Judge Allows Testimony That Abbott, Mead Johnson Baby Formula Caused Disease May 5, 2025 By Diana Novak Jones and Brendan Pierson A federal judge on said she will allow expert testimony that formula made by Abbott Laboratories and Reckitt Benckiser subsidiary...
Walgreens to Pay $300 Million in US Opioid Settlement April 22, 2025 By Brendan Pierson Walgreens has agreed to pay $300 million to settle U.S. prosecutors’ allegations that it illegally filled millions of invalid prescriptions...
Bayer Renews Bid for US Supreme Court to Curb Roundup Cases April 7, 2025 By Ludwig Burger and Brendan Pierson Bayer said on Friday it was again petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to sharply limit legal claims that its Roundup...
Lawsuit Accuses Major Food Companies of Marketing ‘Addictive’ Food to Kids December 11, 2024 By Brendan Pierson Major food companies, including Kraft Heinz, Mondelez and Coca-Cola, were hit with a new lawsuit in the U.S. on Tuesday...
Missouri Jury Asked to Award More Than $6B in Preterm Formula Case October 31, 2024 By Brendan Pierson A lawyer for a Missouri mother on Wednesday asked a jury to make Abbott ABT.N and Reckitt’s RKT.L Mead Johnson...
Meta Must Face State Lawsuits Over Teen Social Media Addiction October 16, 2024 By Brendan Pierson Facebook parent company Meta must face lawsuits by U.S. states accusing it of fueling mental health problems among teens by...
Jury Says J&J Must Pay $15 Million to Man Who Claims Talc Caused His Cancer October 16, 2024 By Brendan Pierson Johnson & Johnson must pay $15 million to a Connecticut man who alleges that he developed mesothelioma, a rare form...
Bayer Must Pay $78 Million in Latest Roundup Cancer Trial, Jury Finds October 11, 2024 By Brendan Pierson Bayer must pay $78 million to a Pennsylvania man who said he got cancer from using the company’s Roundup weedkiller,...
GSK Agrees to Settle About 80,000 Zantac Lawsuits for Up to $2.2B October 10, 2024 By Brendan Pierson GSK has agreed to pay up to $2.2 billion to settle most lawsuits in U.S. state courts claiming that a...
A Second Zantac Cancer Trial Ends With Hung Jury September 19, 2024 By Brendan Pierson The latest trial over claims that the discontinued heartburn drug Zantac causes cancer ended with a hung jury on Wednesday,...