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May-1-07 Richmond, VA The Better Business Bureau has processed a total of 6,183 complaints about Capital One in the last 36 months. It reports numerous claims from consumers, including: Claims alleging print or electronic media advertised claims or practices misrepresent the service or product offer; and Claims of failure to disclose key conditions of the... - Lilly Receives Zyprexa Greetings From Capitol Hill
Apr-27-07 Washington, DC: The Chairman and CEO of Eli Lilly, Sidney Taurel, has become a regular pen pal with lawmakers on Capitol Hill since the company's ten-year campaign to increase profits by promoting the off-label use of Zyprexa for patients covered by public health care programs became the focus of investigations in both houses of Congress. According... - Lawsuits filed against Beazer Homes
Apr-21-07 Charlotte, NC: A lawsuit has been filed against Beazer Homes Corp. and Beazer Mortgage Corp. The lawsuit, which is seeking class action status, claims that Beazer violated North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 75, which is designed to protect consumers by setting out unfair and deceptive trade practices. Plaintiffs claim that Beazer Homes and Beazer... - $895 Preliminary Settlement Approved for UnitedHealth Group Securities Class Action
$895 Preliminary Settlement Approved for UnitedHealth Group Securities Class Action A preliminary settlement has been approved in the stock options lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group Inc, for $895 million. The settlement details of the securities class action would also have former CEO William McGuire pay $30 million and former general counsel Da... - Victims of Crime Can Sue Perpetrators
Dec-20-15 Washington, DC: Many American citizens who have been the victim of a crime may not be aware they have a right to sue the perpetrator of that crime . “Everyone who has been the victim of a crime has a right to pursue litigation,” says Jeffrey Dion, the Deputy Executive Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime. They also may... - Television Price Fixing Could Lead to Lawsuits
Mar-28-07 Washington, DC: Lawyers are investigating charges of price fixing against several makers of TFT LCD monitors used in televisions and computer monitors. The authorities have investigated companies such as LG. Philips, Samsung, and Sharp for alleged price fixing. Authorities from The United States Department of Justice and the Japan Fair Trade Commiss... - Bayer Settles Diabetes Marketing Kickback Case for $97.5 Million
Bayer HealthCare has reached an agreement with the US Department of Justice related to an investigation into the Diabetes Care division's historical marketing programs with certain mail order customers that took place during the period between 1998 and 2003. Under the terms of the agreement, Bayer will pay $97.5 million to the government, and will enter... - Stockbroker Arbitration: When Class Action Lawsuits are Best
Mar-9-07 New York, NY: For cases in which individual investors have grievances with their stockbrokers, investors usually find that stockbroker arbitration is the best course of action. In fact, if an investor has signed an agreement to submit to arbitration he has no choice and must take his claim to arbitration. However, when there are large groups of inves... - Topical Acne Cream Found to Contain Bacteria, National Recall Issued
National Recall Issued A nationwide recall of all lots of CSI's 1 ounce (28 g) tubes of 10% Benzoyl Peroxide Acne Cream was issued today as the product was found to contain bacteria identified as "Burkholderia Cepacia," formerly known as Pseudomonas Cepacia. Burkholderia Cepacia refers to a group of bacteria found in soil and water and are often... - LCD Manufacturers to Pay $585 Million in Price-Fixing Fines
LG Display Co. Ltd, Sharp Corp, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd have agreed to pay $585 million in fines after submitting a plea Wednesday in an antitrust investigation into an alleged price-fixing conspiracy of liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors. Deputy Assistant Attorney General Scott D. Hammond said earlier that price fixing conspiracy affected... - Investigations Target SSRI Prescribing Doctors
Feb-23-07 Washington, DC: In recent years, Federal and state investigators have been going after the makers of the antidepressants known as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), for promoting the drugs for off-label use under the theory that they are causing the submission of false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and other public health care programs... - Granite Countertops Source of Dangerous Radon Emissions
Radon, the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking, may be leaking from your countertops, if you have granite. According to recent news reports, more and more concerned consumers and radon inspectors are contacting the environmental protection agency with radon measurements several times higher than those considered to be acceptable background leve... - Demanda Colectiva por la Comercializacion Fraudulenta de Vytorin
Los fabricantes de la droga de colesterol Vytorin están bajo fuego por supuestamente hacer falsas reclamaciones en su campaña de marketing. El General Fiscal de Nueva York, Andrew Cuomo está investigando si la campaña de marketing de Vytorin viola de las leyes estatales relativas a la publicidad falsa. Specifically, offici... - Trail of Paxil Suicides Leads To GlaxoSmithKline
Feb-14-07 Washington, DC: On January 29, 2007, BBC-One broadcast, "Secrets of the Drug Trials," a Panorama program based on an investigation by reporter, Shelley Jofre, which revealed how GlaxoSmithKline misled doctors into prescribing Paxil off-label to children, even after its own clinical trials found that kids could become suicidal when taking the drug. The... - Zyprexa Injury Clock Keeps Ticking Away
Feb-2-07 San Jose, CA The on-going legal battle over the disclosure of secret Eli Lilly documents that reveal the serious health risks associated with Zyprexa and the company's off-label promotion of the drug involves a matter of grave public concern. But observers on the sidelines of this courtroom circus say the conduct of the judge in helping Lilly keep d... - UnumProvident Sued for Accessing Personal Files
Jan-27-07 San Francisco, CA: Most people don't know this, but health insurance companies like UnumProvident can deny claims based on confidential information, even if the claimant has not given permission for that information to be released. This is exactly what happened to one California woman who is now suing both UnumProvident for unfairly denying her claim... - Pfizer Reaches Tentative Bextra and Celebrex Settlements of $894 Million
Pfizer Inc announced today that it has reached agreements in principle to resolve substantially all of the personal injury cases, consumer fraud cases and state attorneys general claims involving its non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) pain medication Bextra, which Pfizer voluntarily withdrew from the U.S. market in 2005. Additionally, following key cour... - Cancer Causing Chemicals, Acetaminophen, and Caffeine Found in Bottled Water
Levels Exceed California's Health Standard A number of potentially toxic contaminants have been identified in every day brands of bottled water. The chemicals were identified during testing conducted by Washington-based Environmental Working Group, an organization founded by scientists that advocates stricter regulation. The organization bought bot... - Off-Label Prescribing of Pain Lollipops Turns Deadly
Jan-24-07 Salt Lake City, UT: The painkilling lollipop, Actiq , is approved to treat chronic pain in cancer patients who are already on an opioid drug. But a recent study by Prime Therapeutics found the drug is being prescribed off-label for unapproved uses nearly 90% of the time. For those suffering with the agonizing pain of late stage cancer, the painkiller o... - Zimmer Persona Lawsuit: The Hell behind the Headlines
Nov-15-15 Warsaw, IN: With baby boomers continuing to advance toward retirement and move through their twilight years, medical device manufacturers are racing at lightning speed to bring new products to the demographic segment and capture as much market share over their competitors as possible. In so doing, there have been failures that unfortunately affect not clin...