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Meningitis Suits Stand To Benefit From FDA Criminal Probe

Originally published in Law360, New York on October 18, 2012. If the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent raid of the pharmacy at the center of the ongoing meningitis outbreak leads to criminal charges, attorneys...more

Abbott Labs to Pay $1.5 Billion in Depakote Settlement

Abbott Laboratories Inc. pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a $1.5 billion settlement for the company’s off-label promotion of anti-seizure drug Depakote. Depakote may be used only for epileptic seizures, bipolar mania and...more

Family Settles with Exterminator whose Poisons Killed their Children

Nathan and Brenda Toone suffered the unthinkable loss of two of their daughters to alleged pesticide poisoning within days after taking care of the seemingly routine home maintenance task of using an exterminator. The...more

Pfizer Agrees to First Neurontin Lawsuit Settlement

Pfizer, the manufacturer of the epilepsy medication Neurontin has been involved in many claims by plaintiffs who blame the drug for creating suicidal tendencies. One such lawsuit, by a Massachusetts’ man’s survivors, has just...more