Johnson & Johnson, Risperdal maker hit with $8B verdict

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia jury on Tuesday awarded $8 billion in punitive damages against Johnson & Johnson and one if its subsidiaries over a drug the companies made that the plaintiff’s attorneys say is linked to the abnormal growth of female breast tissue in boys. Johnson and Johnson immediately denounced the award after the... Read More

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October 8, 2019

Southwest pilots’ union sues Boeing over grounding of plane

DALLAS (AP) — The union representing Southwest Airlines pilots is suing Boeing, saying its pilots are losing money because the company rushed an unsafe plane into service only to have the 737 Max grounded after two deadly crashes. The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association said in the lawsuit filed Monday that Boeing misled pilots and airlines... Read More

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October 2, 2019

Johnson & Johnson settles with 2 Ohio counties over opioids

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday announced it had reached an agreement worth more than $20 million with two Ohio counties, becoming the latest company to settle a lawsuit to get out of the first federal trial over the nation’s opioids crisis. The deal with Cuyahoga and Summit counties comes a little more than a month... Read More

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Johnson & Johnson

October 2, 2019

Carnival execs back in court on ocean pollution case

MIAMI (AP) — Top Carnival Corp. executives are due back in court to explain what the world’s largest cruise line is doing to reduce ocean pollution. A hearing is set Wednesday in Miami federal court for an update on what steps Carnival is taking. Chairman Micky Arison, who also owns the Miami Heat, and CEO... Read More

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September 27, 2019

NY could add menthol to flavor ban as vaping groups sue

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York officials want to add menthol to the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes as the vaping industry seeks to block it, according to the governor’s office. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he’s directing his administration to take steps to include menthol in a ban that currently... Read More

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September 17, 2019

Purdue Pharma begins Chapter 11 bankruptcy journey

NEW YORK (AP) — Purdue Pharma gets its day in court Tuesday after the OxyContin maker filed for bankruptcy and negotiated a potential multi-billion dollar settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits. An initial hearing will be held in federal court in White Plains, New York, for the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. Purdue filed for bankruptcy... Read More

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Purdue Pharma

September 16, 2019

Illinois lawsuit filed against top e-cigarette maker

CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois teenager who fell ill with a lung disease after vaping for over a year sued a leading e-cigarette maker on Friday, accusing it of deliberately marketing to young people and sending the message that vaping is cool. Attorneys filed a lawsuit in Lake County Circuit Court on behalf of 18-year-old... Read More

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September 16, 2019

Jury awards $17M to 3 plaintiffs in deadly Amtrak derailment

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A federal jury has awarded three people who sued over a deadly Amtrak derailment in Washington state nearly $17 million for their pain and suffering. An eight-person jury in U.S. District Court in Tacoma decided Friday to award $7.75 million to Dale Skyllingstad, $7 million to Blaine Wilmotte and $2 million... Read More

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Amtrak

September 12, 2019

Judge: StarKist to pay $100M fine in tuna price-fixing case

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday ordered StarKist Co. to pay a $100 million fine in a canned tuna price-fixing conspiracy involving the industry’s top three companies. The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based company was also sentenced to 13 months of probation. The Tuna giant had asked U.S. District Court judge Edward... Read More

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StarKist

September 12, 2019

Retrial ordered in bias case against Keller restaurant group

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California judge has ordered a retrial in a pregnancy discrimination case brought against the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group. The celebrated chef and his acclaimed restaurants — Per Se in New York and the French Laundry in California — were cleared of wrongdoing by a jury in a June trial, which... Read More

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September 12, 2019

Florida businessman faces sentencing in $1B Medicare fraud

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida health care executive is facing sentencing following his conviction on 20 criminal charges in what prosecutors described as a $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme. A Miami federal judge Thursday is set to sentence 50-year-old Philip Esformes in one of the biggest such cases in U.S. history. Prosecutors are seeking a... Read More

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Philip Esformes

September 10, 2019

Court rules startup may collect data from LinkedIn profiles

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has affirmed the right of a startup company to collect information from people’s public profiles on networking service LinkedIn. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco upheld a previous ruling Monday siding with hiQ Labs, a San Francisco company that analyzes workforce... Read More

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September 10, 2019

Big Tech faces a new set of foes: nearly all 50 US states

Big tech companies have long rebuffed attempts by the U.S. federal government to scrutinize or scale back their market power. Now they face a scrappy new coalition as well: prosecutors from nearly all 50 states. In a rare show of bipartisan force, attorneys general from 48 states along with Puerto Rico and the District of... Read More

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September 6, 2019

Boat owners seek to head off lawsuits after 34 die in fire

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owners of the dive boat where 34 people perished in a fire off Southern California filed a lawsuit Thursday to head off potentially costly litigation, a move condemned by some observers as disrespectful to the families of the dead. Truth Aquatics Inc., which owned the Conception, filed the action in... Read More

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Johnson & Johnson, Risperdal maker hit with $8B verdict

Southwest pilots’ union sues Boeing over grounding of plane

Johnson & Johnson settles with 2 Ohio counties over opioids

Carnival execs back in court on ocean pollution case

NY could add menthol to flavor ban as vaping groups sue

Purdue Pharma begins Chapter 11 bankruptcy journey

Illinois lawsuit filed against top e-cigarette maker

Jury awards $17M to 3 plaintiffs in deadly Amtrak derailment

Judge: StarKist to pay $100M fine in tuna price-fixing case

Retrial ordered in bias case against Keller restaurant group

Florida businessman faces sentencing in $1B Medicare fraud

Court rules startup may collect data from LinkedIn profiles

Big Tech faces a new set of foes: nearly all 50 US states

Boat owners seek to head off lawsuits after 34 die in fire

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