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Federal Court Revives a Lawsuit Brought by Employee Against Her...
TweetA federal appeals court has recently revived a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims that her employer discriminated against her because of her disabilities. What makes this case newsworthy you’re...
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Judge Recuses Himself After Posting Picture of Attorney With Bull’s-Eye
TweetRecently Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Arthur Schack recused himself from a retrial of a case for appearances’ sake after engaging in some highly questionable conduct-at least according to defense...
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson Settles 5 Risperdal Breast Enlargement Cases, Counsel Says
TweetJohnson & Johnson on Oct. 3 agreed to settle five Pennsylvania state court cases in which plaintiffs allege that the atypical antipsychotic drug Risperdal caused adolescent boys to develop...
View ArticleSupreme Court Declines Appeal Of Order Dismissing $18 Billion Injunction Suit
Tweet- From LexisNexis® Mealey’s™ Daily Legal News. The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 9 declined to grant a petition by Chevron Corp. to review the January opinion of a Second Circuit U.S. Court of...
View Article1st Chantix MDL Bellwether Case Settles 1 Day After Pfizer Fails To Get Stay
Tweet- From LexisNexis® Mealey’s™ Daily Legal News. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Pfizer Inc. on Oct. 17 settled a Chantix suicide case designated as the first Chantix multidistrict litigation bellwether trial...
View ArticleFederal Judge Dismisses ATM Fees Suit Against Family Dollar
Tweet- From LexisNexis® Mealey’s™ Daily Legal News. Family Dollar Inc. is not the “operator” of an ATM as defined by the Electronic Funds Transfer Act (EFTA), a federal judge in Nevada ruled Oct. 25,...
View ArticleApple Denied JMOL, Remittitur After $368 Million Verdict In FaceTime Patent Case
Tweet- From LexisNexis® Mealey’s™ Daily Legal News. A Texas federal judge on Feb. 26 denied a motion for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) to Apple Inc. following a jury’s finding that the tech...
View ArticlePfizer: 95 Percent Of Hormone Therapy Claims, 80 Percent Of Chantix Claims...
Tweet- From LexisNexis® Mealey’s™ Daily Legal News. Pfizer Inc. said Feb. 28 that it has settled or agreed to settle about 95 percent of its hormone replacement therapy (HRT) product liability cases...
View ArticleWalgreens Pays Record $80M To Settle DEA Drug Diversion Civil Investigations
Tweet- From LexisNexis® Mealey’s™ Daily Legal News. Walgreens Co. will pay $ 80 million in civil penalties and will shut down a Florida drug distribution center and close six Florida pharmacies for two...
View ArticleFlorida Court Affirms $20M In Punitives, Citing Tobacco Company’s Inaction
Tweet- From LexisNexis® Mealey’s™ Daily Legal News. A Florida appeals court has affirmed a $ 20 million punitive damages verdict in a tobacco wrongful death case, saying in a June 13 opinion that the...
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