The billionaire Sackler family, who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, has agreed to pay nearly $4.3 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits accusing them of fueling the opioid crisis in the United States. The huge payment from the Sacklers is part of a larger restructuring plan filed by Purdue on Monday night that intends to get the Connecticut-based … Read more
Facebook has asked a court to dismiss state and federal antitrust lawsuits that accuse it of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors. The social media giant said Wednesday that the complaints ‘do not credibly claim’ that its conduct harmed either consumers or market competition. The antitrust suits, filed in December … Read more
Kanye West is facing two class-action lawsuits and could be hit with $30 million in damages over claims he mistreated and failed to pay up to 1,000 performers and backstage staff at his popular Sunday Service shows. The lawsuits relate to around 500 performers and 300 backstage staff who worked at the 43-year-old rapper’s extravagant, … Read more
Dune might still have a theatrical window after Warner Bros. announced it would debut on HBO Max. Following the studio’s shock announcement that their entire 2021 slate would be shifted to the streamer, Deadline has claimed that the threat of legal action from the production company behind the Timothée Chalamet sc-fi epic could see that decision … Read more
Facebook and Google ‘will be hit with FOUR more antitrust lawsuits in the coming weeks’ in latest move against Big Tech The Wall Street Journal cites unnamed sources claiming four more lawsuits are expected from The Justice Department They will allege that both companies use unfair tactics to corner the market Google is already being … Read more
Johnson & Johnson and three distributors of opioids offer to pay $26 BILLION in landmark settlement of thousands of lawsuits over addictive painkillers and overdose deaths People involved in the negotiations told the New York Times and Reuters the firms are close to closing a deal to end some 3,200 lawsuits Johnson & Johnson, McKesson, … Read more
President Donald Trump‘s post-election legal strategy has been to file lawsuits everywhere his team believes there are votes to be found or blocked and where Joe Biden is inching ahead – even if their push in one state contradicts what they are seeking in another. The strategy gives Trump’s lawyers multiple avenue for challenges, with … Read more
President Donald Trump‘s post-election legal strategy has been to file lawsuits everywhere his team believes there are votes to be found or blocked and where Joe Biden is inching ahead – even if their push in one state contradicts what they are seeking in another. The strategy gives Trump’s lawyers multiple avenue for challenges, with … Read more
President Donald Trump‘s post-election legal strategy has been to file lawsuits everywhere his team believes there are votes to be found or blocked and where Joe Biden is inching ahead – even if their push in one state contradicts what they are seeking in another. The strategy gives Trump’s lawyers multiple avenue for challenges, with … Read more
President Donald Trump demanded the nation stop counting votes in the presidential election as his campaign launches a lawsuit in Nevada, which could hand Joe Biden the presidency should he win its six electoral votes. Former Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell is holding a pres conference for the Trump campaign in Nevada later today … Read more