Monthly Archives: August, 2021

DOJ Announces $90M False Claims Act Settlement with Sutter Health

In a press release issued on Monday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a False Claims Act settlement against Sutter Health. The government...

Costco Joins Chicken Antitrust Class-action Complaint

Costco Wholesale Corporation filed suit against major poultry producers last Friday, joining a massive, multidistrict litigation over an alleged scheme to fix chicken prices.  Costco, along...

EPA Reaches Clean Water Act Settlement With Utilities Commission

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice announced that it reached a settlement with the Northern Cheyenne Utilities Commission to resolve...

Lawsuit Against Executive Order Regarding Social Cost of Greenhouse Emissions Dismissed

Judge Audrey Fleissig of the Eastern District of Missouri dismissed a lawsuit filed by 13 states and led by Missouri contesting an executive order...

Ninth Circuit Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking DEA Review of Marijuana’s Status

The Ninth Circuit ruled to dismiss a marijuana rescheduling lawsuit against the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in an Opinion filed on Monday, ruling that...

Eisai Sued Over Belviq Weight Loss Drug

Pharmaceutical company Eisai was sued alongside Arena Pharmaceuticals in the District of New Jersey on Monday by a plaintiff and his deceased wife, who...

Robinhood Defendants Move to Dismiss Short Squeeze MDL’s Tort and Antitrust Claims

On Monday, defendants filed three motions to dismiss various claims in the Robinhood short-squeeze MDL. Robinhood filed a joint Motion to Dismiss the Antitrust...

Stanford Health Care Sues Hawaii Medical Service Association

On Monday, a case was filed in the Northern District of California by Stanford Health Care against the Hawaii Medical Service Association. The...