Monthly Archives: December, 2020

Dish Network to Pay $210M to Settle Telemarketing Violations with U.S. and Four States

The United States, acting through the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and co-plaintiffs California, Illinois, North Carolina, and Ohio have settled with Dish Network L.L.C....

Makers of Paraquat Herbicide Must Answer for Causing Parkinson’s Disease, Personal Injury Suits Claim

Agricultural workers are seeking to hold crop protection products manufacturer Syngenta AG liable for an herbicide they claim causes Parkinson’s disease. Lawsuits filed...

Life Sciences and Health Care Organizations Protest HHS Drug Pricing Rule with Lawsuits

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology advocacy groups claimed Friday that a new U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) rule affecting drug pricing was initiated in a...

Plaintiffs Agree to Allow Dairy Farmers of America to Keep Franklin Plant

On Thursday, the United States approved a motion from Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) saying that it agreed to let the company keep the...

Plaintiffs Allege Facebook Has Monopolized Social Network and Social Media Markets

On Thursday in the Northern District of California, users of Facebook and its other products, including Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, filed a putative class-action...

Massachusetts Town Alleges Creators, Distributors, and Advertisers of Opioids Misled Public

On Thursday, in the District of Massachusetts, the town of Millis, Mass. sued a group of pharmaceutical creators, distributors, and advertisers on the...

DOT Issues Final Rule Restricting Definition of Service Animals to Specifically Trained Dogs

On Wednesday, the Department of Transportation issued a final rule that allowed airlines to restrict service animals accompanying those with purported disabilities to only...

Non-Profit Sues EPA for Not Publishing State Implementation Plans

According to a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed on Wednesday in the Northern District of California against Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator...