A less kind publication may refer to the legal eagle as an ambulance-chaser, trying to drum up interest from current or previous DXC stock owners. The class action, which names DXC shareholder Jason McLees as lead plaintiff, is being brought on behalf of investors that bought DXC stock “pursuant to and/or traceable to the company’s April 2017 registration statement and prospectus” – which is …
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 …
A whistleblower lawsuit accused a US pharmaceuticals giant of lavishly bribing doctors and their staff to increase sales of a drug, offering them Starbucks gift cards, free Las Vegas trips and sponsored happy hours to prescribe it even for potentially unsafe uses. The company is Mallinckrodt and the drug is H.P. Some of these uses are “unapproved, unsafe and potentially ineffective,” according …
The state Supreme Court has ruled that a class action against Carrabba’s Italian Grill can proceed, while sinking a similar class-action lawsuit accusing TGI Fridays of price gauging customers. Patrons of the restaurant chains alleged the establishments failed to post beverage prices and that they were charged one price for their first drink and a different price for their second …
Shareholder rights law firm Johnson Fistel, LLP has launched an investigation into whether the board members of Omega Protein Corporation (NYSE: OME) (“Omega Protein”) breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the proposed sale of the Company to Cooke Inc. Omega Protein develops, produces, and delivers products to enhance the nutritional integrity of foods, dietary supplements, and animal feeds worldwide.
Borrowers who had a mortgage serviced by Wells Fargo between May 6, 2005 and July 1, 2010 will soon receive their share of a $50 million settlement stemming from allegations that Wells Fargo overcharged borrowers for Broker Price Opinions during that period. The settlement, which was initially announced in October, stems from a class action lawsuit against Wells Fargo that claimed that the bank …
Mylan N.V. (NASDAQ: MYL), which has faced a plethora of lawsuits in the past over its EpiPen, is now being saddled with another lawsuit, although this time around the parties involved go beyond the company and the plaintiffs. EpiPen And Its Legal Tussle EpiPen, or an epinephrine auto injector is a medical device which is used to inject a measured dose of epinephrine through autoinjector …
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Mylan alleging the company violated consumer protection laws and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act by upping the price of the epinephrine auto-injector. Amber Rainey, Christina Kollmeyer and Lisa Vogel filed the lawsuit April 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs claim …
Mylan CEO Heather Bresch holds up an EpiPen while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, before the House Oversight Committee hearing on EpiPen price increases. AP Christina Kollmeyer’s son has a allergy that requires him to carry an EpiPen, the emergency auto-injecting devices available that can be used to treat severe allergic reactions. When Kollmeyer, who has …
One of the city’s top hospitals is gouging patients for copies of their medical records — charging them twice what the law allows, according to a new class-action lawsuit. The illegal move, which potentially affects thousands of patients, came to light when 72-year-old retiree Vicky Ortiz sought copies of her records from NewYork–Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center, her Manhattan …