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U.S. Budget To Include $132B To Fight COVID & Opioid Crisis

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On Friday President Biden's administration released a plan, which called for a nearly 25 percent increase in discretionary funding to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and the opioid…

Purdue Files Motion To Extend Stay On Its Opioid Litigation

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On April 7, Purdue Pharma L.P. filed a motion asking a New York bankruptcy judge to extend a stay over the opioid lawsuits filed against it and the owner of the company, the Sackler…

Default Judgment Issued Against Endo Over An Opioid Case

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On April 7, Endo International plc announced that it received a default judgment against its subsidiaries Endo Health Solutions Inc. and Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. by a Tennessee state court over a lawsuit filed on behalf of a baby who was born…

Service Groups Support J&J Over $2.1B Talc Verdict Review

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On April 1, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups filed…

Study Indicates Mesothelioma Cases More Among Women

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On March 26, a study was published in a peer-reviewed medical journal Clinical Lung Cancer, which indicated that the mesothelioma patient population…

Elmiron Vision Lawsuits Near 200 In The MDL

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On March 29, a Case Management Order (CMO) was issued, which indicated that as of March, 196 cases over

Plaintiffs Seek To Revive Reversed $83M Pelvic Mesh Verdicts

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Earlier this month, a three-judge appeals panel had reversed two verdicts worth $83 million awarded to two women and their husbands over complications from pelvic mesh…

Bankruptcy Judge Puts A Stay On Purdue's Opioid Litigation

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On Wednesday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain extended an injunction staying over opioid litigation against Purdue Pharma L.P. and the owner of the company, the Sackler family.…

Boston Scientific Settles Claims Over Pelvic Mesh For $189M

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On Tuesday, New York's Attorney General (AG) announced that Boston Scientific Corp. has agreed to resolve deceptive marketing claims over its pelvic mesh devices by…

Bayer To Not Seek Reversal Of A $20.5M Verdict

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Last week, Bayer AG indicated that it would not pursue a further appeal over a $20.5 million verdict awarded to a California school groundskeeper who alleged the company's weedkiller

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