opioid Sales May 3, 2019 By Janelle Lawrence, Riley Griffin and Jef Feeley Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor was convicted of a racketeering conspiracy that drove sales of a highly addictive opioid...
U.S. Charges New York Drug Firm Executives with Opioid Distribution Conspiracy April 24, 2019 By Christian Berthelsen and Jef Feeley Federal prosecutors unveiled the first criminal charges against pharmaceutical executives for illegally diverting opioids, accusing the former chief executive officer...
J&J Asks Federal Court to Assume Baby Powder Lawsuits from State Courts April 23, 2019 By Margaret Cronin Fisk, Jef Feeley and Steven Church Johnson & Johnson wants a federal judge to take over more than 2,000 baby-powder lawsuits it faces instead of allowing...
Jury Sides with J&J in Latest Talcum-Cancer Claim April 8, 2019 By Margaret Cronin Fisk, Sarah Favot and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson won the latest trial over claims its iconic baby powder can cause cancer, as a jury in...
Opioid Trial Winds Down; Insys Execs Deny Bribing Doctors, Duping Insurers April 5, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Janelle Lawrence A U.S. prosecutor portrayed Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor and other former executives as greedy and heartless during closing...