July 21, 2021
Southern California-based Prime Healthcare Services and two of its doctors will pay $37.5 million to settle whistleblower lawsuits that claimed the hospital system paid kickbacks to one of the physicians and bought his practice for more than it was worth, …
July 21, 2021
DuPont Co. and two spinoffs will pay at least $50 million to Delaware to help clean up toxic chemicals, the Delaware Department of Justice announced. It’s the first time the state’s Department of Justice has resolved environmental damage claims on …
July 20, 2021
A former medical resident at Oregon Health & Science University who sued the school in 2018 alleging retaliation for her complaints about discrimination now accuses the school of breaching their settlement agreement. After mediation, OHSU was to pay $100,000 to …
July 20, 2021
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced an agreement with McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health Inc. and Amerisource Bergen Drug Corporation that will deliver up to $1.1 billion to New York state to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic. The $1.1 billion …
July 15, 2021
The nation’s largest public pension fund has agreed to pay up to $2.7 billion to refund policyholders hit with huge hikes in their premiums, it was announced Tuesday. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or CalPERS, has agreed to settle …
July 14, 2021
A federal judge has given final approval to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit that alleged some 6,000 women were sexually abused by a former University of California, Los Angeles gynecologist. The 2019 class-action suit involved allegations that from …
July 12, 2021
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced a $4.5 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma over the company’s role in falsely marketing its products. The owners of Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family, will be required to pay $4.5 billion over the next …
July 9, 2021
The family of a man who was fatally shot by a security guard during a New Year’s Day 2018 melee at a Columbia, Mo., Waffle House has agreed to a settlement. KMIZ-TV reported that attorneys for members of Anthony Warren’s …
July 7, 2021
CITGO Petroleum Corp. has agreed to pay $19.7 million to restore natural resources damaged during a 2006 spill at its southwest Louisiana refinery that saw millions of gallons of waste oil and wastewater sent into the Calcasieu River estuary. The …
July 6, 2021
Hobbs, N.M., will pay a $1.4 million settlement to three former police officers whose whistleblower lawsuit alleged they were subjected to racist language and directed to target minority neighborhoods. The 2017 lawsuit filed former officers Brandon Ellis, Vasshawn Robinson and …