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Jan-23-08 Washington, DC: The blockbuster sales figures for the new generation of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants ( SSRI 's), which have resulted from their promotion for so many unapproved uses, represents the most profitable off-label marketing coup in the history of modern medicine. Sales total about $21 billion a year, according to IMS Hea... - U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty Lawsuit
Jan-10-20 Washington, DC On January 13, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Thole v. U.S. Bank, NA , an ERISA lawsuit (ERISA) that has major implications for the rights of participants and beneficiaries to sue plan sponsors under the basic legal framework of ERISA. The defendant plan sponsor will argue that the plaintiff retirees have no standing... - FDA's Refusal to Approve New Cancer Vaccine - The Plot Thickens - Part I
Nov-27-07 Washington, DC: Dying prostate cancer patients waiting for the approval of Provenge, a new life-extending cancer vaccine, are being held hostage by an FDA infested with industry insiders with enormous financial interests in what has become a multibillion dollar cancer treatment racket for drug companies, cancer researchers, and treatment providers alike. ... - Trasylol: Canadian Clinical Trial Halted
Oct-30-07 Toronto, ON In what amounts to a further damnation of Bayer AG's Trasylol and a huge setback for the manufacturer, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in a joint communiqué with Bayer AG that a Canadian clinical trial has been halted over concerns that one of the drugs being reviewed increases the risk of death. Dr. Paul Hebert, a r... - Medtronic's Fidelis Cardiac leads Defective: Lawsuits Filed
Oct-16-07 Minneapolis, MN Barely hours after Medtronic recalled Sprint Fidelis leads associated with its line of implantable defibrillators , the first personal injury lawsuits began rolling out, including one filed in federal court in Minneapolis, where Medtronic is based. At issue are the small wires, or leads, which connect the implanted defibrillator to... - Medtronic Defibrillators: Faulty Leads linked to Five Deaths
Oct-15-07 Minneapolis, MN The largest player in the implantable heart defibrillator market announced yesterday that it is halting sales of the Sprint Fidelis lead, a wire that connects the Medtronic defibrillator to the heart, after it was determined the leads could be potentially defective. Medtronic is also urging doctors to stop using the Fidelis lead af... - Lawsuits Against Glaxo Rise as Avandia Sales Plummet
Aug-1-07 Washington, DC: A study released in July 2007, by the Federal Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, reported that the older diabetes drugs, available for as little as $10 a month, are as safe and effective as the newer drugs like Avandia (rosiglitazone), which costs between $131 and $262 a month. On July 20, 2007, Science Daily reported that li... - Goldman Sachs 401k Plan Participants file ERISA Lawsuit over Self-Dealing
Nov-21-19 New York, NY A class action ERISA lawsuit filed on October 25 in the Southern District of New York claims that Goldman Sachs Inc. and related defendants failed to administer the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 401k plan prudently and in the best interest of participants. Instead, Falberg v. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. alleges that Goldman managed the plan to ben... - Ketek Approval Still Haunting FDA
Jul-10-07 Rockville MD: The approval of Ketek still haunts the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), three years after it was first introduced on the market and six years after Sanofi-Aventis first applied for approval to market the antibiotic. Ketek is one of three drugs, the other two being Vioxx and Avandia, that came under scrutiny after being approved bec... - Philadelphia Federal Credit Union Accused of “Gouging” Consumers with Multiple NSF Fees
Nov-11-19 Philadelphia, PA “Gouging” is often implied, but rarely actually said excessive overdraft fee lawsuits . But there it is, in the class action lawsuit’s description of Philadelphia Federal Credit Union’s practice of charging multiple $28 insufficient fee charges for the same transaction and PFCU’s legal duty not t... - Health Insurance Fraud Lawsuit News and Legal Information
A doctor charges $200 for an office visit, but only $80 is covered by the insurer leaving the patient to pay the difference. Investigators allege that health insurance companies are forcing patients to pay more than they should when using doctors and hospitals outside their insurer's networks. Investigators claim an industrywide scheme is deceiving an... - More Firefighters File PFAS/PFOA lawsuits
Oct-7-20 Santa Clara, CA A former volunteer firefighter diagnosed with testicular cancer has filed a PFAS/PFOA lawsuit similar to many other firefighters nationwide. They allege a number of firefighting foam manufacturers did not warn firefighters that their fluorochemical products contained PFAS and/or PFPS, which are toxic and carcinogenic chemicals. An... - United Federal Credit Union Settles Excessive Overdraft Fee Lawsuit for $1.75 Million
Oct-16-19 Reno, NV On July 23, 2015, Tonya Gunter had enough money in her checking account to cover her transactions. Nonetheless, United Federal Credit Union (UFCU) charged her eight $30 overdraft fees because her “available balance,” a different and arguably artificially defined number, was too low. Gunter sued . United Federal Credit Union has now agreed t... - J&J Wins a Few Asbestos Talc Trials--and Loses More
Oct-14-19 Torrance, CA: To date, Johnson and Johnson has lost 14 talcum powder lawsuits (and is appealing most of those), has won seven cases, and five mesothelioma cases have resulted in hung juries and mistrials. The pharma giant is still facing over 14,000 lawsuits alleging its baby powder contained asbestos talc and caused cancer. Two California juries in Octo... - Essure Update: Attorney and Former FDA Employee Weigh In
Apr-6-16 New Orleans, LA: Working with other lawyers on behalf of 32 women injured by Essure , attorney Lance Unglesby is currently serving their petition to Bayer and its subsidiaries. “In the next 45 days we are going to be filing on behalf of hundreds of women harmed by Essure. By the middle of the summer we expect to have filed over a thousand complain... - Lyft Settlement Might Not Pass Muster
Mar-31-16 San Francisco, CA: The federal judge in a California employment lawsuit said in March that the settlement isn’t high enough to adequately compensate plaintiffs. The California lawsuit, which was filed by Lyft drivers against the ride-sharing company, alleged drivers were employees and not independent contractors, meaning they should have been pai... - Car Wash Employers Don’t Come Clean
Dec-15-22 Los Angeles, CA Wage theft is an ongoing California labor law violation , and it often happens at the car wash. Sadly, most victims are the Golden State’s most vulnerable workers: they are low wage earners, have the least education and fewest legal protections. Often, they are immigrants and people of color. Generally no one goes to jail for the the... - USAA Bank Forces Individual Arbitration of Excessive Overdraft Fee Claims
Sep-17-19 San Francisco, CA Elizabeth Eiess overdrew her USAA bank account when she tried to pay her Citibank credit card bill of $358.85.The payment was returned, and USAA bank assessed an overdraft charge of $29.00. USAA then charged her twice more – every time Citibank submitted the payment – ultimately for a total of $87.00. In her class action excessive ov... - Doctor's Perks and Free Drug Samples Cost Patients Plenty
Dec-20-06 Washington, DC: In the debate over whether Big Pharma's perks lead doctors to prescribe high priced brand-name drugs over equally effective generics, the question to ask is whether an industry would direct 90% of a $20 billion marketing budget at doctors if it did not work. As lawmakers enact measures to limit the drug company's influence over the medic... - Fiduciaries’ Desperate Drive to Fund Benefits Backfires
Sep-11-19 Santa Ana, CA Aaron Kushner and Eric Spitz, who mismanaged the investments of the Retirement Plan of Freedom Communications, Inc. (the Pension Plan) have offered to settle an ERISA lawsuit brought by the federal Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for $7.8 million. Following the twists and turns of this lawsuit requires not only some app...