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Among the stories on this video edition of LexisNexis Legal News, numerous lawsuits have been filed as a result of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments over whether those who signed a referendum petition opposing...

WILMINGTON, Del. — AstraZeneca announced Aug. 9 that it has reached agreements in principle to settle about 17,500 Seroquel claims in the United States for about $198 million. “The specific terms of the agreements, which are the result...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - (Mealey's) A Risperdal personal injury trial ended Feb. 16 in a defense verdict for Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. after a New Jersey state court jury found that Janssen failed to warn about the...

TRENTON, N.J. - (Mealey's) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals L.P. and AstraZeneca L.P. on March 10 agreed to pay $68.5 million to 37 states and the District of Columbia to resolve allegations in a New Jersey state court lawsuit that it marketed its atypical...

LONDON - (Mealey's) AstraZeneca PLC said July 29 that it has agreed in principle to settle with nearly 4,000 Seroquel product liability plaintiffs. The company said settlement terms are confidential. In notes to its second-quarter financial...

By William A. Ruskin | In Comcast Corp. v Behrend , 133 S.Ct. 1426 (March 27, 2013) [ enhanced opinion available to lexis.com subscribers ], the Supreme Court held that the lower court erred in failing to consider flaws in plaintiffs' damages model...

FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Kentucky appeals court panel on Oct. 12 vacated verdicts totaling more than $130.7 million against two drug makers for publishing inflated average wholesale prices (AWPs), saying the Kentucky Medicaid program was well aware of the practice...

MADISON Wis. – (AP) Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said Tuesday that Wisconsin will get more than $4 million in a multistate settlement with drug manufacturer AstraZeneca. The drug maker allegedly marketed the anti-psychotic drug Seroquel for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) AstraZeneca will pay $68.5 million as part of a multistate settlement over allegations that the drug developer promoted its blockbuster psychiatric drug Seroquel for insomnia, Alzheimer's and other unapproved uses. The New...

NEW YORK - (AP) AstraZeneca Plc said Tuesday it won a patent challenge brought against its blockbuster cholesterol drug Crestor by generic drug developers. The U.S. District Court in Delaware ruled that a key patent on the company's third best-selling...

LONDON - (AP) AstraZeneca PLC says it has paid around $198 million to settle U.S. lawsuits over its antipsychotic drug Seroquel. Full version available to lexis.com subscriber .

LONDON - (AP) Drug maker AstraZeneca says it has reached an agreement with a U.S. company to settle patent infringement litigation. AstraZeneca said Friday that Handa Pharmaceuticals of Fremont, California had accepted that AstraZeneca had valid patents...