Monthly Archives: August, 2023

Research Irregularities, A Suicide, and FOIA

FOIAengine:  A Request Was a Signal, Months Before Bad News Hit Columbia University’s New York State Psychiatric Institute has a storied research history stretching back to its...

Raw Deal: Food Fraud Litigation on the Rise

Concerned consumers may inspect food labels while grocery shopping, wary of ingredients like artificial preservatives, stabilizers, and flavor enhancers, or claims like "heart safe"...

Analytics Reveal the Latest Litigation for Big Pharma in 2023

Since 2019, litigation involving pharmaceutical companies has accounted for a significant percentage of all lawsuits. The plurality of these cases are wide-reaching healthcare product-liability...

Banc of California Buys PacWest as Industry Consolidates

As the banking crisis ebbs, Banc of California announced its takeover of PacWest Bancorp in a deal valued at $400 million. The all-stock merger will create a...

Inside Litigation Faced by Fast Fashion Brands

Fast fashion, a phenomenon that has gained immense popularity with the shortening of trend cycles, is largely dominated by industry mammoths like SHEIN,...

Judicial Watch Takes On Big Issues

FOIAengine Reveals Requests from a Major Litigant During May and June of this year, the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch led the way among non-profit organizations in filing...

Intercontinental Exchange Divests in Bid to Appease Regulators

Constellation Software announced it will acquire Black Knight, Inc.’s Optimal Blue business for $700 million in an all cash deal designed to help win regulatory approval for...