Makers

Suit: Generic Drug Makers Used Code to Fix Price Increases

BOSTON — Representatives of some of the nation’s largest generic drug manufacturers used code words to collude with competitors to divvy up market share and coordinate price increases according to a federal lawsuit. In another email, representatives from three companies talk about coordinating “polite f-u” letters in 2014 in response to a congressional probe into price increases in the generic …


Students in Alabama Join Class Action Lawsuit Against E-Cigarette Makers

A class action lawsuit filed last week claims the country’s largest producers of e-cigarettes concealed health risks and marketed to children. Lawyers for two Alabama college students filed the suit against Juul Labs Inc., Altria Group and Phillip Morris last week. University of Alabama student Elizabeth Ann Swearingen and Auburn student John Thomas Via Peavy both became addicted to Juul …


Cash in on These Three Class Action Lawsuits

(WTVF) — Have you spent money on bagged ice, barbecue grills or weight loss supplements recently? You could be seeing some of that money come back into your pockets. Bagged Ice
A recent settlement in a class action lawsuit against makers of bagged ice could get you some money back.


Iowa Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Makers of ‘Drinkable Sunscreen’

The makers of “drinkable sunscreen” failed to prove their product provides the advertised protection against cancer-causing ultraviolet rays, according to a consumer fraud lawsuit filed this week by the Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller. The lawsuit against Osmosis LLC and Harmonized Water LLC says the companies “recklessly gave consumers hollow assurances that they were protected from known …