State AGs Nail $86 Million Suboxone SettlementNew York, NY On July 26, New York Attorney General, Letitia James announced that Suboxone manufacturer Indivior had agreed in principle to pay $86 million to settle Suboxone lawsuits brought by the attorneys general of New York, Illinois, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia. The settlement was reached in coordination with 11 other states. Their dangerous drug lawsuits alleged that Indivior produced and then marketed buprenorphine-based products to dangerous prescribers who, under the guise of “medical treatment,” triggered further harm.
Mandalorian Actress Beats Back Disney Bid to Toss Wage LawsuitLos Angeles, CA On July 24, the District Court for the Central District of California denied The Walt Disney Company’s motion to dismiss actress Gina Carano’s wrongful termination and sex discrimination lawsuit. Carano’s California employment lawsuit alleged that Disney had violated California law by firing her in retaliation for various social media posts that the company found objectionable.
Gina Carano v. The Walt Disney Company will now, presumably, move toward trial. For legal nerds, the lawsuit raises some interesting issues about balancing the employers’ and employees’ First Amendment freedom of speech rights.
Popular Diabetes/Weight Loss Drugs Linked to Rare Form of BlindnessPhiladelphia, PA In February, the rapidly growing number of Ozempic side effect lawsuits was consolidated for pre-trial proceedings in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Multidistrict Litigation
(MDL) 3094 was stalled at first, but the early steps are finally underway.
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