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FILE PHOTO: Bottles of prescription painkiller OxyContin, 40mg pills, made by Purdue Pharma L.D. sit on a shelf at a local...

Politics Jun 20

A judge’s ruling will decide whether Purdue Pharma’s $7 billion opioid settlement plan could be put to votes

By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

Economy Jun 03

Bootleg Fire continues to grow in size
PacifiCorp will pay $178 million to Oregon wildfire victims in latest settlement over deadly 2020 blazes

The utility says it has settled nearly 1,500 claims stemming from the Labor Day 2020 wildfires, which killed nine people and destroyed thousands of homes.

By Claire Rush, Associated Press

Economy Jan 31

An eBay sign is seen at an office building in San Jose, California May 28, 2014. Photo by Beck Diefenbach/REUTERS
EBay will pay $59 million settlement over pill presses sold online as U.S. undergoes overdose epidemic

The Justice Department says eBay failed to follow laws requiring verification buyers' identities and people who bought pill presses there have been charged in drug trafficking cases.

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

Science Aug 01

General atmosphere at HBO's The HeLa Project Exhibit For "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" on April 6, 2017 in New York City. Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for HBO
Who was Henrietta Lacks? Here’s how HeLa cells became essential to medical research

On Aug. 1, 2023, over 70 years after doctors took Lacks’ cells without her consent or knowledge, her family reached a settlement with biotech company Thermo Fisher.

By Ivan Martinez, The Conversation

Economy May 05

In this photo illustration, a silhouetted woman holds a
TurboTax customers to receive restitution checks for $141M settlement

Those impacted were low-income consumers eligible for free, federally-supported tax services — but paid TurboTax to file their federal returns across the 2016, 2017 and 2018 tax years due to “predatory and deceptive marketing.”…

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press

Apr 18

Fox, Dominion Voting Systems reach $787 million settlement over false election claims

By David Bauder, Randall Chase, Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

Fox and Dominion Voting Systems reached a $787 million settlement Tuesday in the voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit, averting a trial in a case that exposed how the top-rated network chased viewers by promoting lies about the 2020 presidential election.

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Nov 15

Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid epidemic lawsuits

By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

Walmart has agreed to pay $3.1 billion to settle lawsuits nationwide over the impact of the prescriptions its pharmacies filled for powerful prescription opioid painkillers.

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Oct 12

Watch 5:43
Jury orders conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay Sandy Hook families nearly $1 billion

By Amna Nawaz, Dorothy Hastings

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay nearly $1 billion for the lies he spread about the Sandy Hook school massacre in 2012. Jones falsely claimed the attack was a hoax and accused a grieving parent of being…

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Sep 06

Juul to pay nearly $440 million to settle probe into underage marketing of vape products

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced the deal Tuesday on behalf of the states plus Puerto Rico, which joined together in 2020 to probe Juul's early promotions and claims about the safety and benefits of its technology as a smoking…

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Mar 03

Purdue Pharma, U.S. states agree to new settlement for opioid crisis

By Geoff Mulvihill, John Seewer, Associated Press

The deal reached Thursday would require members of the Sackler family who own the drugmaker to pay as much as $6 billion in cash. That's at least $1 billion more than previously agreed on.

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