Wikipedia, whose credibility has come into question as of late, may soon have a lawsuit on its hands: On Dec. 12, a group based in Long Beach, N.Y., announced it would pursue a class action against the site to represent those “who believe that they have been defamed or who have been the subject of…
Monthly Archives: December 2005
Vioxx Mistrial
The first federal lawsuit case against Merek & Co. has ended in a mistrial. Jury members were unable to reach a verdict. This is good and bad news for Merck & Co: Judge declares mistrial in federal Vioxx case Jurors deadlocked in federal trial against pain drug maker Merck Updated: 3:08 p.m. ET Dec. 12,…
UK suit against Seroxat (Paxil) coming next spring
Reuters is reporting that GlaxoSmithKline is facing a suit over the antidepressant Seroxat in the UK: GlaxoSmithKline faces a 1,500-strong UK class action suit early next year over its anti-depressant Seroxat, The Business newspaper said on Sunday. It quoted Mark Harvey, a partner at Cardiff solicitor Hugh James, as saying he would launch the suit…
More Vioxx Drama
Vioxx’s stocks have taken a huge hit after new allegations were published by the New England Journal of Medicine: Vioxx jury deliberates amid new blow CHICAGO (Reuters) – As the first federal jury deliberates whether Merck & Co.’s painkiller Vioxx contributed to a Florida man’s death, investors on Friday digested new claims that the battered…
Best Buy class action might be coming soon
AP is reporting that Best Buy is now facing allegations of employment discrimination. SAN FRANCISCO – Six former and current employees of Best Buy Co. Inc. have sued the electronics retailer, alleging the company has purposefully excluded women and minorities from top-paying jobs as part of a sales culture catering to white men. The civil…
Vioxx study data knowingly skewed
An editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine claims that “authors of a study funded by Vioxx maker Merck & Co. failed to disclose in a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2000 that three additional patients in a clinical study suffered heart attacks while using the now-withdrawn painkiller,” according…
Will the senate asbestos bill pass?
Investor’s Business Daily (via Yahoo) is reporting that the asbestos bill will have its day, but its chances of passing are slim. After more than two years of wrangling, the Senate is set to vote…on a major $140 billion bill to resolve the asbestos litigation crisis. But insiders say the bill’s chances are iffy at…
X Minus Two Weeks: First Xbox 360 Lawsuit
“It’s been just two weeks since the U.S. launch of Microsoft’s Xbox 360, and the game console has already drawn its first proposed class action lawsuit.” You just gotta love a system where the Little Guy can quickly stand up to the Big Giant Corporation and express his profound disappointment over not being sufficiently able…
Does AOL cheat customers with illegal billing?
Excerpts from an article in USA Today: BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A lawsuit seeking to potentially cover hundreds of thousands of America Online subscribers accuses the Time Warner (TWX) unit of illegally billing customers by creating secondary accounts for them without their consent. The lawsuit, filed last month in St. Clair County Circuit Court on…
DeBeers pays $250 million to settle multiple suits
Looks like DeBeers has quietly settled a few class action suits: LONDON (AFX) – Diamond giant De Beers said it paid 250 mln USD to settle a number of US class action lawsuits which accused it of overpricing. The settlement brings “an end to a number of outstanding disputes” but does not involve “any admission…