Springer-Lyle News Updates

latest legal news from the law firm of Springer-Lyle

1807 Westminster
Denton, TX 76205

940.387.0404

  • Home
  • About Us
    • Firm Overview
    • Attorney Profiles
  • Areas of Practice
  • Articles and Cases
  • What’s In the News
  • Resources
  • Videos
    • Who is Springer-Lyle?
    • FAQ Videos
      • FAQs on Business Litigation
      • FAQs on Healthcare, Medical & Pharmaceutical Cases
      • FAQs on Personal Injury, Automobile & Trucking Accidents
      • FAQs on Alternative Dispute Resolution
      • FAQs on Probate Cases
  • Contact Us
You are here: Home / Archives for Settlement

Depakote Maker to pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Criminal and Civil Investigations

May 15, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Last week, the Department of Justice Announced a record $1.5 Billion settlement with Abbott Laboratories over their mislabeling of the drug Depakote. "Global Health Care Company Abbott Laboratories Inc. has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.5 billion to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company’s unlawful promotion of the prescription drug Depakote for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Justice Department announced today.  The resolution – the second largest payment by a drug company – includes a criminal fine and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health, Pharmaceutical Cases Tagged With: Abbott Laboratories, Attorney, Attorney General, Denton, Depakote, Department of Justice, Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, Lawsuit, Personal Injury, Recall, Recovery, Settlement, Texas

State attorneys general tackle mortgage servicing

April 25, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

From the Washington Post By Brady Dennis, Thursday, March 17, 9:00 PM State attorneys general, who soon will enter settlement talks with the nation’s largest mortgage servicers after revelations of flawed foreclosure paperwork and other shoddy practices, will accept nothing less than wholesale changes to the way those companies treat troubled homeowners, the group’s leader said Wednesday. “We’re trying to shift the servicing industry from [being] a dysfunctional one to a functional one,” Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, who’s heading up the 50-state coalition, said in an interview. “If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Real Estate Tagged With: Attorney, Bank, Bank of America, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, consumers, Denton, Home Owner, Loan, Loan Servicer, Mortgage, Mortgage Modification, Negotiation, Real Estate, Settlement, Texas, Wells Fargo

AstraZeneca and Seroquel Suits

March 15, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

from Bloomberg.Com AstraZeneca Said to Pay $150 Million to Settle About 6,000 Seroquel Suits AstraZeneca Plc agreed to pay $150 million to settle more lawsuits claiming its antipsychotic drug Seroquel causes diabetes, pushing the amount the drugmaker has paid to resolve cases over the medicine to almost $350 million, people familiar with the accords said. AstraZeneca, the U.K.’s second-biggest drugmaker, will resolve about 6,000 cases alleging the company knew Seroquel could cause diabetes and failed to adequately warn patients, two people familiar with the settlements said. They spoke on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Pharmaceutical Cases Tagged With: Accident, antipsychotic drug, AstraZeneca, Attorney, consumers, Denton, Diabetes, Doctor, Drugs, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Hazard, Injury, Lawyers, Personal Injury, Recall, Safety, Seroquel, Settle, Settlement, Texas, Voluntary Recall, Wrongful Death

Subscribe by email

Have the latest news from Springer-Lyle
sent to your inbox.

Articles of Interest

Honda Worldwide Recall of Sedans, Minivans, SUVs

By Deepa Seetharaman and Bernie Woodall of Reuters. Honda Motor Co Ltd plans to recall nearly 2 1/2 million vehicles: small SUVs, cars and minivans worldwide. This includes the popular Accord sedan. … [Read More…]

Hip Implant Complaints Increase, While Dangers Are Reviewed

By BARRY MEIER and JANET ROBERTS of the New York Times Published: August 22, 2011 The federal government has received a surge in complaints in recent months about failed hip replacements, suggesting … [Read More…]

Tragedy Brought on by Tainted Fruit

By Moni Basu, CNN William Beach was one of those people who fixated on certain foods. He would eat the same thing voraciously for a few days, and then, when he tired of the same tastes, he moved onto … [Read More…]

No Better Care, Thanks to Tort Reform

Published in The Texas Tribune by guest columnist, Charles M. Silver In 2006, Dr. Howard Marcus wrote that Texas’ 2003 tort reform statute sparked an “amazing turnaround” in which doctors came … [Read More…]

Springer & Lyle, LLP

1807 Westminster
Denton, TX 76205

phone: 940.387.0404
toll-free: 855.387.0404
fax: 940.383.7656

Disclaimer
The contents of this website does not imply legal advise or counsel and does not establish an attorney/client relationship. Please contact us for information on our policies regarding any relationship with clients, potential clients, or non-clients of our firm.

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

 

 

make a Pament via LawPay

Return To Top of Page

Copyright © 2023 Springer & Lyle, L.L.P. • • • All Rights Reserved

Website Design by The Crouch Group

Log in