Thursday, March 25, 2010
Lawyers prepare for Toyota lawsuits (The Tennessean)
SAN DIEGO - As lawsuits over Toyota acceleration problems multiply nationwide, more than 150 attorneys gathered Wednesday to sharpen their legal tools on the eve of a major federal court hearing on whether dozens of cases will be consolidated before a single judge.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Anapol Schwartz Partner Dispute Aired in Court Documents (Law.com)
Arguments are due to be heard this week involving suits by and against Anapol Schwartz, which claims that former shareholder Howard J. Levin violated the shareholders agreement by not agreeing to share fees or repay advanced costs related to 22 cases he took with him after being voted out of the law firm as of Dec. 31, 2009. The firm seeks to consolidate that lawsuit with its suit over an ...
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Merck: Last Vioxx patient payouts to be made soon (Asbury Park Press)
Drugmaker Merck & Co. has made its final, $4.1 billion payment into a fund to settle tens of thousands of U.S. claims that withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks or strokes, the company said in a regulatory filing Monday.
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Vioxx doubled heart attack risk, Australian court rules (The Daily Commercial)
KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press SYDNEY -- The once-popular painkiller Vioxx doubled the risk of heart attack and was unfit for consumption ...
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Vioxx ruling gives hope for payouts to British âvictimsâ (MalaysiaNews.net)
The popular painkiller Vioxx doubled the risk of a heart attack and was not fit to be on the market, a court ruled yesterday. In the world's first successful class action against the makers of the d...
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Vioxx Settlement Almost Wrapped Up (NewsInferno)
Merck & Co. has made a final $4.1 billion payment to its Vioxx settlement fund. According to an Associated Press report, final payouts to former Vioxx users or their survivors should be made by the end of June. Vioxx was approved for use in 1999, and quickly became a bestseller for Merck, with annual sales [...]
