In December 2018, Marlboro cigarette manufacturer Altria invested nearly $13 billion in JUUL Labs, makers of the popular JUUL e-cigarette. The company acquired a 35-percent stake in JUUL, looking to boost business amid the decline in traditional cigarette sales. Now, the Federal Trade Commission (FT
For several months now, federal regulators have been monitoring type II diabetes medication metformin for potential contamination with N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a cancer-causing agent. It’s not only in the U.S. that this is happening. In May 2020, media reports indicated that South Korea had ba
A Pennsylvania woman and a Florida woman recently filed Zantac lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida where the consolidated Zantac litigation is currently pending. Earlier this year, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all federa
As Philadelphia prepares for its first talc-related cancer case to go to trial, manufacturer Johnson & Johnson will not be able to block experts from testifying about the alleged connection between talcum powder and ovarian cancer. The company had filed a motion to have six…
In October 2019, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ordered all federally filed JUUL e-cigarette lawsuits consolidated into one court in the Northern District of California. District Judge William H. Orrick was assigned to oversee the pretrial proceedings. Since then, the parties ha
An Illinois woman recently filed a new Elmiron class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She claims that after taking Elmiron to treat her interstitial cystitis and bladder pain, she suffered from serious injuries. She seeks compensatory damages and…
Online pharmacy Valisure—which was the first to detect a cancer-causing agent in Zantac (ranitidine) last year—recently urged Congress to require more oversight and testing of medications, particularly those coming from overseas. Valisure CEO David Light noted in his testimony before the Senate Fina
A Las Vegas casino products company has filed a new class-action lawsuit against Valley Forge Insurance Co., seeking full payment on its business interruption insurance claims. The company had to shut down during the COVID-19 closure orders, resulting in business losses that occurred because of…
Just days before Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced it was halting sales of its Johnson’s Baby Powder in North America, the company’s talc supplier, Imerys Talc, SA, released an agreement to settle more than 14,000 lawsuits claiming its raw talc caused cancer in some consumers.…
An Illinois woman has filed a new Uloric Wrongful Death lawsuit on behalf of herself and her deceased mother. The plaintiff claims that her mother was prescribed Uloric (febuxostat) for the treatment of gout, but that the medication was unsafe. On Feb. 21, 2019, the…
In February 2019, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Child Victims Act (CVA) into law. It amended the state’s previous laws to allow the following: Victims of child sexual abuse to file civil lawsuits against perpetrators or related organizations at any time up to…
Three restaurants in New Jersey recently filed class-action lawsuits against their property insurers, seeking coverage for COVID-19-related losses. The plaintiffs purchased business interruption insurance from Chubb Insurance and Cumberland Mutual Fire Insurance to cover losses related to events out
