Zillow is back in hot water: A class-action suit against the online real estate giant is moving forward after insider whistleblowers alleged that the company designed its controversial “co-marketing” program to violate federal anti-kickback laws. “Premier” agents and brokers, who receive prominent placement on Zillow-listed home sites, pay hundreds or thousands of dollars a month in advertising …
The pharmaceutical company allegedly shielded their branded drugs from generic competition and inflated their revenues using a fraudulent scheme. T. Rowe Price also declined to comment. The lawsuit points to Valeant’s alleged decisions to massively increase prices of so-called “orphan drugs” to treat rare medical conditions that face little or no competition and “back door” efforts to receive …
Regulators don’t like the unregulated, and in what some would term, “the CFPB inviting more into its boat to be bashed with oars,” it announced it is accepting complaints from consumers encountering problems with loans from online marketplace lenders. “The Bureau is also releasing a consumer bulletin that provides an overview of marketplace lending and outlines tips for consumers who are …