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Sort by relevance 16,386 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Makers of Eliquis Ask the Court to Stop Sale of Generic Version
Apr-9-17 Wilmington, DE: The makers of the blood thinner Eliquis have sued Mylan Pharmaceuticals for patent infringement and asked a judge to stop approval of Mylan's generic version of the drug used in Eliquis. Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company and Pfizer filed a lawsuit Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company et al v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. , Case No. 1:17-cv-00379... - Unum Accused of Denying Claims While Giving Away Millions
Apr-8-17 Pensacola, FL: Unum Group appears to be talking from both sides of its mouth, in denying what are held to be legitimate disability claims by the plaintiff in an Unum lawsuit, while at the same time stretching its philanthropic muscles for the benefit of others through charitable giving. Such charity and empathy however do not appear to be extended to d... - Allegations of Corruption: Monsanto Roundup Lawsuit Plaintiffs
Apr-7-17 San Francisco, CA: When evidence was ordered unsealed last month in the multidistrict litigation that houses Monsanto Roundup lawsuits , the resulting revelations read like a movie plot with allegations of corruption, suppressed data, ghostwritten articles of support, and a toxicological profile of Roundup’s active ingredient that was announced fo... - Defendant in Shingles Vaccine Lawsuit Wants Case Removed to Federal Court
Apr-7-17 Philadelphia, PA: A shingles vaccine lawsuit that was originally filed in state court in Philadelphia this past February may wind up in federal court if the defendant in the matter, Merck & Co., has its way. Plaintiff Jorga Bentley filed her Zostavax side effects lawsuit in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. There are five other Zostavax pl... - Latest Risperdal Trial Restarted After Health Emergency Resulted in a Mistrial
Apr-7-17 Philadelphia, PA: The seventh Risperdal lawsuit in the mass tort in Philadelphia has heard opening arguments, with attorneys for the plaintiff suggesting that 8-year-old boys should not be growing male breasts. Legal counsel for the defense shot back that plaintiff Dean Hibbs, now 23, was obese to begin with and only took Risperdal for a period of seve... - Science Day Scheduled For Taxotere Multidistrict Litigation
Apr-7-17 New Orleans, LA A multidistrict litigation of hundreds of Taxotere lawsuits alleging that the chemotherapy drug Taxotere causes permanent hair loss continues to move forward in federal court with a "Science Day" scheduled in May. US District Judge Kurt Engelhardt on March 24 issued a pre-trial order instructing the court to convene a Science Day on... - Abdominal Mesh Recipient has More Pain after Hernia Surgery
Apr-7-17 Brady, TX: ”If you ever get a hernia, don’t get the kind of abdominal mesh I have,” says Kade. “It’s hard to wrap my head around the fact that I went to the hospital to get something fixed and came out hurting more.” Kade had abdominal mesh surgery to repair a double hernia and a torn groin muscle about two years... - Qui Tam Whistleblower “Double-Dipping”
Apr-6-17 Kansas City, KS: Of the 18 healthcare lawsuits filed under the whistleblower qui tam provision of the False Claims Act and unsealed last November, 13 of the whistleblowers (relators) are current or former employees of the defendant. Four of those 18 qui tam lawsuits involved kickback allegations, according to The National Law Review , and one la... - Twitter, Instagram, Yelp and Foursquare Reach Settlement in Privacy Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: Several major tech companies have agreed in principal to a $5.3 million settlement deal that, if approved, would end a privacy class action lawsuit accusing the companies of accessing the address book of iOS users without permission. If court approval is granted, Foodspotting, Foursquare, Gowalla, Instagram, Kik, Path, Twitter and... - Did Some California Employers Miss the Overtime Memo?
Apr-5-17 Riverside, CA: Some employers seem to have missed the memo: California workers are entitled to California overtime for hours worked after an eight-hour day or over 40 hours in a work week. Last month wage and hour lawsuits were filed against a flooring company and an auto retailer, alleging violations of California labor laws , including unpaid o... - The Added Cost of Abilify
Apr-5-17 Miami, FL: While the cost of Abilify – the charge from your pharmacy—is high, for some people who have suffered Abilify side effects, this antipsychotic medication has wiped them out financially and wrecked relationships. Connie, age 45, had no idea that gambling was a side-effect of this drug. “I had only been to a casino a few tim... - Three implants, Two Revisions, One Chance Left
Apr-5-17 Canberra, AUSTRALIA: It was 10 years ago, in 2007 that male nurse Stuart Cain from Australia underwent surgery for a hip replacement. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (07/11/11), which included Cain in a story the network did on hip replacement implant failure in 2011, Cain was active in rugby and other contact sports, and the act... - In the Absence of Causal Effect, Viagra and Cialis Melanoma Lawsuits Keep Coming
Apr-5-17 Los Angeles, CA: No one disagrees that more research is needed to further quantify, prove or disprove the association, and potential causal relationship between erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra and Cialis , and the onset of melanoma, one of the more aggressive cancers out there. However, that hasn’t stopped Cialis risk for melanoma law... - Nine-Year California Labor Lawsuit Will be Appealed
Apr-5-17 Los Angeles, CA: A long-running California labor lawsuit against a trucking firm came to an abrupt end late last month when a federal judge in the state threw out individual wage and hour claims from a plaintiff who had originally put forward his California labor code lawsuit as a class action, since decertified. At the end of the day, the judge in the... - $100M Halliburton Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval
Santa Clara, CA: A $100 million settlement has been preliminarily approved potentially ending a securities class action lawsuit that centered around Haliburton’s liability in its disclosure of asbestos use. Litigation of this suit has taken a decade and included two trips to the US Supreme Court. If granted final approval, the $100 milli... - E-cigarettes Exploding Batteries Behave like Flaming Rockets
Apr-3-17 New Brunswick, NJ : A New Jersey man recently sued a business that sells vaping products after an exploding e-cigarette allegedly shot flames down his pants and left him physically and emotionally scarred from the explosion. William and Kathleen Barrese filed a lawsuit William Barrese et al v. Gorilla Vapes LG Chem Ltd. , Case No. MID L001414-17, S... - $19.5M Buccaneers Junk Fax Settlement Preliminarily Approved
Santa Clara, CA: A $19.5 million settlement has received preliminary approval potentially ending a Telephone Consumer protection Act (TCPA) class action brought against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The suit claims the Buccaneers, a member of the National Football League, violated the TCPA when it sent Technology Training Associates and Back to Basic... - Takata Airbag Injury Plaintiff Almost Lost an Ear, Could Have Been Worse
Apr-1-17 Miami, FL: Sara Baker had just picked up her son from the sitter when her compact car was involved in a collision that deployed the Takata-manufactured airbag in Baker’s car. The airbag deployed with such force that shrapnel from the canister flew toward the driver and caused severe lacerations, including grievous airbag injuries to her left ear... - Canadians File Ethicon Physiomesh Class Action Lawsuit
Ottawa, ONT: Canadian patients who have suffered harm resulting from Ethicon’s Inc.’s Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh products have filed a class action against the medical device manufacturer. Like their American counterparts who are pursing Ethicon through the American courts in a multi-district litigation, Canadians patients al... - Latest Study Suggests AndroGel Increases Arterial Plaque in Older Men
Mar-31-17 Philadelphia, PA: As testosterone side effects lawsuits continue to roll in, a study published last month in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) appears to confirm long-held assertions that testosterone therapy in otherwise healthy men serves only to increase the risks for heart attack and stroke needlessly. An accompanying editoria...