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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Medtronic Lawsuit Settled for $85 Million
Apr-13-12 New York, NY A Medtronic lawsuit brought by disgruntled shareholders has been settled with the decision by the defendant to pay $85 million. The Associated Press reports the manufacturer of medical devices agreed to the settlement in an effort to put behind them allegations surrounding the Medtronic infuse bone graft and Infuse bone repair protein. ... - Pulmonary Embolism Patient Files Yasmin Lawsuit
Apr-13-12 Brooklyn, NY Despite the fact that Caitlin is in her 30s, a long-distance swimmer and the epitome of health, she is lucky to be alive. Caitlin took Yasmin for several years, and last October, wound up with two blood clots in her lungs. No one told her that Yasmin and Yaz are associated with life-threatening side effects such as pulmonary embolism. T... - ADD Patient Discusses Adderall Addiction
Apr-8-12 Atlanta, GA Although Dave was never formally diagnosed with ADD or bipolar disorder, he took Adderall for years. "In my amateur opinion, people who take this drug describe Adderall bipolar symptoms similar to bipolar mania, and that is why they are addicted to this drug—they love the high mania state," he says. Dave (not his real name),... - China Sky One Medical, Inc CSKI Securities Fraud
Company: China Sky One Medical, Inc Ticker Symbol: CSKI Class Period: Apr-16-09 to Feb-14-12 Date Filed: Feb-24-12 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Apr-24-12 Court: Southern District of New York Allegations: New York, NY: A securities class action has been filed in the United States District Co... - $41.5M Settlement Proposed in WaMu Securities Class Action
New York, NY: A settlement has been proposed which would end a securities class action lawsuit brought against Washington Mutual by investors who purchased the bank's common stock between n April 15, 2003 and June 28, 2004, inclusive, and who were damaged thereby (the "Class"). The class has been certified and a settlement for $41.5 millio... - Ketek SJS - Stevens Johnson Syndrome - LawyersAndSettlements.com
Ketek is an antibiotic that has been linked to Stevens Johnson Syndrome and other side effects, including hepatitis and liver damage. SJS is typically caused by an allergic reaction to a drug. Ketek Stevens Johnson Syndrome Ketek (Telithromycin) is an antibiotic that is used to treat bacterial infections in the lungs and sinuses. In 200... - Groupon Faces Class-Action Lawsuit
Apr-12-12 Chicago, IL Groupon reportedly faces a class-action lawsuit alleging securities fraud on the part of the company when it filed its IPO. The Groupon lawsuit, which has not been certified as a class action, joins other securities fraud litigation in allegations that companies committed stock option fraud or securities investment fraud by misleading inves... - DePuy Hip Replacement Phased Out After FDA Letter
Apr-12-12 New York, NY Following reports that DePuy allegedly knew about problems with its DePuy hip prior to the DePuy hip replacement recall come reports that Johnson & Johnson—parent company to DePuy—received a request for information from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just prior to the company's decision to phase out its hip repla... - JP Morgan Chase Hit with Class-Action ERISA Lawsuit
Apr-12-12 New York, NY In this ERISA plan , the goal is to have losses restored—that's the idea behind a class-action lawsuit filed April 4 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against financial powerhouse JP Morgan Chase & Co. (JP Morgan). The ERISA lawsuit was filed on behalf of retirement investors who particip... - SAIC, Inc. SAI Securities Fraud
Company: SAIC, Inc. Ticker Symbol: SAI Class Period: Apr-11-07 to Sep-1-11 Date Filed: Feb-22-12 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Apr-22-12 Court: Southern District of New York Allegations: New York, NY: A securities class action lawsuit has been commenced on behalf of an institutional invest... - Nitro Residents Win Against Monsanto in Environmental Class Action
Winfield, WV: A proposed settlement has been reached in an environmental class-action lawsuit against the chemical manufacturer Monsanto. The lawsuit, brought by residents of Nitro, claims that Monsanto unsafely burned dioxin wastes which resulted in the spread of contaminated soot and dust across Nitro, polluting homes and making them and the surrou... - Abbott Laboratories Faces Investigation over Marketing of Depakote
Apr-11-12 San Diego, CA Determining whether a drug's side effects include a risk of birth defects can be difficult, but researchers have reportedly linked Depakote side effects with an increased risk of Depakote birth defects. For women taking Depakote, the question of whether the drug outweighs its benefits may be an especially important one to ask. In 2010,... - Class-Action Overtime Pay Lawsuit Launched against CarMax
Apr-11-12 Fresno, CA A sustained ignoring of overtime pay laws by a growing number of employers keeps the courts percolating with unpaid overtime claims, as workers and their representatives fight for their rights under California overtime law. A lawsuit recently launched in Fresno not only claims unpaid overtime for workers in California, but additional workers... - Teva Settles Propofol Hepatitis C Lawsuits for $285M
New York, NY: Teva Pharmaceuticals, the maker of Propofol, will settle 120 personal injury lawsuits arising from a hepatitis C outbreak in Southern Nevada, for a reported $285 million. The Israeli-based generic drug maker was facing lawsuits brought by some 150 former patients of The Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada and its sister clinics, who con... - Facebook Faces Privacy Violations Class Action
Baltimore, MD: Facebook, Inc., the social networking website with more than 800 million users worldwide, unlawfully tracked the internet activities of its users, according to allegations in an internet lawsuit filed on February 17. According to the lawsuit, Facebook ignored repeated inquiries from an internet technology and security blogger who... - Studies Tie Antidepressants to Autism
Apr-10-12 Salt Lake City, UT One of the most controversial areas of medicine could be that of autism and determining whether there is a link between vaccines and autism , SSRIs and autism or other drugs and the development of autism. New research indicates that there could be a wide range of causes linked to the development of autism, although some research sugge... - Airbag Lawsuit Alleges Airbag Failure
Apr-10-12 Dallas, TX Since the advent of the vehicular airbag, society has come to rely on the ubiquitous balloon to provide protection from and prevention of serious injury resulting from a crash. The promise, if you will, that the airbag will be there when we need it. Airbag failure does not enter the mind. However, such a failure is at the root of an airbag l... - New Energy Systems Group NEWN Securities Fraud
Company: New Energy Systems Group Ticker Symbol: NEWN Class Period: Apr-15-10 to Nov-14-11 Date Filed: Feb-21-12 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Apr-21-12 Court: Southern District of New York Allegations: New York, NY: A securities class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States Distr... - Kinross Gold Corporation KGC Securities Fraud
Company: Kinross Gold Corporation Ticker Symbol: KGC Class Period: Feb-16-11 to Jan-17-12 Date Filed: Feb-20-12 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Apr-20-12 Court: Southern District of New York Allegations: West hartford, CT: A securities lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the... - Toxic Chemicals In Car Interiors Pose Serious Health Risks
Washington, DC: The fourth annual consumer guide to toxic chemicals in motor vehicle interiors (2012), produced by the Ecology Center, shows that consumers remain at risk for exposure to bromine and other toxic chemicals that produce that "new car smell" despite the fact that, overall, the use of these types of chemicals is gradually being reduced by...