Monthly Archives: October, 2020

Pfizer Files Opening Brief in Second Circuit Appeal of Lipitor Case

Pfizer filed its brief Friday challenging the appeal of Barbara Gayle and 23 other individuals, who asked the Second Circuit to rehear the case ...

AT&T, Cricket Wireless Sue for Alleged Prepaid Phone Trafficking Scheme

On Monday in the Southern District of Florida, plaintiffs Cricket Wireless LLC, AT&T Mobility LLC and AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., filed a complaint...

OSHA Announces Fines for JBS and Conagra

The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a list of businesses that will be fined for COVID-19 workplace...

Ohio Consumer Sues Apple For Allowing “Scheme of Chance” Gambling Games On App Store

On Friday in the Southern District of Ohio, Sean McCloskey sued Apple, Inc. in a class-action complaint alleging that Apple “promotes, enables, and profits...

1st Circuit Upholds Opioid Conviction Against Prescriber

On October 23, the 1st Circuit upheld a criminal conviction against Christopher Clough, a physician assistant accused of overprescribing the opioid Subsys in...

EPA and Dow AgroSciences Say Enlist Duo Herbicide Case Should Not Have Re-Hearing

Dow AgroSciences and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) each filed a response to the petitioner's request for an en bac rehearing in a Ninth...

Eleventh Circuit Revives Physician Advocacy Groups’ Suit Against Blue Shield Challenging ER Policy

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Inc., Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc., and Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc. (collectively BCBS)...

Fed. Court Rules No Sovereign Immunity for FMLA “Care-of-Others” Claims

On October 23, Judge Kristine G. Baker of the Arkansas Eastern District allowed a lawsuit to proceed to trial against the University of...