Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

A bill to legalize fentanyl test strips has been approved by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to avert the further opioid crisis in the nation.

The bill was first…

South Carolina has issued a report on how it will spend the hundreds of millions of dollars it receives from the nationwide opioid settlement.

The state would receive more than…

U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected the authorization of JUUL vaping products' sale by banning the products from the U.S. market, citing the long-term effects of…

A pretrial order to establish the first Zantac trial has been issued by a Californian State Court Judge who is overseeing the Ranitidine Products Cases JCCP NO. 5150.

The judge…

Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) order to ban the sale of JUUL's e-cigarettes has been temporarily blocked by a federal court as the manufacturer has asked for…

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take into account an appeal resulting from the second of two early trial verdicts, rejecting Bayer's request for a decision that would put an end to all future…

The state Attorney General of Oklahoma announced that the state has reached a $250 million settlement with the three drug companies to deal with the opioid addiction crisis.

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British Columbia, Canada, has reached a settlement with OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma Canada for $150 million in medical expenses associated with the opioid crisis.

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Plaintiffs' legal representation has announced that Steward Health Care System has agreed to resolve a whistleblower action claiming kickback payments for patient referrals to its accountable care organization.

The federal government and…

A man who was convicted wrongly in a lawsuit will get $11.7 million from the officials in the eastern Idaho city of Idaho Falls.

The man has served a sentence of 20 years in prison for being wrongfully convicted in a rape and murder case in…