Articles by Jef Feeley

Judge Slashes $9 Billion Damages Award Against Drugmakers by 99%

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. and Eli Lilly & Co. won a more than a 99 percent cut in a $9 billion punitive damages award over claims the drugmakers hid the cancer risks of their Actos diabetes medicine. Jurors properly found officials …

Drugmaker Roche Wins Reversal in Accutane Duty to Warn Case

Roche Holding AG won reversal of a $2.1 million verdict by a New Jersey jury in favor of a California woman who blamed the company’s Accutane acne drug for her inflammatory bowel disease. A judge erred in the 2011 trial …

Judge Approves NFL Concussion Settlement

The National Football League won preliminary approval of a settlement worth at least $675 million resolving ex-players’ claims that officials failed to warn them about links between concussions and brain injuries. U.S. District Judge Anita Brody in Philadelphia yesterday concluded …

NFL Agrees to Remove Cap on Players’ Concussions Payments

The National Football League agreed to lift a cap on cash awards to settle concussion claims after a federal judge said she was concerned not all players could be paid from a proposed $675 million compensation fund. Under a revised …

Court Rules BP Must Honor Terms of $9.2 Billion Oil Spill Settlement

BP Plc must abide by terms of a $9.2 billion settlement it reached with victims of the 2010 oil spill, a federal appeals court ruled in rejecting the company’s objections that the deal is being misinterpreted by the claims administrator. …

BP Loses Bid to Halt Payments to Seafood Workers

BP Plc lost a bid to have a judge suspend about $1.3 billion in payments to seafood-industry workers who are part of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill settlement because of alleged improprieties by a lawyer involved in the …

Oracle Loses Bid to Have D&O Insurer Beazley Pay $20M in Claims Over Acquisition

Oracle Corp. can’t rely on an insurer to pay $20 million to help settle shareholder claims over the software maker’s acquisition of a company controlled by Oracle founder Larry Ellison, a judge concluded. Delaware Chancery Court Judge Travis Laster on …

Judge Delays NFL’s $914M Concussion Settlement

National Football League’s $914 million settlement of claims tied to player concussions was denied preliminary approval by a federal judge who said she is concerned that not all players will be paid. U.S. District Judge Anita Brody in Philadelphia yesterday …

NFL Submits $914 Million Concussion Settlement to Court

The National Football League could spend more than $914 million to settle claims brought by former players over head injuries, according to a proposed agreement submitted for court approval. The amount includes $675 million to compensate players for a specified …

Judge Rejects BP Complaint Over Proof of Economic Losses from Gulf Oil Spill

BP Plc lost a bid to require businesses to provide proof their economic losses were caused by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill under a $9.2 billion settlement over the disaster. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans, …