President Barack Obama talks with staff at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass., April 18, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Three judges – two of them appointed by Republican presidents – from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on July 9 in Texas v. Azar, a case brought by Republican attorneys … [Read more...]
Los Angeles County Sues Monsanto for PCB Contamination
Just when Bayer AG thought its legal problems associated with its subsidiary Monsanto couldn’t get any worse, they did. Only this time, glyphosate, the toxic active ingredient in Roundup weed killer, is not to blame. On May 30, Los Angeles County, California sued Monsanto in a legal maneuver designed to force the subsidiary of Bayer AG to help … [Read more...]
Johnson & Johnson Facing Multi-Billion Dollar Lawsuit
The family-friendly image of the Johnson & Johnson company is a distant memory now as the manufacturing/retail giant faces a huge legal battle that has temporarily moved the spotlight from its talcum powder lawsuits and its transvaginal mesh medical device lawsuits to a multi-billion dollar opioid lawsuit filed by the state of Oklahoma. The … [Read more...]
Opioid Manufacturer Insys Caught In A Kickback Probe Files Bankruptcy
According to Reuters, Drugmaker Insys Therapeutics Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday amid mounting expenses driven by a U.S. Justice Department probe into claims it paid doctors bribes to prescribe a powerful opioid medication. The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing marked a first for a drugmaker accused in lawsuits of helping fuel the … [Read more...]
Colorado’s Historic New Equal Pay Law
Governor Jared Polis signs House Bill (Photo Credit: Colorado Senate GOP, Public Domain) Jared Polis was elected Governor of Colorado in November of 2018. He is the first openly gay man to serve as Governor, and that is not the only contribution he is making to history. Polis has been able to sign the country’s first equal pay for equal work … [Read more...]
U.S. Football Player’s Overdose Death Spotlighted In J&J Oklahoma Opioid Trial
According to Reuters, the father of a college football player who died of a drug overdose gave emotional testimony about the U.S. opioid epidemic’s personal cost. Craig Box said that he never suspected his son was abusing painkillers until after he was found unconscious. Austin, the 22 year old football player, died later at the hospital. … [Read more...]
Monsanto Defense Attacked Scientific Witness Credibility in Pilliod Case
The legal team for Monsanto attempted a new defense strategy in the latest lawsuit claiming Roundup weed killer caused cancer, Pilliod v. Monsanto Co. In the first two trials in which terminally ill people claimed the once-popular weed killer caused non-Hodgkin lymphoma after years of exposure, the Monsanto’s legal team focused mainly on simply … [Read more...]
Alabama Passes Near Total Abortion Ban
Tuesday night, Alabama sent the most restrictive abortion bill in the country to the governor's desk. Alabama's Senate passing legislation that could punish doctors who perform abortions with life in prison. The state's Republican backers have pushed the legislation. The bill amounts to a near-total ban on abortion in the state. The express … [Read more...]
Just Following Orders, Trump Subordinates Deny Veterans’ Cannabis Needs
Taking their cue from their Commander-in-Chief, who refuses to re-classify medical cannabis as a drug worthy of research for wounded veterans, the Judge Advocate General’s office at West Point stripped decorated Army Major Tye Reedy of his pension for joining leading cannabis company, Acreage Holdings. (Acreage Holdings was recently acquired by … [Read more...]
Bayer/Monsanto Hit With $2 Billion Verdict in Roundup Case
Earlier today, a jury concluded that Monsanto's Roundup caused an elderly couple to suffer non-Hodgkin lymphoma after years of using the herbicide. The jury awarded Alberta and Alva Pilliod a combined total of $2.055 Billion in damages. Today’s verdict in Pilliod v. Monsanto was the third consecutive loss suffered by Bayer AG, which acquired … [Read more...]
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