By Jim Morris and Chris hamby, iWatch News pdf available
The Environmental Protection Agency has allowed the use of unapproved methods to demolish buildings containing asbestos, threatening public health and possibly violating worker safety rules, the EPA’s inspector general has concluded.
In an “early warning report” to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson that...
DECEMBER 2011 — The Minnesota-based medical device maker Medtronic Inc. has settled allegations by the United States that the company violated the False Claim Act by illegally enticing doctors to implant Medtronic pacemakers and defibrillators in their patients through the use of kickbacks. Medtronic will pay $23.5 million.
The allegations first came to light in two separate...
Peter Kraus, a co-founding partner at Waters Kraus & Paul and managaing attorney of the firm’s Dallas office, has been elected to Southwestern Medical Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
Southwestern Medical Foundation is a philanthropic partner of UT Southwestern Medical Center. The Foundation continues a tradition of providing funding for innovative medical research,...
Software giant Oracle entered into the largest-ever settlement in the history of the False Claims Act in October 2011, agreeing to pay $199.5 million to resolve accusations that the company overcharged the federal government.
The settlement stems from allegations that the company withheld information about its commercial sales practices when negotiating prices with the federal...
Verdict ‘Cathartic’ for Navy Veteran and Wife
SAN DIEGO — Less than one year after 70-year-old Navy veteran William Mansir was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a San Diego Superior Court jury has reached a $2.4 million verdict against John Crane Inc., which manufactured asbestos-containing...
Gary M. Paul to Lead American Association for Justice in Its 65th Year
LOS ANGELES — July 13, 2011 — For 65 years, the American Association for Justice (AAJ) has been fighting to protect the public’s Seventh Amendment right to a trial by jury — and now, a member whose involvement in the organization spans 30 years will lead the charge as AAJ...
Gary M. Paul to Lead American Association for Justice in Its 65th Year
LOS ANGELES — For 65 years, the American Association for Justice (AAJ) has been fighting to protect the public’s Seventh Amendment right to a trial by jury — and now, a member whose involvement in the...
Union Carbide and CalPortland Found Liable
LOS ANGELES — A California superior court has ordered Union Carbide and CalPortland to pay $8.465 million to a career painter and handyman whose exposure to asbestos-containing products left him with pleural malignant mesothelioma — a...
Novo Nordisk accused of unlawfully marketing a drug used to treat casualties in Iraq, which later proved potentially dangerous
By Robert Little, The Baltimore Sun pdf available
The medical questions about the Army’s use of Factor VII, its one-time wonder drug, have largely been resolved by the scientific...
Novo Nordisk to Repay $25 Million in False Claims
BALTIMORE — A false claims case against global pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk came to a close today with the announcement of a $25 million settlement. According to the complaint, filed under seal by the law firm...
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