States Expected to Announce Opioid Deal With Drug Distributors, J&J: Reuters July 20, 2021 By Nate Raymond U.S. state attorneys general and lawyers for local governments are expected on Wednesday to unveil a landmark, $26 billion settlement...
VW to Appeal Court Ruling That Clean Air Act Doesn’t Bar State Suit Over Emissions June 30, 2021 By Nate Raymond Ohio’s Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the state’s attorney general to move forward with a lawsuit against...
Robinhood Cannot Block Massachusetts Securities Regulators’ Case, Judge Rules May 28, 2021 By Nate Raymond A Massachusetts judge on Thursday rejected Robinhood’s bid to block state regulators from moving forward with their enforcement action alleging...
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...
Massachusetts Regulators Seek to Revoke Robinhood’s License; Brokerage Sues April 16, 2021 By Nate Raymond Massachusetts regulators on Thursday sought the revocation of Robinhood’s broker-dealer license after charging that it encourages inexperienced investors to place...
Opponents Ask Supreme Court to Halt Harvard’s Use of Race in Admissions February 26, 2021 By Nate Raymond Opponents of policies used by universities to increase their numbers of Black and Hispanic students asked the U.S. Supreme Court...
McKinsey to Pay $573 Million to States to Settle Opioid Claims February 4, 2021 By Nate Raymond Consulting firm McKinsey & Co. has agreed to pay at least $573 million to resolve claims by 40-plus U.S. states...
Court Upholds Harvard’s Use of Race in Admissions; Opponents Eye Supreme Court November 13, 2020 By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld Harvard University’s use of race in undergraduate admissions, rejecting a challenge by affirmative...
J&J to Pay $5 Billion in Potential Opioid Settlement With States October 14, 2020 By Nate Raymond Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it will contribute up to $1 billion more to a potential settlement of lawsuits...
Court Nixes Opioid Proposal That Would Have Included Cities That Have Not Sued September 25, 2020 By Nate Raymond A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned a judge’s approval of a novel plan by lawyers representing cities and counties...