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...
Lawsuit Claims J&J Knew of Asbestos in Talcum Powder in ’70s September 28, 2017 By Margaret Cronin Fisk, Jared S. Hopkins and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson trained its employees to reassure anyone concerned about whether the company’s talcum powder contained asbestos that the...
Uber CEO Claims Venture Capital Lawsuit Against Him Should Go to Arbitration August 17, 2017 By Chris Dolmetsch, Eric Newcomer and Jef Feeley Ex-Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick said the lawsuit brought by venture-capital firm Benchmark seeking his ouster from...
More States, Star Lawyers Eye Lawsuits Against Big Pharma Over Opioids August 17, 2017 By Jef Feeley and Jared S. Hopkins Big Pharma is having a Big Tobacco moment as litigation over opioids attract star lawyers and a growing list of...
States Study Tobacco Lawsuit Tactics for Fight Over Opioid Costs June 14, 2017 By Jef Feeley and John Lauerman State and local leaders fighting a worsening opioid abuse epidemic are studying tactics used in the tobacco lawsuits of the...
Kimberly-Clark Sues to Force Spinoff to Pay $350 Million Surgical Garb Damages May 8, 2017 By Jef Feeley Kimberly-Clark Corp. sued its spinoff Halyard Health Inc. claiming it wrongfully refused to pick up the entire tab for a...
Jury Clears J&J, Bayer of Liability in First Xarelto Product Liability Trial May 5, 2017 By Jef Feeley and Della Hasselle Johnson & Johnson and Bayer AG aren’t responsible for a Xarelto user’s internal bleeding, a jury found in the first...
Jury Orders J&J to Pay $20 Million in Vaginal Mesh Case May 1, 2017 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $20 million to a New Jersey woman who blames the company’s vaginal-mesh inserts...