US judge rejects national class-action lawsuit over Vioxx
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A US federal judge refused to allow a class-action lawsuit to proceed against Merck for health problems linked to its Vioxx pain medication, in a major victory for the pharmaceutical giant.
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Merck & Co. Inc. said on Tuesday   that a federal jury in New Orleans ruled in its favor in a   lawsuit over its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, in which a   Kentucky man said it caused him to have a heart attack.
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Hollinger International&#39;s $US1.25billion ($1.7 billion) legal action alleging racketeering against former chief executive Conrad Black and businesses he controlled was dismissed by a US federal judge last Friday.
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A federal judge in Dallas yesterday rejected a $6 million settlement in a shareholder suit that alleged Halliburton Co. engaged in accounting fraud, saying the lead plaintiffs&#39; lawyer mishandled the case and may have settled for too little money.
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A Nigerian judge rejects the inclusion of more cases in a $7bn Nigerian lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.
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A California judge rejected Michael Jackson&#39;s lawyer&#39;s requests to remove district attorney Tom Sneddon from Jackson&#39;s child molestation case.
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A US court rejects a government lawsuit accusing the tobacco industry of covering up the effects of smoking.
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Let the bidding begin! A federal judge Thursday rejected a government attempt to block Oracle&#39;s proposed takeover of rival PeopleSoft.
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A US military judge Monday rejected a defense motion to bar evidence gained from a key suspect&#39;s computer in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal.
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Thousands of federal lawsuits claiming the drug Vioxx caused heart attacks and other conditions that killed or injured people cannot be pooled into one national class action, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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Merck & Co Inc  said on Thursday the New Jersey Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that had granted nationwide class-action status to insurers seeking reimbursement for past spending on Vioxx, the drugmaker's withdrawn arthritis treatment.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration denied charges it tried to suppress a safety official's findings that painkiller Vioxx, which was pulled from the market last week, raised heart attack risks.
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A class-action lawsuit was filed yesterday in King County Superior Court on behalf of people who have used the anti-arthritis drug Vioxx.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Just days after the arthritis drug Vioxx was pulled from store shelves, a class action lawsuit has been launched in BC Supreme Court alleging negligence by drug maker Merck and Co.
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Thousands of federal lawsuits claiming the drug Vioxx killed or injured people by causing heart attacks cannot be pooled into one national class action, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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TORONTO -- Law firms in Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary filed more class-action lawsuits yesterday against Merck and Co. Inc., the makers of the arthritis drug Vioxx.
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A US judge in charge of pop superstar Michael Jackson&#39;s child molestation case rejected Thursday a bid by Jackson&#39;s lawyers to remove district attorney Tom Sneddon.