According to U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, “Walgreens gave short shrift to its regulatory obligations, and its pharmacies failed to perform due diligence on hundreds of thousands of red flag prescriptions, many of which were written by suspicious prescribers that Walgreens’ own pharmacists warned the company about. The aggregate evidence that Plaintiff presented at trial was not only adequate to establish Walgreens’ culpability—it was devastating.” (Case No. 18-cv-07591-CRB).

The annals of investment history are lightly peppered with stories of ordinary people who made their millions concentrating their holdings with a single company—Microsoft, Sears, Facebook, and others. However, these success stories are the exception, not the norm.

The Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) law firm announces the launch of “Road to Justice,” a series of Town Hall Meetings aimed at informing people about Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Claims. A “Road to Justice” Town Hall will take place this Thursday, September 22, 2022, at the American Legion Post 235 at 105 Hollywood Boulevard NW, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, from 5 pm to 7 pm.

This week, The New York Times published an illuminating article, “How Abbott Kept Sick Babies From Becoming a Scandal.” The article’s author describes how multinational company Abbott Laboratories and its lawyers have used “scorched-earth tactics” to keep the poisoning of infants who ingested the company’s powdered formulas hidden and ignored.

The Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) law firm is proud to present the People’s Law School starting September 6 at The REX Theatre in Downtown Pensacola. Anyone who is interested in knowing more about the law as it pertains to personal injury, estate/probate, worker’s compensation, or bankruptcy is welcome to attend every Tuesday in September from 6pm to 8pm.

Many of the four-to-twelve million people who suffer from interstitial cystitis (IC) (a painful, chronic bladder condition) have sought relief from their symptoms by taking the prescription medication Elmiron—only to learn the drug carries some concerning side effects.

Johnson & Johnson has announced plans to abandon its talc-based baby powder worldwide in 2023. Far from voluntary, the move comes more as an act of submission, after years of doing battle with a team of law firms, including Levin Papantonio Rafferty, fighting on behalf of women who developed ovarian cancer from Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder with talc.

The week that culminated with World Day Against Trafficking in Persons began with two legal wins—one win in a civil case against Visa and a second win in a criminal trial against GirlsDoPorn website operators—both signal accountability for sex trafficking claims, including claims based on non-consensual videos on the internet.

The National Prescription Opiate Litigation Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee confirmed that they, alongside the working group of States’ Attorneys General, counsel for Native American Tribes and plaintiffs’ lawyers representing the States and local communities, have reached an agreement in principle with pharmaceutical manufacturer Teva on the primary financial terms of a nationwide opioid settlement. This agreement follows years of litigation naming Teva as a defendant responsible for fueling the opioid epidemic in America.