Teva to Pay Oklahoma $85 Million to Avoid Trial Over Opioid Marketing May 27, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Anders Melin Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. agreed to pay $85 million to settle an Oklahoma lawsuit claiming that illegal marketing of its...
Opioid Litigation Tests Public Nuisance Claim Theory May 27, 2019 By Jef Feeley Determining who foots the bill for America’s growing opioid epidemic may depend on how well the state of Oklahoma deploys...
GOP Lawmaker Sidetracks Disaster Bill Including Flood Insurance Extension May 27, 2019 By Erik Wasson and Jack Fitzpatrick A single Republican House member temporarily blocked fast-track passage Friday of a $19 billion disaster-aid plan, likely meaning lawmakers will...
Watchdog Report: North Carolina Delayed Spending Federal Hurricane Matthew Funds May 24, 2019 By Amanda Morris Administrative mistakes and a lack of expertise caused delays in North Carolina’s spending of federal funds for Hurricane Matthew recovery,...
Recovery Begins in Missouri’s Capital After Tornado Sweeps Area May 24, 2019 By David A. Lieb A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri’s capital city as part of an outbreak of severe weather across the state...
Speedy Reactor Cleanups May Carry Both Risks and Rewards May 24, 2019 By Bob Salsberg Companies specializing in the handling of radioactive material are buying retired U.S. nuclear reactors from utilities and promising to clean...
Oklahoma’s Opioid Trial Against Drugmakers J&J, Teva Set to Begin May 24, 2019 By Nate Raymond Gail Box vividly remembers the day in May 2011 when she first learned her 22-year-old son Austin, a University of...
GuideOne in Iowa Names Pearson Sr. VP, Chief Underwriting Officer May 24, 2019 West Des Moines, Iowa-based GuideOne Insurance has appointed Doug Pearson senior vice president and chief underwriting officer. In this role,...
CFC Designs New Broker Platform for Its Cyber Insurance Products May 24, 2019 Specialist insurer CFC is debuting a new broker platform designed to facilitate the sale of its cyber insurance products to...
Alaska City Votes to Adopt Climate Action Plan May 24, 2019 The Anchorage Assembly has adopted a climate action plan setting goals for the Alaska city. Alaska Public Media reported that...