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Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has reached a A$300 million settlement in two Australian class action suits filed by Shine Lawyers for selling defective pelvic mesh implants to Australian women. The ...
At the same time, another law firm has joined Kline & Specter in criticizing the set-aside request, saying some of the fee requests have not been fair and that money for the common benefit fees ...
Transvaginal mesh, also known as vaginal mesh implant, is a net-like surgical tool that is used to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI) among female patients. The surgical mesh is placed transvaginally to reconstruct weakened pelvic muscle walls and to support the urethra or bladder.
In November 2022, Google agreed to pay a nearly $392 million settlement related to location tracking practices, the largest consumer privacy settlement ever reached by U.S. state attorneys general ...
However, the use of a transvaginal mesh in treating vaginal prolapses is associated with side effects including pain, infection, and organ perforation. According to the FDA, serious complications are "not rare." A number of class action lawsuits have been filed and settled against several manufacturers of TVM devices.
The total settlement remained the largest against a pharmaceutical company in a non-intervened False Claims Act case until a July 2017 settlement against Celgene Corporation exceeded it, as the civil settlement in that case was $280 million while the civil component of the Parke-Davis case settled for $190 million. [3] [circular reference]
This interactive feature details the fee and cost committee's final written recommendations for dividing up attorney fees and costs for firms involved in the sprawling products liability litigation.
The following is a list of the 21 largest civil settlements, reached between the United States Department of Justice and pharmaceutical companies from 2001 to 2017, ordered by the size of the total civil settlement. Some of these matters also resolved criminal fines and penalties, listed in parentheses, but these amounts are not considered when ...