The Houston Rockets and their home arena the Toyota Center are suing their insurance company, Affiliated FM Insurance Co., alleging it denied them coverage for losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Whistleblower Lawsuit: Tamiflu Maker Won $1.4B Contract after Deceiving the CDC about Drug’s Pandemic Effectiveness
New legal filing reveals extent of deception by Tamiflu maker Hoffmann-La Roche
BALTIMORE – Drug company Hoffmann-La Roche (OTCMKTS – RHHBY) falsified scientific conclusions and mounted a high-powered marketing and lobbying campaign to deceive the government about the effectiveness of Tamiflu (oseltamivir) for fighting a flu pandemic, according to new filings in a federal False Claims Act lawsuit. The case seeks to recover more than $1.4 billion of taxpayer dollars that the federal government wrongly spent to add Tamiflu to the Strategic National Stockpile. Continue reading “Whistleblower Lawsuit: Tamiflu Maker Won $1.4B Contract after Deceiving the CDC about Drug’s Pandemic Effectiveness”
Missouri Appellate Court Finds “Reprehensible” Conduct By J&J in $2.1 Billion Verdict
2018 jury award reduced due to jurisdictional issues
ST. LOUIS — A Missouri appellate court has unanimously upheld a St. Louis jury’s determination that Johnson & Johnson engaged in “reprehensible conduct” by manufacturing and selling asbestos-containing talcum powder products over the course of many decades. Continue reading “Missouri Appellate Court Finds “Reprehensible” Conduct By J&J in $2.1 Billion Verdict”
The Lanier Law Firm’s Kevin Parker Continues Series of Appellate Wins
Texas Supreme Court scratches legal immunity claims of state lottery contractor
AUSTIN – On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court published a milestone opinion denying sovereign immunity protection claims of GTECH, a contractor that produced and printed scratch-off tickets for the Texas Lottery Commission.
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McBride Comments on Risky Moves in D&O Coverage
Companies faced with a growing number of liability claims against directors and officers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the rising costs of D&O insurance coverage, may be considering creative ways to address the trend. But in a recent Bloomberg News article, the Lanier Law Firm’s Skip McBride cautioned against such tactics as Elon Musk’s decision to insure Tesla’s directors out of his own pocket. Continue reading “McBride Comments on Risky Moves in D&O Coverage”