The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday that a firm once owned by “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli must pay a $40 million settlement due to bumping the price of medicine by about 4,000 percent. The life-saving drug, Daraprim, was owned exclusively by Shkreli’s formerly owned firm Vyera Pharmaceuticals LLC and... Read More »
Following the deadly school shooting at Oxford High School over a week ago, the school district is seeing its first two civil lawsuits alleging that the shooting could have been prevented. The first $100 million federal lawsuit was filed by parents Jeffrey and Brandi Franz on behalf of their two... Read More »
When is a school district liable for the sexual abuse of a young student by her teacher? When does a duty arise, even if the school district isn’t aware of the sordid conduct? A new appellate ruling in a case about a 13-year old who was groomed, then sexually assaulted... Read More »
A Tampa, Florida, man has been convicted by a federal grand jury on 22 counts of mail fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, and introduction of a misbranded drug into interstate commerce after his months-long trial ended in early December. Peter Bolos, 44, was accused along with his co-conspirators... Read More »
During the 2 1/2 hour closing arguments in an ongoing opioid trial, brought by New York State and counties alleging the drugmaker Allergan flooded the state with opioids, the firm agreed to a $200 million settlement. The lawsuit was specifically against AbbVie Inc, a company that is part of Allergan,... Read More »
A Florida woman has been sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison for her role in a money-laundering conspiracy that related to a subscription-based website that sexually exploited “child models.” 53-year-old Patrice Eileen Wilowski-Mevorah is accused of laundering at least $2.3 million for an internet-based business called... Read More »
The Justice Department announced this week that it is closing its investigation into the death of 14-year-old Emmett Till with no charges being brought forward after it could not prove that a witness lied about the events leading up to the Black teenager's death. The Justice Department explained that "In... Read More »
The FTC has sued to block graphics card giant Nvidia from its proposed $40 billion acquisition of British chip design provider ARM Ltd. The complaint comes after other tech leaders including Qualcomm, Microsoft, and Google voiced their concerns that such an acquisition would stifle competition in the industry. ARM, which... Read More »
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s latest vaccine mandate announced earlier this week is being met with harsh criticism from small business owners throughout the city. On Monday, De Blasio announced a sweeping measure that would require all workers in the city to get fully vaccinated before December 27. The measure would... Read More »
In the wake of the tragic shooting at an Oxford, Michigan, high school that killed four students and injured eight others, calls for stricter parental responsibility laws with harsher penalties are emerging from all levels of government and advocacy organizations throughout the private sector. James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of... Read More »
The Department of Labor has published a final rule that will put in place President Biden's executive order on raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour on federal contracts. On April 27, 2021, Biden’s executive order 14026 detailed raising the minimum wage from $10.95 to $15 an hour on... Read More »
Even though medical marijuana is legal in California and even though 36 states now allow it to be purchased with a prescription from a licensed physician, a probationer, whose leg was amputated below his knee after a motorcycle accident, was still denied permission to use the drug to “alleviate (his)... Read More »
While giving a fundamental lesson on the First Amendment’s Freedom of Speech clause, the Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a suit by a law student who sought to include the name of an alleged CIA whistleblower in a Facebook post. A three-judge panel denied the appeal of plaintiff-appellant Cameron... Read More »
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has agreed to a $4.5 million settlement to resolve claims that the medical center failed to properly secure controlled substances including fentanyl. The settlement comes after a three-year-long joint investigation by the DEA and the US attorney's office. The investigation was prompted after... Read More »
A Puerto Rican mayor has pled guilty to bribery charges after he allegedly engaged in a scheme where he awarded highly valued municipal contracts in exchange for cash bribes. A Puerto Rican contractor was also arrested for participating in the bribery scheme. Felix Delgado-Montalvo, 40, was the mayor of Catano,... Read More »
