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Sort by date 16,392 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Vytorin Has a Complex History
May-15-15 Washington, DC The new study on Vytorin may be out, and it may signal good news for its drug maker, but as far back as 2008, there were serious concerns about how Merck and Schering-Plough planned to study potential Vytorin side effects. Concerns were so high that on March 31, 2008, Senator Chuck Grassley sent a letter to Merck and Schering-Plough outl... - Florida Whistleblower Healthcare Fraud Lawsuit Settles for $7.5 Million
May-17-15 Jacksonville, FL The Feds may have dropped their healthcare fraud lawsuit , but the decision does not minimize allegations of fraudulent billing and other practices against nine hospitals in the state of Florida together with an ambulance service provider. The defendants in the False Claims Act case will pay a combined $7.5 million to settle allegations... - Honda Recalls 4.89 Million Cars With Takata Airbags
May-14-15 Washington, DC Japanese car maker Honda is recalling 4.89 million vehicles equipped with potentially faulty Takata air bags. This recall is in addition to earlier recalls issued by Honda, Toyota and Nissan over defective airbags. This extended recall covers 14 of Honda’s models produced between 2002 and 2008, including the Civic and CR-V rang... - $10 Million Target Data Breach Settlement Proposed
May-14-15 Minneapolis, MN Given the propensity to conduct banking, purchasing and other activities online that involves the sharing of sensitive personal data, any revelation of a data breach can evoke feelings of fear and violation akin to a robbery or personal assault. A data breach is, indeed, an assault on one’s privacy. The Target data breach of 2013... - Emergency Room Overcharges Start with Getting There
May-16-15 Los Angeles, CA A California federal judge last month heard how former top-level hospital administrators were fired for refusing a kickback scheme that involved ambulance services connected to emergency room overcharges billed to Medicare, Medi-Cal and other government agencies. The original lawsuit claims the executives at Palo Verde Health Care Dist... - AT&T to Pay $25M to Settle Massive Data Breach Lawsuit
New York, NY: AT&T will pay $25 million to resolve claims the phone carrier failed to adequately safeguard personal data of approximately 300,000 customers. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the settlement of its data breach lawsuit this week. The data was stolen from call centers in Mexico, Colombia and the Philippines. ... - New Allegations in Zofran Lawsuit Hurled at Manufacturer
May-14-15 Randolph, MA With every new lawsuit that stems from an allegation that GlaxoSmithKline’s Zofran causes Zofran birth defects , we are reminded of charges levied against the manufacturer by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2012 which, among other things, accused GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) of promoting Zofran and other drugs off-label. Specificall... - Blood Thinners Under Fire for Alleged Failure to Warn
May-13-15 Anaheim, CA A new Xarelto lawsuit has been filed alleging Xarelto bleeding complications put patients at risk of serious health problems. In the past month, in fact, almost 100 lawsuits have been added to Xarelto multidistrict litigation, which consolidates Xarelto side effects lawsuits for pre-trial proceedings. According to court documents, as of... - Seven Dead and 200 Injured in Amtrak Crash
May-13-15 Philadelphia, PA The high speed Amtrak train crash that happened last night in Philadelphia has reportedly claimed the lives of at least seven people and injured over 200. The train was recorded traveling at a speed of greater than 100 miles per hour in a section of track where the speed limit is half that, according to the New York Times. At l... - Unscrupulous Debt Collectors Generate 88,300 Complaints a Year
May-13-15 Bad debt collectors have become a worsening problem in the lives of consumers. According to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s annual report: • 35 percent or 88,300 of consumer complaints in 2014 were about debt collection • 20 percent or 51,200 complaints were about mortgage collection the same year. Nebraska attorney Jeffrey Lapin has d... - Disputed Testimony Allowed in Zoloft Birth Defect Lawsuit
May-13-15 Philadelphia, PA It appears as if Zoloft birth defect litigation is about to get a whole lot more interesting, now that a state judge in a Zoloft birth defects lawsuit has made the decision to allow testimony by an expert witness the defense was trying to quash. What makes the issue more compelling is that the decision by Judge Mark I. Bernstein at the... - SEC Files Securities Lawsuit
May-7-15 Indianapolis, IN The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a securities lawsuit against an Indianapolis firm, alleging the company was involved in a Ponzi scheme. The SEC has laid charges against several people for alleged securities fraud in which principals in the firm used investments to pay themselves and cover previous offerings. A... - Benicar Lawsuits Centralized in New Jersey
May-12-15 Jersey City, NJ As predicted, the US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has duly centralized and transferred 15 Benicar Lawsuits to federal court in New Jersey. While a majority of the plaintiffs favored other jurisdictions, the judges in their April 3rd order decided on New Jersey given that the defendants in the matter, Daiichi Sankyo Inc. an... - AMS Does the Right Thing
May-11-15 Washington, DC Endo International Plc, the owner of American Medical Systems, has made good on its word to settle AMS transvaginal mesh claims, unlike other transvaginal mesh manufacturers, namely unethical Ethicon. Last fall the company agreed to pay almost $1.3 billion, in addition to $54.4 million already paid, to resolve AMS TVM lawsuits. Ethico... - Syngenta Lawsuits Continue to Grow
May-11-15 Kansas City, KS The number of Syngenta Lawsuits emerging from the Syngenta GMO Corn Seed debacle involving rejected shipments from China is demonstrative of the ordinarily harsh realities of farming. It’s a tough life, exposed as one is to drought, floods, pests and other natural disasters. Oddly enough, Syngenta genetically modified seed is desi... - Driver Dies from Horrific New Jersey Truck Accident
May-8-15 Woodbridge, NJ Lost in the coverage of a horrific tanker truck crash that occurred earlier this week on an exit ramp off the New Jersey Turnpike was the potential for personal injury or loss of life beyond the driver of the tanker truck, who died from massive burns after the truck caught fire. There is also the potential for a design flaw in the exit r... - Micardis Cancer Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Micardis (generic name telmisartan ) is a member of a popular class of blood pressure control medications called Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARBs). Micardis ARB is prescribed to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). Although the FDA reviewed the blood pressure drug and other ARBs following a recent study that suggested Micardis side effects may i... - Is Coumadin on the Way Out?
May-10-15 Seattle, WA Because it has been around for so many years, Coumadin was widely regarded as the gold standard for anticoagulant medications. New medications have come along to replace Coumadin, claiming to not carry the same risk of Coumadin side effects - or the same need for blood monitoring. But because Coumadin (known also as warfarin) has an antidot... - Almost 1,500 Lawsuits Involved in Syngenta MDL
May-4-15 Topeka, KS If you thought farmers were a laid-back sort who adopted a “wait-and-see” approach to difficulty, you might be in for a surprise. Almost 1,500 Syngenta lawsuits have already been consolidated in a lawsuit concerning Syngenta GMO corn seed, just months after centralization was approved, with more lawsuits possibly on the way. The... - Woman Wins $12 Million Asbestos Talcum Powder Lawsuit
May-9-15 Santa Barbara, CA In a move that could open asbestos litigation to consumers, a California woman was recently awarded more than $12 million in her asbestos mesothelioma lawsuit. The plaintiff, Judith Winkel, claimed her development of mesothelioma was caused by asbestos in Colgate-Palmolive’s talcum powder. According to the lawsuit, Judith Win...