Jury Sides with J&J in Latest Talcum-Cancer Claim April 8, 2019 By Margaret Cronin Fisk, Sarah Favot and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson won the latest trial over claims its iconic baby powder can cause cancer, as a jury in...
Opioid Trial Winds Down; Insys Execs Deny Bribing Doctors, Duping Insurers April 5, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Janelle Lawrence A U.S. prosecutor portrayed Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor and other former executives as greedy and heartless during closing...
Oklahoma Alters Suit Against Opioid Drugmakers Before Trial April 5, 2019 By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg and Jef Feeley The state of Oklahoma narrowed its case against drug makers including Johnson & Johnson, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Allergan...
Family Behind Purdue Pharma Facing Second Suit Over Role in Opioid Crisis March 21, 2019 By Jef Feeley The billionaire family that owns opioid-maker Purdue Pharma LP has been accused by local governments in a new lawsuit of...
CBS Settles $1.25M Investor Lawsuit over ‘Improper’ Redstone Compensation March 18, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Lucas Shaw CBS Corp. directors agreed to settle for $1.25 million investors’ claims that network owner Sumner Redstone received millions of dollars...
Anthem, Cigna in Court Battles Over Failed Merger February 25, 2019 By Jef Feeley and David McLaughlin There’s no dispute that a $48.9 billion merger announced in 2015 between health insurers Anthem Inc. and Cigna Corp. imploded...
J&J Reported to Settle Most Pinnacle Hip Implant Lawsuits February 5, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Tom Korosec Johnson & Johnson, the world’s largest maker of health-care products, has agreed to settle the bulk of consumers’ lawsuits alleging...
More Compensation Disclosure Doesn’t Settle Goldman Investor’s Claim October 24, 2018 By Jef Feeley A bid by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to settle a lawsuit over how much it pays directors was rejected by...
Liability Test Case Against Opioid Makers Allowed to Move Forward October 8, 2018 By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg, Jef Feeley and Jared S. Hopkins A lawsuit seeking to hold drugmakers and distributors responsible for a nationwide opioid epidemic should be allowed to move forward,...
Another Mistrial Declared in J&J Talcum Powder Cancer Trial October 3, 2018 By Margaret Cronin Fisk, Sarah Favot and Jef Feeley Jurors weighing claims that Johnson & Johnson’s iconic baby powder is laced with cancer-causing asbestos failed in a second case...