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Washington, DC: Mylan Pharmaceuticals and chemical companies Cambrex and Gyma Laboratories have been ordered to pay $67 million in fines to end the long-running antitrust lawsuit brought by Blue Cross. According to the allegations, Mylan had entered into exclusive licensing agreements with Cambrex and Gyma Laboratories, allowing Mylan to inflate pr... - Children Infected by Stockert 3T Surgical Device at New Orleans Children’s Hospital
Sep-18-17 New Orleans, LA: . Officials at Children’s Hospital in New Orleans have acknowledged that a dozen children were infected with mycobacterium abscessus following heart surgery during June and July of this year. Hospital officials fear that more cases may still appear. The source of the infections appears to be a contaminated Stockert 3-T heater... - Actemra: Failure to Warn
Sep-22-17 Washington, DC: Given the fact that Actemra is marketed without warning of heart failure, stroke, and other serious injuries like its competitors must do, one would think it is the wonder drug for rheumatoid arthritis sufferers. Until research and adverse event reports (AERS) got in the way and showed the med was just as likely to cause serious injurie... - Victim told Transvaginal Mesh would make her “Feel like a 16-year-old Virgin”
Sep-26-17 Sydney, AU: An Australian transvaginal mesh inquiry underway involves complaints that would make good copy for a vulgar tabloid. One victim testified how she was told the mesh would make her feel like a “16-year-old virgin”. But if it takes sensational accounts such as these to make more women aware of transvaginal mesh side effects, all t... - Terbutaline Mothers Lament Potential Harm to Their Kids
Jan-7-12 Washington, DC No one would argue that a healthy debate is a good thing—such as the debate that continues to rage over Terbutaline Sulfate and whether or not the drug is harmful to the fetus when prescribed to the mother to ward against, or stop premature labor. What's worse? The possibility of premature labor and the potential for negative outco... - Benicar Settlement Will Have No Material Financial Impact to Daiichi Sankyo
Sep-17-17 New York, NY: It appears as if the recent announcement that Benicar manufacturer Daiichi Sankyo will make available $300 million to settle claims over Benicar side effects will not prove to be a hardship for the Japanese drug maker. The Reuters news agency (08/01/17) reported last month that according to a statement from Daiichi Sankyo, the settlem... - Three Strikes after Depuy Synthes Attune Knee, First Lawsuit is Filed
Sep-21-17 Mobile, AL: An Alabama law firm has announced it has filed the first DePuy Synthes Attune knee lawsuit in the U.S., alleging premature failure of the knee replacement system. DePuy had three strikes against its knee replacement system before the attorneys of Cunningham Bounds filed the DePuy Synthes Attune lawsuit. 1. The medical device company... - Recent Monsanto Roundup Lawsuit Targets Alleged Marketing Violations
Sep-23-17 Madison, WI: The basket of Monsanto Roundup lawsuits has grown, with another class action launched June 20 of this year in Wisconsin ( Blitz et al. v. Monsanto Company et al. , Case No. 3:17-cv-00473, United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin ). In this most recent claim, plaintiffs from Wisconsin, Illinois, California, New York, New... - Attorney Files Equifax Class Action Lawsuit
Sep-25-17 San Jose, CA: In the wake of an Equifax data breach that occurred in July but reported this September, attorneys at Oakland, California- based Scott Cole & Associates have filed a lawsuit seeking class action status against the credit reporting agency. This digital disaster could potentially affect up to 175 million Americans, and millions of peopl... - Facebook Slapped with Disability and Age Discrimination Lawsuit with Whistleblower Allegation
Sep-27-17 Los Angeles, CA: A former Facebook employee, 52-year-old Gary Glouner, alleges in a lawsuit filed in California Superior Court that he was unlawfully terminated from his job in November, 2015. The suit alleges the company discriminated against him because of a minor cognitive disability and because he was not part of the company’s preferred demo... - European Medicines Agency Concerned Over Orlistat Liver Damage; FDA Falls Silent
Jan-4-12 Washington, DC It's been about 18 months now since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) articulated its latest cautionary initiative regarding Orlistat , the weight-loss drug that is sourced by prescription but is also available in a different strength over the counter (OTC) as Alli. That's when the FDA approved new safety labeling for both Alli an... - FDA Issues Corrective Recalls over St. Jude Pacemakers Cyber Security
Santa Clara, CA: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a recall specifically for corrective action, to reduce the risk of patient harm due to potential exploitation of cybersecurity vulnerabilities for certain Abbott (formerly St. Jude Medical) pacemakers. The firmware update will be available beginning August 29, 2017. Pacemakers... - Talcum Powder Trials: Sympathy versus Science?
Sep-19-17 Los Angeles, CA: Despite lack of consensus in the scientific community directly associating talcum powder with the risk of ovarian cancer, jurors have sided with plaintiffs rather than Johnson & Johnson in four out of six talcum powder lawsuits that have gone to trial. While the plaintiffs have presented studies dating back to the 1970s th... - Wild Planet Tuna Class Action Settlement Reached
Santa Clara, CA: A settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Wild Planet and Sustainable Seas alleging their tinned tuna products were deliberately under-filled to below the 5-ounce weight stated on the product labels. Under terms of the tuna settlement, Wild Planet will create a settlement fund of $1.7... - Hurricane Flooding Ups Risk of Airbag Injuries
Sep-16-17 Washington, DC Cars that had been flooded may hide fatal flaws, including damage to electrical and electronic systems that cause airbags either to fail to deploy when needed or to go off unexpectedly, resulting in serious airbag injuries. Airbag lawsuits have arisen in many different situations. This may be just the latest twist in the plot. In 20... - Infusion Pumps, Medtronic SynchroMed Among Them, Remain Under Scrutiny
Sep-18-17 Washington, DC: The honeymoon the then-fresh Obama Administration was still largely enjoying in 2010 was nonetheless tainted two years into Barack Obama’s Presidency with revelations that hundreds of Americans supposedly had died due to malfunctioning infusion pumps. The Medtronic SynchroMed pump was among the plethora of infusion pumps that were com... - Google Accused of Violating California Equal Pay Act
Sep-22-17 San Francisco, CA: Related to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) investigation into Google for sex bias in pay practices in 2015, three women filed a California labor lawsuit against the search giant last week. The proposed class action claims its practices violate the California Equal Pay Act and other labor codes by starting women at lower salaries... - Insurers Seek Compensation from St. Jude’s Medical in Class Action Lawsuit
Sep-22-17 Seattle, WA A Health Benefit Trust that covers Alaskan State Employees is the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against St. Jude’s Medical and Abbott Laboratories seeking compensation for costs related to defective lithium battery powered implantable cardiac defibrillators. “They are not happy about having to pay for a device th... - Actemra Linked to Heart Attacks and Deaths
Santa Clara, CA: A new drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Actemra (tocilizumab), which is made by Roche/Genentech, has been linked to hundreds of patient deaths resulting from heart attacks, strokes, and heart failure. An investigation conducted by Stat News has shown that Actemra carried no warning labels concerning potential side eff... - Not-So-Happy Holidays with California Securities Fraud
Dec-28-11 Orange County, CA There's nothing like a good securities fraud story at the end of the year to bring perspective to the task of wrapping everything up for the upcoming tax season. As much as we may lament the performance of our stocks and securities, at the end of the day, few of us find ourselves in the crosshairs of stock investment fraud . But some d...