Concerns Arise About How Oklahoma’s Opioid Settlement Money Will Be Used August 29, 2019 By Sean Murphy, The Associated Press Oklahoma’s legal fight against the opioid industry has racked up settlements and judgments of nearly $1 billion, but as the...
West Virginia AG Says Johnson & Johnson, Teva Hid Opioid Risks in New Lawsuit August 27, 2019 West Virginia’s top prosecutor filed suits Friday against the major opioid makers Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA for...
Kentucky Jury Rejects Talc Powder Asbestos Claims Against J&J, Colgate August 6, 2019 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson and Colgate-Palmolive Co. persuaded a Kentucky jury to reject claims that asbestos in the companies’ talc-based products...
Closely-Watched Oklahoma Public Nuisance Case Over Opioids Now in Judge’s Hands August 1, 2019 By Nate Raymond Oklahoma’s attorney general on Wednesday made his final bid to force Johnson & Johnson to pay $17 billion for its...
J&J Questions Methods Used by Scientists Who Claim Baby Powder Had Asbestos July 25, 2019 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson, seeking to head off claims by thousands of women that its iconic Baby Powder caused their cancer,...
J&J Vows to Overcome Baby Powder, Opioid Liability Claims Against It July 17, 2019 By Riley Griffin Johnson & Johnson said that the health-care conglomerate will come out on the winning side of thousands of legal claims...
Oklahoma Accuses J&J of Dodging Liability for ‘Cunning’ Opioid Drug Push July 16, 2019 By Jef Feeley Even after illegally promoting opioid painkillers to reap billions of dollars in profit over the past two decades, Johnson &...
J&J Gets New Trial After Jury Awards $417 Million in Baby Powder Talc Suit July 11, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Edvard Pettersson Johnson & Johnson deserves a new trial after a jury ordered the world’s largest maker of health-care products to pay...
Purdue’s Sackler Family Must Face Opioid Suits in New York June 26, 2019 By Chris Dolmetsch The billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma LP must face a New York lawsuit claiming they triggered the U.S. opioid epidemic,...
At Oklahoma Trial, J&J Opioid-Sales Tactics Called a ‘Smart Strategy for Drug Dealer’ June 13, 2019 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson used promotional gimmicks for its opioid painkillers that are similar to how criminal drug dealers try to...