VOL. 46 | NO. 10 | Friday, March 11, 2022 Jennifer Weaver and Eric Scalzo have been named leaders of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP’s health care industry team, which includes more than 200 attorneys advising health care providers and investors across the country. Weaver is a litigator who defends health care providers in… Continue reading Weaver, Scalzo to lead Waller’s health care team
Opioid crisis victims to confront Purdue Pharma’s owners
VOL. 46 | NO. 10 | Friday, March 11, 2022 The Associated Press Updated 7:16AM Their advocacy helped send Purdue Pharma into bankruptcy and is forcing the family that has controlled the company for generations to relinquish ownership and provide billions of dollars for communities to combat opioid addiction. But what victims of opioid abuse… Continue reading Opioid crisis victims to confront Purdue Pharma’s owners
OxyContin maker seeks approval for latest settlement plan
VOL. 46 | NO. 9 | Friday, March 4, 2022 OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma will ask a federal judge Wednesday to approve a nationwide settlement that will transform the company into a public trust and contribute up to $6 billion from members of the Sackler family, with most of the money going toward efforts to… Continue reading OxyContin maker seeks approval for latest settlement plan
‘Scum of the earth’: Drug victims face Purdue Pharma owners
VOL. 46 | NO. 10 | Friday, March 11, 2022 NEW YORK (AP) — Angry, defiant and sometimes tearful, more than two dozen Americans whose lives were upended by the opioid crisis finally had their long-awaited chance Thursday to confront in court some members of the family they blame for fueling it. They were unsparing… Continue reading ‘Scum of the earth’: Drug victims face Purdue Pharma owners
Pariah? Hardly. Banks are still willing to lend to Trump
VOL. 46 | NO. 9 | Friday, March 4, 2022 NEW YORK (AP) — A bank’s decision to loan Donald Trump’s company $100 million is the latest evidence the former president might survive fraud investigations and a business-world backlash over his efforts to stay in office after losing the 2020 election. San Diego-based Axos Bank… Continue reading Pariah? Hardly. Banks are still willing to lend to Trump
Biden restores California’s power to set car emissions rules
VOL. 46 | NO. 9 | Friday, March 4, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is restoring California’s authority to set its own tailpipe pollution standards for cars, reversing a Trump administration policy and likely ushering in stricter emissions standards for new passenger vehicles nationwide. A waiver approved Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency… Continue reading Biden restores California’s power to set car emissions rules
‘Control freak’: Crew on the challenges of working with Bourdain
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1st trial in Capitol riot ends with conviction all counts
VOL. 46 | NO. 9 | Friday, March 4, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas man was convicted on Tuesday of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun, a milestone victory for federal prosecutors in the first trial among hundreds of cases arising from last year’s riot. A jury also convicted Guy Wesley Reffitt… Continue reading 1st trial in Capitol riot ends with conviction all counts
Death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith set to be executed in Tennessee next month
After a nearly two-year hiatus, Tennessee is set to resume capital punishment with five executions scheduled for this year and the first set to take place next month. Oscar Franklin Smith, 71, is the next death row inmate slated to be executed. Convicted in the 1989 triple slaying of his estranged wife and her two teenage sons, Smith… Continue reading Death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith set to be executed in Tennessee next month
Sackler Family & Purdue Pharma Reach Deal With U.S. States Over Opioid Crisis
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