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Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) Proposes Class-Action Lawsuit on Relationship With Specialty Mail-Order Pharmacy

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE:VRX) was amid the mix trends movers as shares knock down -1.88% to $30.25. Two groups filed a suit Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. in a proposed class-action court case Monday, claiming the firm’s relationship with specialty mail-order pharmacy Philidor Rx Services was illegal and allowed Valeant to overcharge and wrongly charge for …


Lawsuit Heats Up Against U.S. Agencies That Downplayed Cholesterol Dangers of Eggs

Helen Christophi, Courthouse News Service SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine breathed new life into its lawsuit accusing the government of downplaying the risks of high cholesterol from eating eggs, even as a federal magistrate indicated she would toss it. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said at a hearing on Thursday that she was prepared to dismiss the …


AEP INDUSTRIES (AEPI) ALERT: Johnson & Weaver, LLP Launches an Investigation Into the Fairness of Price and Process in Proposed Sale of AEP Industries Inc.; Are Shareholders Getting a Fair Deal?

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Shareholder rights law firm Johnson & Weaver, LLP has launched an investigation into whether the board members of AEP Industries Inc. (AEPI) breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the proposed sale of the Company to Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (BERY). AEP manufactures and markets flexible plastic packaging films in North America. Johnson & …



Judge Rules Against Firefighters in Pension Lawsuit

A Jasper County judge has denied a challenge to the formula used to calculate disability payments for Joplin firefighters and police officers. Circuit Judge David Mouton ruled in favor of the board of trustees for the Police and Firefighters Pension Fund and the city of Joplin in a lawsuit filed five years ago by a disabled firefighter and the firefighters union. Police officers did not join …



Tennessee School System Settles Lawsuit Over Pro-Gay T-Shirt

A Tennessee school district that refused to allow a student to wear a T-shirt with a gay-supportive slogan has revised its dress code, settling a lawsuit brought by the state affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union. The Giles County Board of Education changed the dress code for reasons unrelated to the suit, but it does address the concerns of the ACLU’s client, Rebecca Young, therefore …


TDSB Denies Allegations of Negligence in Lawsuit Over Students’ Safety

The Toronto District School Board and an elementary school principal said they behaved like a “prudent parent” to protect two students, despite claims that the children faced repeated threats and assaults inflicted by a classmate with special needs. In a statement of defence filed earlier this month in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the school board and the principal at John Wanless …


SILICON GRAPHICS (SGI) ALERT: Johnson & Weaver, LLP Launches an Investigation Into the Fairness of Price and Process in Proposed Sale of Silicon Graphics International Corp.; Is $7.75 a Fair Price?

Shareholder rights law firm Johnson & Weaver, LLP has launched an investigation into whether the board members of Silicon Graphics International Corp. (SGI) breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the proposed sale of the Company to Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Silicon Graphics develops, markets and sells various servers, enterprise-class …