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Inquiry launched into Credit Sails product A Commerce Commission inquiry is under way after tens of millions of dollars were wiped out in a complex financial product marketed to mums and dads as capital protected and AA rated. www.stuff.co.nz
Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation Allergan Inc. , the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug. Allergan - Botox - Health - Business - Wells Fargo www.boston.com
Court rules for woman The Texas Supreme Court on Aug. 27 ruled that a Joshua woman paralyzed in a 2005 crash can pursue a contempt-of-court action against Toyota Motor Corp. for allegedly hiding information about automobile defects, according to the Austin American-Statesman. www.cleburnetimesreview.com
Chrysler told to pay $4.2M to harassed pipefitter A federal court jury in Rockford, Ill., has ordered Chrysler to pay $4.2 million to a 60-year-old pipefitter who put up with years of harassment over his Jewish and Cuban-American ethnicity. www.freep.com
J&J sued in recall of hip replacements Johnson & Johnson has been sued by a California construction worker over an implanted hip-replacement device that the drugmaker stopped selling last month after defect reports surfaced. www.philly.com
Judge cuts jury verdict nearly in half in Owasso man's bicycle liability case A federal product-liability case was closed Tuesday after a judge slashed $500,000 from a June verdict in which a jury awarded more than $1.1 million to an Owasso man who was injured in a 2006 bicycle ... www.tulsaworld.com
Johnson & Johnson sued over hip-replacement device AP FILE PHOTO Johnson & Johnson was sued by a California construction worker over an implanted hip-replacement device that the drugmaker stopped selling last month after defect reports surfaced. Officials of J&J’s DePuy Orthopaedics unit knew for years many of... www.nj.com
Santa Rosa parents sue Taser maker over son's death The parents of Nathan Vaughn, a mentally ill Sonoma County man who died after a sheriff's deputy shot him with a Taser, are suing the manufacturer of the stun gun in federal court, claiming the weapon is unreasonably dangerous and unfit for use on human beings. www.pressdemocrat.com
Gaming addict in win over video game lawyers Man who claims he's addicted to the game Lineage II persuades a court that he can challenge end-user agreement that restricted the game maker's liability. news.cnet.com
Allergan Resolves United States Government Investigation Of Past Sales And Marketing Practices Relating To Certain ... Allergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN) announced that it has reached a resolution with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the previously reported Government investigation into Allergan's past U.S. sales and marketing practices relating to certain therapeutic uses of BOTOX® (onabotulinumtoxinA). Allergan has been cooperating with the Government in a multi-year investigation in Atlanta ... mnt.to
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