Maine is among 20 states suing six generic drug-makers with a claim that the companies artificially inflated prices for an antibiotic and an oral diabetes medication. Attorney General Janet Mills says the federal lawsuit accuses the companies of manipulating prices and reducing competition for a pair of drugs that many state residents buy as lower-cost generics. She accuses the …
Kentucky has joined a multistate lawsuit alleging that a large group of pharmaceutical companies have monopolized generic drugs. Attorney General Andy Beshear called the move “straightforward and sinister.” The lawsuit alleges widespread collusion among the pharmaceutical companies to reduce competition and increase the price of generic drugs. The states allege the …
Six generic drug-makers artificially inflated and manipulated prices to reduce competition for an antibiotic and oral diabetes medication, 20 state attorneys general, led by Connecticut, said in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday. Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen, whose office began its investigation more than two years ago into suspicious price increases of certain generic medications, …
Companies facing data breaches grapple with lack of clear harm standard for consumer class actions Breach harm standing has potential to reach U.S. Supreme Court in 2017 Dec. 5 — Hacking attacks, lax data security and rampant cybercrime create risks for corporations, including consumer lawsuits stemming from large-scale data breaches. Plaintiffs have lined up at courthouse doors for years, …
Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam was questioned under oath Tuesday by attorneys for two trucking companies over his role in an alleged fuel rebate fraud scheme involving his Knoxville-based truck stop chain. In a videotaped deposition, attorneys for the trucking companies are seeking to discover what Haslam knew about the alleged fraud. Sources say it’s possible the deposition …
A national job-placement firm discriminated against blacks in favor of Hispanic workers to comply with racially based criteria of companies seeking temporary workers in factories, on assembly lines or for other low-skilled positions, a federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf of several African-Americans alleges. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, says …
Perhaps there’s nowhere else as deeply associated with the oil industry as Cushing, Oklahoma, but now, many residents there are suing several oil companies, claiming they are responsible for that recent 5.0 earthquake. One month later, the evidence of that 5.0-magnitude earthquake is still everywhere you look in downtown Cushing, including David Reid’s home and business below. “This building …
In the last few years, Oklahoma has become one of the most seismic places on the planet. Here’s what scientists say is causing it. Time
A Nov. 6, 2016 earthquake caused damage to multiple buildings in Cushing, Okla., and now some residents are suing the oil and gas companies they blame for causing quakes across the state.
Residents of an Oklahoma town hit by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in September have filed a class-action lawsuit against more than two dozen of energy companies, accusing them of triggering destructive earthquake by injecting wastewater from oil and gas production underground. Pawnee residents filed the suit in district court against 27 companies …
Residents of a town hit by Oklahoma’s worst earthquake have filed a class-action lawsuit against dozens of energy companies, accusing them of triggering dozens of temblors by injecting wastewater from oil and gas production underground. Pawnee residents filed the suit Thursday against at least 27 …