Bayer Faces Roundup Weedkiller Trial Featuring Ex-Monsanto CEO’s Testimony May 4, 2022 By Jef Feeley Bayer AG faces a trial over its Roundup weedkiller in which the ex-chief executive officer of its Monsanto unit will...
J&J’s Victory Over Cancer Victims Clears Path for 3M, Others March 25, 2022 By Jef Feeley and Steven Church A court ruling allowing Johnson & Johnson to use a controversial bankruptcy strategy to force cancer victims into potential settlement...
Insurers Refuse to Pick Up Bill for Billions in Opioid Claims March 8, 2022 By Jef Feeley A multibillion-dollar bill is coming due for the U.S. opioid epidemic and insurers for some of the largest drug makers,...
J&J’s Controversial Prison Testing Resurfaces in Baby Powder Lawsuits March 8, 2022 By Jef Feeley More than 50 years ago, nearly a dozen men incarcerated outside of Philadelphia enrolled in an experiment funded by Johnson...
Purdue’s Sacklers Consider Adding $1 Billion More to Opioid Settlement February 11, 2022 By Jef Feeley, Jeremy Hill and Malathi Nayak Members of the billionaire Sackler family that own Purdue Pharma LP are weighing whether to add $1 billion to the...
Why Jury’s Opioid Verdict Against Pharmacy Chains May Not Survive Appeal November 30, 2021 By Jef Feeley While a Cleveland jury concluded Walmart Inc., CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. exacerbated Ohio’s opioid epidemic with...
Ohio Jury Finds Major Pharmacy Chains Fueled Opioid Crisis November 24, 2021 By Jef Feeley A Cleveland jury concluded Walmart Inc., CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. helped create a public-health crisis by...
How J&J Shaped Report on Talc’s Links to Cancer November 9, 2021 By Jef Feeley and Anna Edney Unsealed emails reveal the role baby-powder maker Johnson & Johnson played in a report that an industry group submitted to...
Judge Dismisses Chemours Shareholder Suit Over DuPont Spinoff Liabilities November 3, 2021 By Jef Feeley and Michael Leonard A Delaware judge dismissed a suit by Chemours Co. shareholders alleging directors misled them about the company’s financial health and...
Months Before Bankruptcy Move, J&J Offered $4B to Settle Talcum Claims October 22, 2021 By Jef Feeley Months before putting one of its units into bankruptcy, Johnson & Johnson offered $4 billion to settle with victims of...