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Louisiana & Teva Pharmaceuticals Agree On $15M Opioid Deal

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The attorney general of Louisiana and Teva Pharmaceuticals have reached a $15 million settlement to deal with the opioid epidemic and claims throughout the state against the company…

Bayer Announces Five-point Plan to Resolve Roundup Claims

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Bayer has announced a five-point plan to deal with potential future Roundup claims following the denial of the proposed preliminary motion plan by Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the…

3M Wins Second Bellwether Trial In Earplug Lawsuits

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A Florida jury has cleared 3M of liability in the second bellwether trial which is a part of 236,000-plaintiff class action claims alleging the earplugs of defective design leading to hearing loss.…

Cherokee Nation Gets $75M To Deal With Opioid Crisis

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Three major drug distributors namely AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson will pay $75 million to Cherokee Nation over six-and-a-half years to resolve opioid-related…

Bayer's $2B Proposal For Roundup Lawsuits Settlement Rejected

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Bayer's proposal of a $2 billion Roundup class-action settlement to prevent future claims from the weedkiller users has been rejected by the U.S. district judge.

Earlier, Bayer announced a $9 billion…

Missouri Judge Announces Talc Verdict In J&J's Favor

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A federal judge of Missouri announced the talcum powder verdict in Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) favor where three women accused the company's product of causing ovarian cancer…

Essure Procedure Complications Continue To Grow

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The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released data on May 17 regarding Essure birth control implant stating that there is a significant growth in the number of complications suffered by the…

Celexa/Lexapro MDL winds up

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The U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton granted Forest Laboratories’ motion for summary judgment on all claims made by the plaintiffs who alleged that the company fraudulently promoted…

First 3M Bellwether Trial To Include Three Separate Lawsuits

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On December 30, a court order was issued in which U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers, presiding over 3M Combat Arms earplugs litigation, announced that the first…

Federal Judge Rules Several Zantac Claims As Preempted

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Last week, a separate order was issued concerning the growing Zantac multidistrict litigation in which Judge Robin L. Rosenberg of the U.S. District Court for the Southern…