Thursday, January 21, 2010
Louisiana Rep Says its Time for Feds to Settle MRGO Lawsuits (NewsInferno)
A Louisiana lawmaker has urged federal authorities to reach a settlement over lawsuits stemming from Hurricane Katrina flooding that has been blamed on the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, also known as MRGO. Late last year, a federal judge found the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers liable for the flooding because of its failure [...]
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Johnson & Johnson Hit with Federal Kickback Charges (NewsInferno)
Johnson & Johnson is facing charges that it paid kickbacks to Omnicare, one of the nationâs largest nursing home chains, in order to push drugs like Risperdal and Levaquin at the chainâs facilities. According to allegations contained in a complaint filed by the U.S. Attorneys office in Boston, from 1999 to 2004 Johnson [...]
Sunday, January 17, 2010
World News Quick Take (Taipei Times)
Several police officers have been reprimanded after they used their riot shields as makeshift sleds during a cold snap. A passerby filmed the officers goofing around on a snowy hill in Oxford and posted the clip on YouTube.
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Firm Settles With DOJ Over Unapproved Medical Device (NewsInferno)
Spectranetics Corporation, a medical device manufacturer, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, has agreed to pay the United States $4.9 million in civil damages and a $100,000 forfeiture to resolve claims against the company, the Justice Department meet announced, said the United States Attorneyâs Office District of Colorado. The claims arise from allegations that Spectranetics illegally ...
