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Baltimore jury hits Johnson & Johnson with record $1.5B talc cancer judgment
A Baltimore jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay over $1.5 billion to a woman who claimed its talc-based products caused her cancer.
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $40M to two women in talc trial
A California jury on Friday awarded $40 million to two women who said Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder was to blame for their ovarian cancer.
J&J, distributors finalize $26B landmark opioid settlement
Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors finalized nationwide settlements over their role in the opioid addiction crisis.
Most Md. subdivisions will participate in opioid settlement — but not Baltimore
Maryland and nearly all of its political subdivisions have agreed to participate in a financial settlement with Johnson & Johnson and several opioid distributors.
$465M opioid ruling against Johnson & Johnson overturned
The Oklahoma Supreme Court overturned a $465M opioid ruling against Johnson & Johnson, finding that a lower court wrongly interpreted the state's public nuisance law.
J&J seeks clearance for COVID-19 vaccine booster doses
Johnson & Johnson asked the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to allow extra shots of its COVID-19 vaccine.
FDA letting troubled COVID vaccine factory in Baltimore restart
The FDA is allowing the problem-plagued Baltimore factory of Emergent BioSolutions to resume production of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
Johnson & Johnson to pay $230M to settle New York opioid claim
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $230 million to New York state to settle claims that the pharmaceutical giant helped fuel the opioid crisis.
Investor sues Emergent BioSolutions for alleged fraud, seeks class action
Emergent BioSolutions Inc.’s ruination of 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine at its Baltimore plant was not as unexpected as the Gaithersburg-based company would have the public believe, an investor […]
Okla. judge rules against drugmaker, orders $572M payment
NORMAN, Oklahoma — An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state’s opioid crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 […]
Theme park files lawsuit of biblical proportions
Welcome to Tuesday, the 45th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of “The Magic Show.” Here are some news items to get your work week started: — Noah’s Ark theme park […]
Federal opioid judge demands litigation-funding deals for his review
The judge overseeing more than 600 lawsuits targeting opioid makers is demanding local governments' lawyers turn over any litigation-funding agreements so he can insure lenders have no control over the cases.
