Teva, three U.S. drug distributors reach opioid settlement – source
The logo of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is seen during a news conference hold by its CEO, Kare Schultz, to discuss…
Factbox: Billion-dollar lawsuits accuse drugmakers, distributors of fueling U.S. opioid crisis
(Reuters) – On Monday, two Ohio counties reached a last-minute settlement with four companies they accused of fueling the nationwide…
Drug companies reach $260 million opioid settlement with Ohio counties, averting landmark trial
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Four large drug companies reached a last-minute $260 million legal settlement over their role in the U.S.…
Northern Ireland prepares for momentous abortion, same-sex marriage changes
BELFAST (Reuters) – Campaigners who fought for decades to end Northern Ireland’s same-sex marriage ban and restrictions on abortion gathered…
Judge orders Massachusetts to redo parts of vaping ban
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts judge on Monday ruled that a four-month ban on the sale of vaping products the…
Judge’s unorthodox approach has huge opioid settlement within reach
(Reuters) – From the start of the sprawling U.S. litigation seeking to hold drugmakers and distributors liable for the country’s…
Opioid settlement talks fail, landmark trial expected Monday
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A landmark trial over the U.S. opioid epidemic is on track to begin on Monday after drug…
Drug firms offer to settle U.S. opioid suits with $50 billion package – sources
(Reuters) – Five drugmakers and distributors are offering $22 billion in cash as well as drugs and services they value…
Mexican Senate set to pass bill to legalize marijuana in next few days
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Senate will vote for a bill to fully legalize marijuana in the next few days,…
Three drug distributors in talks to settle opioid litigation for $18 billion – WSJ
(Reuters) – Three drug distributors are in talks with state and local governments to settle thousands of opioid lawsuits for…
Missouri appeals court overturns $110 million Johnson & Johnson talc verdict
FILE PHOTO: The Johnson & Johnson logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock…
Michigan judge blocks flavored vape ban as Juul faces wrongful death lawsuit
(Reuters) – A Michigan judge on Tuesday blocked the state’s ban on flavored e-cigarettes about two weeks after it took…
Bayer expects significant surge in number of U.S. glyphosate cases
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bayer expects the number of claims in the United States related to Roundup herbicide to have surged…
PG&E says it has $34.45 billion in debt financing for reorganization
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – PG&E Corp said in court papers on Friday it has debt financing commitments of $34.35 billion…
Sacklers reaped up to $13 billion from OxyContin maker, U.S. states say
(Reuters) – OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP steered up to $13 billion in profits to the company’s controlling Sackler family,…
U.S. agency reviews whether 2,000 Teslas should have been recalled
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators said on Friday they were reviewing whether Tesla Inc should have recalled 2,000 of its…
Bayer says October U.S. glyphosate trial delayed until February
FILE PHOTO: Logo and flags of Bayer AG are pictured outside a plant of the German pharmaceutical and chemical maker…
Vectura, Sandoz win ruling on inhaler packaging case against GSK
(Reuters) – Vectura Group said on Friday a British court had ruled in its favor on the packaging of a…
New York court blocks state ban on flavored e-cigarettes
(Reuters) – A New York court on Thursday temporarily halted a state ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, giving…
U.S. judge denies industry motion to lift Massachusetts’ four-month ban on vaping sales
Demonstrators gather at the Massachusetts State House to protest against the state’s four-month ban of all vaping product sales in…
U.S. judge keeps intact Massachusetts’ toughest-in-nation vaping ban
BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday denied an industry bid to put on hold Massachusetts’ four-month ban on…
U.S. Supreme Court takes major case that could curb abortion access
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up a major abortion case that could lead…
Bayer says October U.S. glyphosate trial delayed until February
FILE PHOTO: Logo and flags of Bayer AG are pictured outside a plant of the German pharmaceutical and chemical maker…
J&J to pay $20.4 million to settle opioid lawsuits with two Ohio counties
FILE PHOTO: The company logo for Johnson & Johnson is displayed on a screen to celebrate the 75th anniversary of…
U.S. agents raid genetic testing labs, charge 35 in Medicare fraud probe
WASHINGTON/LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (Reuters) – U.S. federal agents raided genetic testing laboratories, and 35 people were criminally charged in four states…
Saudi Arabia consults allies on oil attack, awaits result of investigation: official
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is in consultation “with friends and allies about the next steps to take” after…
Exclusive: Boeing settles first Lion Air lawsuits for at least $1.2 million apiece – sources
CHICAGO/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Boeing Co (BA.N) has settled the first claims stemming from the crash of a Lion Air 737…
German authorities raid Deutsche Bank over Danske scandal
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German authorities have raided Deutsche Bank’s (DBKGn.DE) Frankfurt headquarters and are searching for information related to Danske…
Saudi Arabia says consulting on next steps after attack, waiting for inquiry results
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is in consultation “with friends and allies about the next steps to take” after…
Chipotle faces more labor complaints at New York City stores
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc is facing fresh claims that it violated New York City’s labor laws…
Huawei CFO fighting U.S. extradition says her rights were violated
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou returned to a Vancouver court on Tuesday as her lawyers argued…
Mediaset strikes deal to fend off Vivendi’s withdrawal risk
FILE PHOTO: The Mediaset tower is seen in Cologno Monzese neighbourhood Milan, Italy, April 7, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini MILAN (Reuters)…
House Democrats ask if Trump interfered in DOJ automaker antitrust probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. Democratic lawmakers on Thursday asked the White House to turn over documents that would show…
Mediaset strikes deal to limit withdrawal rights impact in pan-EU TV deal
FILE PHOTO: The Mediaset tower is seen in Cologno Monzese neighbourhood Milan, Italy, April 7, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini MILAN (Reuters)…
Banker tells German fraud trial he made millions from ‘astronomical’ trades
BONN (Reuters) – A British investment banker at the center of Germany’s biggest fraud trial told judges on Thursday he…
Southwest passengers get no damages for flights canceled by de-icer shortage: U.S. judge
(Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co (LUV.N) won the dismissal of a proposed class-action lawsuit seeking damages for stranded passengers on…
Exclusive: U.S. congressional probe finds possible lapses in Deutsche Bank controls – sources
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. congressional investigators have identified possible failures in Deutsche Bank AG’s (DBKGn.D) money laundering controls in…
U.S. states launch antitrust probes of tech companies, focus on Facebook, Google
(Reuters) – Two groups of U.S. state attorneys general on Friday announced separate antitrust probes of large tech companies such…
U.S. launches antitrust probe into California automaker agreement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether the decision of four automakers in July to reach a…
EPA, DOT say California actions on auto emissions appear to be ‘unlawful’
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sign is seen on the podium at EPA headquarters in Washington, U.S.,…
Drugmakers file second court challenge to Canada’s new drug price rules
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s main pharmaceutical industry lobby group, along with 16 of its member companies, filed a lawsuit on…
Telemarketer charged in $1.2 billion Medicare fraud scheme pleads guilty in NJ
(Reuters) – The owner of a telemarketing company implicated in the largest component of a $1.2 billion Medicare fraud involving…
U.S. judge orders big drug companies to face opioid trial
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected efforts by major drugmakers, pharmacies and distributors to dismiss claims that they…
Philip Green prepares to break up his Arcadia Group: Sunday Times
Sir Philip Green attends the TopShop Spring/Summer 2018 show at London Fashion Week in London, Britain September 17, 2017. REUTERS/Mary…
Patent court to review Alexion’s Soliris patents on Amgen challenge
(Reuters) – The U.S. patent office will review patents on Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc’s blood disorder treatment Soliris, after Amgen Inc…
Huawei under probe by U.S. prosecutors over new allegations: WSJ
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A Huawei company logo is pictured at the Shenzhen International Airport in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China…
Qualcomm wins a pause in enforcement of FTC ruling
(Reuters) – Qualcomm Inc won a partial stay against the enforcement of a sweeping antitrust ruling in a lawsuit brought…
Top U.S. publishers sue Amazon’s Audible for copyright infringement
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, January 19, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal…
FTC, AT&T settle 2014 lawsuit over data slowdowns: court
FILE PHOTO: An AT&T logo is pictured in Pasadena, California, U.S., January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (Reuters) – The Federal…
Companies file suit in Canada challenging new rules to lower drug prices
(Reuters) – Five pharmaceutical companies said on Friday they have filed a complaint in a Canadian court challenging the constitutionality…
E-cigarette firms probed over health concerns by U.S. House panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four dominant e-cigarette manufacturers face a probe into the health impacts of their products, as the U.S.…
Planned Parenthood turns down U.S. subsidies in fight over abortion referrals
(Reuters) – Planned Parenthood said on Monday it would no longer accept grants from a federal program subsidizing reproductive healthcare…
U.S. judge urges VW, SEC to resolve civil Dieselgate suit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge in California on Friday urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Volkswagen AG…
Court leaves PG&E with sole right to submit bankruptcy plan
FILE PHOTO: PG&E crew work to repair damage caused by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, U.S. November 21, 2018.…
Amazon.com defeats IRS appeal in U.S. tax dispute
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) on Friday defeated an appeal by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in what the online…
Facebook failed to warn users of known risks before 2018 breach: court filing
(Reuters) – Facebook (FB.O) users suing the world’s largest social media network over a 2018 data breach say it failed…
Bayer mediator dismisses report of $8 billion Roundup settlement
NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bayer AG has not offered to pay billions of dollars to settle claims in the United…
Amgen wins U.S. patent battle on arthritis drug Enbrel, thwarting Novartis
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday upheld two patents relating to Amgen Inc’s blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel, denying…
Bayer mediator dismisses report of $8 billion Roundup settlement
NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bayer AG has not offered to pay billions of dollars to settle claims in the United…
Philippines weighs re-use of controversial dengue vaccine
FILE PHOTO: Boxes of anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia are placed inside a freezer for storage at the Manila Health Department in…