J&J $80 Million Damages Award Could Signal More Talcum Cancer Claims April 12, 2018 By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson and a talc-mining company were ordered by jurors to pay $80 million in punitive damages for hiding...
J&J Jury in New Jersey Set to Weigh Banker’s Claims Baby Powder Caused Cancer April 5, 2018 By Jef Feeley Jurors are set to weigh an investment banker’s claims that using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder for more than 30...
Drugmakers Scale Back Marketing of Opioids March 6, 2018 By Jared S. Hopkins and Jef Feeley Purdue Pharma LP’s decision to stop promoting its opioid drugs to doctors is being hailed as the first result of...
Judge Overseeing Local Opioid Lawsuits Hopes for ‘Meaningful’ Settlement January 10, 2018 By Jef Feeley The judge overseeing U.S. cities’ and counties’ lawsuits against makers of opioid painkillers said he hopes a sweeping resolution can...
Investor Sues Uber Directors Over $680M Acquisition of Autonomous Car Firm December 14, 2017 By Jef Feeley Uber Technologies Inc. directors were accused of failing to properly review the ride-sharing company’s $680 million acquisition of a self-driving...
McKesson Board Minutes Indicate Little Oversight by Directors of Opioid Operations, Lawsuit Says December 11, 2017 By Anders Melin and Jef Feeley McKesson Corp.’s board failed to audit the company’s system to spot suspicious shipments of opioid-based painkillers even after agreeing to...
Jury Says J&J, Bayer Must Pay $28 Million for Woman’s Injuries from Xarelto Drug December 7, 2017 By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson and Bayer AG are responsible for a woman’s injuries tied to the blood-thinning drug Xarelto and must...
Drugmaker Purdue Moves to Settle States’ Claims Over Opioids November 20, 2017 By Jef Feeley and Jared S. Hopkins Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma LP is proposing a global settlement in an attempt to end state investigations and lawsuits over...
Court Orders J&J to Pay $247 Million, Another Big Loss Over Hip Implant Product November 17, 2017 By Tom Korosec and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $247 million to half a dozen patients who claimed the company hid defects...
Colgate-Palmolive Settles Asbestos Claim Linked to Its Talc November 13, 2017 By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Jef Feeley Colgate-Palmolive Co. agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming its talcum powder products caused a Pennsylvania woman to develop mesothelioma, a...