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Johnson & Johnson, DePuy Pay $76.9 Million To Settle Foreign Bribery Claims
Posted on 12 Apr 2011 by Tom Moylan

(Mealey's) Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and subsidiary DePuy International Ltd. will pay $76.9 million to resolve criminal and civil allegations in the United States and in the United Kingdom that they paid kickbacks to doctors in Greece, Poland... Read More

Tags: United Nations , drugs , Iraq , Oil for Food Program , J&J , Foreign corrupt Practices Act , Romania , medical devices , Poland , Justice Department , SEC , Litigation , settle , Greece , DePuy International , Johnson & Johnson , FCPA , kickbacks

Boston Scientific Pays $600 Million To Settle Guidant Contract Suit By Johnson & Johnson
Posted on 18 Feb 2015 by Tom Moylan

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — (Mealey’s) Boston Scientific Corp. on Feb. 17 announced that it has agreed to pay Johnson & Johnson (J&J) $600 million to settle a nine-year-old lawsuit alleging that Guidant Corp., which is now a Boston Scientific... Read More

Tags: Boston Scientific Corp. , New York , False Claims Act , stent devices , Guidant Corp. , product liability , J&J , medical devices , Litigation , Settlement , S.M.A.R.T. , torts , Johnson & Johnson , patent infringement , Johnson & Johnson v. Guidant Corporation

J&J, FDA Leaders Take Heat For Phantom Recall'
Posted on 30 Sep 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) Johnson & Johnson executives and the Food and Drug Administration both shouldered the blame Thursday for a secret recall in which hired contractors quietly bought up defective painkillers to clear them from store shelves. J&J... Read More

Tags: Colleen Goggins , Zyrtec , artificial hips , product recalls , House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , Dr. Joshua Sharfstein , Food and Drug Administration , McNeil Healthcare , William Weldon , Tylenol , product liability , painkillers , J&J , FDA , secret recall , Motrin , Litigation , recall , lawsuit , contact lenses , Acuvue , Johnson & Johnson , Benadryl

A Look At J&J's Year-Long String Of Recalls
Posted on 30 Sep 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

(AP) Two top executives from Johnson & Johnson faced tough questions Thursday from lawmakers holding the second hearing on the company's unprecedented string of product recalls. The maker of trusted brands like Tylenol and Benadryl, J&J has... Read More

Tags: Zyrtec , artificial hips , product recalls , Tylenol , product liability , J&J , Motrin , Litigation , recall , lawsuit , contact lenses , Acuvue , Johnson & Johnson , Benadryl

Seeger Salvas Sues J&J Division Over Recalled Hip Implant Device
Posted on 15 Sep 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco-based Seeger Salvas LLP on Aug. 30 filed a series of four lawsuits on behalf of patients from Los Angeles, Chicago, Arizona and Virginia on behalf of hip implant patients who required a painful and expensive second procedure... Read More

Tags: hip implant , medical device , new lawsuit filings , J&J , DePuy Orthopaedics , Seeger Salvas LLP , Litigation , Brian Devine , lawsuit , Ken Seeger , revision surgery