California Settles 19-Year Old Public Nuisance Claim Against Lead Paint Makers July 18, 2019 By Joshua Schneyer When Californian counties and cities first sued paint makers in 2000, they wanted the companies to pay billions to remove...
Doctor in Oklahoma Trial Says J&J Pushed Opioids Even After Abuse Became Known June 11, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Andrew Harris Oklahoma’s star witness told a state judge that Johnson & Johnson pressed doctors to prescribe its painkillers even as the...
Father Testifies in J&J Opioid Marketing Trial on Death of His College Football Star Son May 30, 2019 By Jef Feeley Austin Box was a home-grown football star at the University of Oklahoma in 2010 when back surgery to repair an...
Oklahoma Says J&J ‘Deceitful’ Marketing Fed Opioid Epidemic; J&J Denies Wrongdoing May 29, 2019 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson’s greed for more sales of its addictive opioid painkillers helped create a deadly epidemic in Oklahoma that...
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...
Supreme Court Declines Paint Manufacturers’ Appeal of $400M Public Nuisance Ruling October 17, 2018 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court rejected appeals from Sherwin-Williams Co. and Conagra Brands Inc., leaving intact a ruling that requires them...