The Federal Trade Commission urged the Third Circuit Wednesday to revive claims that two drugmakers made improper reverse-payment settlements to preserve their monopoly on a blockbuster testosterone drug.
Read moreJamie Frontz sued light heavyweight boxing champ Sergey Kovalev in federal court, claiming he still owes $400,000 of the $650,000 he promised to pay to settle an assault lawsuit.
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A Federal Emergency Management Agency official on Monday blamed wildfire victims’ lawyers for the potential clawback of $200 million from fire survivors who received emergency federal assistance.
Read moreNearly 40 federal lawmakers from California urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency to abandon its quest to extract $4 billion from Pacific Gas and Electric’s limited $13.5 settlement fund for wildfire victims.
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The state of Oklahoma will receive $8.75 million from two pharmaceutical companies in a deal announced Friday that will end legal action the state was considering against the opioid manufacturers.
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Houston’s City Council on Wednesday approved a $1.2 million settlement with the family of a black man fatally shot by a police officer, resolving litigation that exposed a pattern of cops being absolved by internal affairs investigations for shooting unarmed people.
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Ikea has reached a $46 million settlement with the parents of a 2-year-old boy who was suffocated under the weight of a recalled, 70-pound dresser.
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A California-based NASA contractor agreed to pay $375,000 to settle whistleblower claims that it falsely certified support equipment for a rocket launch system conformed to the agency’s specifications.
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Arizona agreed Monday to a settlement to provide more effective voter registration services to people who move so they do not suddenly find themselves bumped from the voter rolls.
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A federal judge in Los Angeles signaled Monday he will approve the University of Southern California’s $215 million settlement over claims by former patients of campus gynecologist George Tyndall that he sexually abused them for decades.
Read moreThe city of San Francisco has agreed to pay $225,000 to settle claims that its police officers racially targeted 37 black people with arrests for selling “small amounts of drugs.”
Read moreA federal judge declined to block a California law that takes effect Wednesday barring “pay for play” settlements between brand-name and generic pharmaceutical companies, finding Big Pharma lobbyists failed to show how the law is unconstitutional or that it will cause irreparable harm.
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Over a year after the release of an unprecedented grand jury report that consolidated decades of sexual abuse allegations made against Catholic clergy members across Pennsylvania, the Roman Catholic Church has forked over millions to victims.
Read moreFormer Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino has reached a settlement with Adidas, the Hall of Fame coach and the global sportswear company said in a joint statement Monday
Read moreNorthern California’s largest health care provider on Friday agreed to pay $575 million to settle antitrust and price gouging claims, capping a five-year legal fight with an influential union and the state.
Read moreA California judge on Friday signed off on an $84.5 million settlement between the University of California and a class of former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employees in a deal that will secure lifetime health care benefits for roughly 9,000 retirees, their spouses and dependents.
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A hearing to approve a settlement between a craft beer brewer and customers who say they were hoodwinked into believing the beer was made in an exotic location morphed into a theater to litigate a much larger issue: whether large consumer class actions actually benefit consumers.
Read moreBlockchain of Things will pay $250,000 and must return money to investors who demand it for its nearly $13 million “initial coin offering,” the SEC said.
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