By Civil Justice Magazine
Posted on 05 February 2014.
In a stunning turn of events, Big Pharma giant Johnson & Johnson convinced the Louisiana Supreme Court to overturn a $258 million award against the J&J owned Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. It’s a giant win for J&J, but a bitter pill to swallow for the affected parties. Long story short: Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc, markets an antipsychotic […]
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By Civil Justice Magazine
Posted on 05 February 2014.
Watch out, bankers – the government isn’t going to let you slide any longer. The Federal Housing finance Agency (FHFA) started suing banks in 2011 to recover some of the money that taxpayers lost during 2008. Among these banks is Morgan Stanley, whose faulty mortgage-backed securities helped ruin Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Morgan Stanley […]
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By Civil Justice Magazine
Posted on 05 February 2014.
Financial giant JPMorgan has taken the next step in making amends to the American government and its people, by agreeing to pay $614 million in settlements. The bank acknowledged that its practices of approving ineligible Veterans Affairs and Federal Housing Administration loans violated the False Claims Act, and that they failed to disclose their internal […]
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By Civil Justice Magazine
Posted on 29 January 2014.
Nearly 300,000 people in nine counties throughout West Virginia were affected by the chemical leak into the Elk River on January 9th, 2014. For almost 10 days, residents were unable to drink from their taps or shower in their homes. Now, the FBI has thrown its hat in the ring as it takes a long, […]
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By Civil Justice Magazine
Posted on 29 January 2014.
When Mount Olive School District mechanic Robert Dukin was let go from his position after reporting a number of problems with the school buses, he filed a whistleblower case against the district. The cases was dismissed in 2010, but an appeals court reinstated it on January 27, 2014, claiming the case did have enough evidence […]
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By Civil Justice Magazine
Posted on 29 January 2014.
If Greek yogurt isn’t made in Greece, is it really Greek Yogurt? Maybe in America, but not in the UK. Chobani, a popular US producer of yogurt, saw the losing side of a court case initiated by its rival Fage, who claimed that the labeling confused buyers. In a nutshell, Fage argued that consumers […]
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