Oklahoma makes final bid to hold J&J responsible for opioid epidemic
(Reuters) – Oklahoma’s attorney general on Wednesday made his final bid to force Johnson & Johnson to pay $17 billion for its part in fueling the opioid epidemic, saying the…
Johannesburg court approves $353 million silicosis settlement
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A Johannesburg High Court on Friday approved a 5 billion rand ($353 million) class action settlement between gold mining companies and law firms representing thousands of miners…
In Roundup case, U.S. judge cuts $2 billion verdict against Bayer to $86 million
(Reuters) – A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based weed killer, Roundup, for their cancer…
Prevagen maker must face FTC, New York claims that memory supplement does not work
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Quincy Bioscience failed to dismiss a lawsuit in which the Federal Trade Commission and New York attorney general said it deceptively marketed the dietary supplement Prevagen…
Big Tech faces broad U.S. Justice Department antitrust probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it was opening a broad investigation of major digital technology firms into whether they engage in anticompetitive practices, the strongest…
Four Republican lawmakers ask Trump to move forward with $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four Republican members of U.S. Congress, including House Armed Services Committee ranking member Mac Thornberry, sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Thursday urging him to…
Equifax nears deal to pay about $700 million to settle U.S. data breach probes: WSJ
FILE PHOTO: Credit reporting company Equifax Inc. corporate offices are pictured in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (Reuters) – Credit reporting company Equifax Inc (EFX.N) is close…
Carlos Ghosn sues Nissan-Mitsubishi in the Netherlands: paper
FILE PHOTO: Former Nissan Motor Chariman Carlos Ghosn leaves the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo, Japan April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Carlos Ghosn has launched a court…
Trump EPA allows use of controversial pesticide
(Reuters) – The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said it will not ban the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which has been linked to health issues in children, from use…
Illinois to defy Trump administration’s abortion referral ‘gag rule’
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois will defy enforcement of the Trump administration’s rule barring federally subsidized family planning clinics from making abortion referrals, the governor said on Thursday, vowing the state…