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  • December 13, 2024

    Medical Device Co. Brass Hid SPAC's True Value, Suit Says

    The executives and directors of a healthcare holding company have been hit with a shareholder derivative suit in Colorado federal court alleging the company hid the financial and regulatory risks it faced to inflate its value after merging with a blank check company.

  • December 13, 2024

    Pharma Co. Brass Face Investor Suit Over Drug Trial Probe

    Officers and directors of cancer treatment developer MacroGenics Inc. have been hit with a shareholder derivative action alleging they breached their fiduciary duties after the company announced three study participant deaths were being probed for a potential connection to the company's therapies.

  • December 13, 2024

    J&J Unit Deemed Family Duties A 'Distraction,' Suit Says

    A prosthetics company owned by Johnson & Johnson said an employee returning from parental leave had "distractions outside of work" as it gave him negative performance reviews before firing him, according to a suit filed in Massachusetts federal court Friday.

  • December 13, 2024

    What's Left In $400M Skinny Label Row? A Lot, Court Says

    A number of key issues remain live in the $400 million fight between Teva Pharmaceuticals and GlaxoSmithKline over whether the generic-drug maker induced healthcare providers to infringe the brand-name company's heart drug patent, including the availability of a new trial, a Delaware federal judge has said.

  • December 13, 2024

    Pa. Contractor Hit With $4.2M Verdict In Pot Software Row

    A Pennsylvania federal jury hit a cannabis software company with a $4.2 million judgment in a lawsuit from a subcontractor claiming it was brought on to help with a government project because of its Black-owned status, then pushed out of the $10 million deal.

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