Posted on 17 January 2014. Tags: California, ConAgra Grocery Products, Lead Paint, NL Industries Inc., Sherwin-Williams
A California judge on Tuesday ordered Sherwin-Williams Co., NL Industries Inc. and ConAgra Grocery Products LLC to pay $1.15 billion to fund a government-run program to address health risks posed by lead paint in California homes. The final settlement ordered by California Superior Court Judge James Kleinberg replaces the tentative order issued last month and increases the amount […]
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Posted in Legal News
Posted on 14 January 2014. Tags: Judge Nash, medical malpractice, New Mexico
When Jack Kevorkian went to jail in 1999 for second-degree murder, not everyone was happy. His advocacy for a patient’s right to end his or her own life was both unwavering and riddled with controversy: not all of his patients were terminally ill, “they” said (whoever “they” were, that is), and assisting anyone in […]
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Posted on 10 January 2014. Tags: fungal meningitis, Massachusetts, New England Compounding Center
The Tennessean (1/7, Roche, 417K) reports people affected by 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak have just “one more week to file claims in the bankruptcy case of a Massachusetts drug compounding firm” that was responsible “for sickening some 751 patients, including 153 who were treated in Tennessee.” The paper says lawyers for victims said in a statement […]
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Posted on 10 January 2014. Tags: lawsuit, NCAA, Paterno, Penn State
The AP (1/7, Scolforo) reports, Pennsylvania State University “has to become involved in a lawsuit filed by Joe Paterno’s family and others against the NCAA in order for parts of it to proceed, a state judge ruled Tuesday.” Judge John Leete, in a 25-page decision, ruled that “breach of contract claims.. cannot continue without Penn State’s participation […]
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Posted on 09 January 2014. Tags: Bernard Madoff, Investment Lawyer, JPMorgan, Ponzi scheme
The settlement reached by Federal authorities with JPMorgan Chase over the bank’s failure to warn of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme generated heavy print media coverage this morning, and was briefly mentioned on two network newscasts last night. The CBS Evening News (1/7, story 9, 0:25, Pelley, 5.58M) reported that the bank agreed to pay $1.7 billion “to […]
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Posted in Legal News
Posted on 07 January 2014.
Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc., the company that makes a generic version of the cholesterol-controlling medicine Lipitor, has agreed to stop producing the drug because it is unable to explain why some of the tablets are laced with tiny pieces of glass. Millions of Americans take Lipitor and its generic versions to control their cholesterol, and it […]
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Posted in Consumer Protection