A Philadelphia jury on Tuesday orderedJohnson & Johnson to pay $8 billion in damages to a Maryland man who said his use of J&J’s antipsychotic Risperdal as a child caused enlarged breasts and the company failed to properly warn of this risk. It was the biggest award to date among more than 13,000 lawsuits against J&J … More J&J Hit With $8 Billion Jury Award Over Antipsychotic Drug – WSJ
“The Exxon trial represents the public debut of years of litigation by local communities across the country attempting to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for alleged damage and defrauding of investors and the public about the link between fossil fuels and climate change.” “Cities, states, individual citizens, kids—people are going to court because the president … More New Climate Change Lawsuits Plague Oil Industry During Rough Week
The court ordered the Education Department last year to stop collecting debt from borrowers who attended institutions run by Corinthian Colleges. But last month the department admitted to sending out 16,034 notices of payment in violation of the order. According to court records, 3,298 of those contacted made one or more payments, 847 borrowers had … More Judge Holds Betsy DeVos In Contempt For Violating Student Loans Order
The first lawsuit over what fossil fuel companies revealed about the costs of climate change comes from the New York attorney general, who has accused Exxon Mobil of securities fraud. The suit alleges that Exxon used a different internal estimate for the cost that carbon-reduction policies would have on its business than it told investors; … More The new science fossil fuel companies fear
The country’s top drug distributors, McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc. and AmerisourceBergen Corp., agreed to pay $215 million, attorneys said. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., an Israel-based manufacturer of medicine, will pay $20 million in cash over the next two years and donate $25 million in addiction-treatment drugs, attorneys said. A fifth defendant, Walgreens Boots Alliance, … More Four Drug Companies Reach Last-Minute Settlement in Opioid Litigation – WSJ
Top executives of the largest U.S. drug distributors and drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd left a Cleveland courthouse on Friday and lawyers for states and thousands of local governments said there was no agreement. The parties and four state attorneys general had been summoned by U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, who could be seen on … More Opioid settlement talks fail, landmark trial expected Monday – Reuters
Whether PCBs are addressed often is determined by ZIP code. In California’s wealthy Santa Monica-Malibu School District, parents, including model Cindy Crawford, sued to force the district to address PCBs after tests of caulk found levels up to 11,000 times the 50 ppm threshold. The district ultimately agreed to get rid of PCBs. It has … More Toxic PCBs Linger in Schools; EPA, Lawmakers Fail to Act – The New York Times
Tribal leaders said at a news conference along the Columbia River that the Treaty of 1855, in which 14 tribes and bands ceded 11.5 million acres to the United States, was based on the inaccurate belief that the U.S. had a right to take the land. Under the treaty, the Yakama Tribe retained the right … More Pacific Northwest tribes demand removal of hydroelectric dams
“These Wall Street-owned for-profit, private facilities inhumanely treat people as commodities. These companies are incentivized to maximize profits and minimize costs — including the important ‘costs’ of investments in programs, services and rehabilitation efforts that reduce recidivism rates and increase success for Californians upon their reentry into society,” said Assemblyman Bonta. California became dependent on private … More California bans private prisons and immigrant detention centers | Fox News
However, some detainees have suggested that though work may nominally be voluntary, a variety of pressures exist to prod detainees into choosing the work option. This often takes the form of using commissary items as the bargaining chip. To this effect, Wilhen Hill Barrientos, a detainee from Guatemala who lived at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia (and who … More The $1 Per Day Issue | Merion West
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