Allergan Poised to Pay More Than $2 Billion in Opioid Settlement
AbbVie Inc.’s Allergan unit has reached an agreement to pay more than $2 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits filed by state and local governments over the marketing of its Kadian opioid...
View ArticleFirst Zantac Case Dropped Before Trial After Some Payouts
A lawsuit against makers of Zantac was dropped this week just ahead of trial, people familiar with the matter said, after a series of settlements with some of the drugmakers involved. Generic...
View ArticleWalmart, CVS, Walgreens Ordered to Pay $650 Million Over Ohio Opioid Sales
Walmart Inc., CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. were ordered to pay a total of $650 million over their failure to properly monitor opioid prescriptions in Ohio, in the drug industry’s...
View Article3M Bankruptcy Tactic Fails as Combat Earplug Suits Move to Trial
3M Co.’s plan to use controversial bankruptcy rules to shield itself from some 230,000 lawsuits over military earplugs looked like a relatively simple fix to a long-simmering problem that could cost it...
View ArticleRetailers Ordered to Pay $650 Million Over Ohio Opioid Sales
Walmart Inc., CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. were ordered to pay a total of $650 million over their failure to properly monitor opioid prescriptions in Ohio, in the drug industry’s...
View ArticleBayer to Pay $40 Million Over Whistle-Blower’s Bribe Claims
Bayer AG agreed to pay $40 million to resolve US lawsuits linked to allegations that company officials bribed hospitals and physicians to use its drugs. The settlement stems from two “whistle-blower”...
View ArticleJuul Agrees to Pay $1.2 Billion in Youth-Vaping Settlement
Juul Labs Inc. has agreed to pay $1.2 billion to resolve about 10,000 lawsuits targeting the e-cigarette maker as a major cause of a US youth-vaping epidemic, according to people familiar with the...
View ArticleJuul Settlement to End Youth-Vaping Lawsuits Gets Initial Approval
Juul Labs Inc. won preliminary approval of a settlement aimed at resolving thousands of lawsuits targeting the e-cigarette maker as a major cause of a US youth-vaping epidemic. U.S. District Judge...
View ArticleParamount Global Settles Shareholder Suit for $122.5 Million
Paramount Global settled an investor lawsuit tied to the controversial 2019 merger of CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc. that created the company, agreeing to pay $122.5 million. The settlement with Viacom...
View ArticleFox Judge Says It’s ‘CRYSTAL Clear’ Election Claims Were False
Ever since Fox News was hit with a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit over reports falsely accusing a voting-machine company of rigging the 2020 presidential election, the conservative network has invoked...
View ArticleFox News to Pay $787 Million to Settle Election Suit, Dominion Says
Fox News’s agreement to pay $787.5 million to settle a voting machine maker’s defamation lawsuit over the network’s 2020 election broadcasts leaves a similar, $2.7 billion suit by voting technology...
View ArticleParamount Directors Agree to $168 Million Settlement Over Merger
Paramount Global directors agreed to a $167.5 million settlement of investors’ lawsuits over the controversial 2019 merger of CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc. that created the entertainment company, according...
View ArticleFacebook Fails in Bid to Get Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit Tossed
A judge ruled Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and other former directors of the social-media company must face claims they turned a blind eye to rampant privacy violations, including allowing a firm...
View Article3M, DuPont to Pay $100 Million to End Georgia Lawsuit Over Polluted Drinking...
3M Co., DuPont de Nemours Inc. and other makers of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have agreed to pay more than $100 million to resolve a Georgia city’s lawsuit claiming the chemicals...
View Article3M Is in at Least $10 Billion Forever-Chemicals Pollution Settlement
Update: 3M Granted Delay in ‘Forever Chemicals’ Trial to Negotiate Settlement 3M Co. struck a tentative settlement of at least $10 billion over water pollution claims tied to “forever chemicals,”...
View Article3M Granted Delay in ‘Forever Chemicals’ Trial to Negotiate Settlement
The judge overseeing 4,000 lawsuits involving 3M Co. “forever chemicals” agreed to delay the first trial for three weeks so the company can work out a settlement over pollution claims by water...
View ArticleHawaiian Utility Sued by Homeowner Over Lahaina Fire
The Hawaiian power company in the crosshairs after wildfires ripped through parts of Maui faces a new lawsuit blaming its equipment for starting blazes that claimed more than 100 lives and wreaked...
View Article3M Agrees to Pay More Than $5.5 Billion Over Military Earplugs
3M Co. has tentatively agreed to pay more than $5.5 billion to resolve over 300,000 lawsuits claiming it sold the US military defective combat earplugs, people familiar with the deal said. The...
View ArticleUpdate: 3M to Pay $6 Billion to Settle Military Earplug Lawsuits
3M Co. has agreed to pay $6 billion to resolve hundreds of thousands of lawsuits alleging it sold defective earplugs to the US military that led to hearing damage for combat troops. The company will...
View ArticlePhilips to Pay at Least $479 Million For Apnea Machine Cases
Koninklijke Philips NA officials have agreed to pay at least $479 million to resolve part of a sprawling litigation tied to a 2021 US recall of millions of machines designed to treat sleep apnea,...
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