Judge: No Federal Class in Vioxx Suits
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NEW ORLEANS -- 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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The U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued a ruling in a tax refund case that the transactions under question were a tax avoidance mechanism, and not an investment strategy.
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A federal jury ruled in favor of Merck &amp; Co. Inc. on Tuesday in a lawsuit over the painkiller Vioxx, finding there was not enough evidence to link the drug to a Kentucky man's heart attack.
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Merck & Co Inc  said on Thursday the New Jersey Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that granted nationwide class-action status to insurers seeking reimbursement for past spending on Vioxx, the drugmaker's withdrawn arthritis treatment.
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A federal judge Friday tossed out Hollinger International Inc.'s $1.25 billion suit against embattled press tycoon Conrad M. Black and other top corporate officials, ruling that the company could not use racketeering laws to recover money it claims Black and the others stole.
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The widow and son of a Texas man who was taking a GlaxoSmithKline Plc diabetes drug at the time of his fatal heart attack claims the drugmaker failed to warn about the drug's risks, according to a lawsuit.
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Saying there is evidence the Food and Drug Administration is suppressing scientific reports and maintaining too cozy a relationship with drug companies it regulates, US Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa today will hold a hearing on the drug Vioxx.
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The Delaware Chancery Court judge who is hearing the PeopleSoft case issued a summary judgment that Oracle&#39;s chief executive and chairman did not engage in insider trading during 2001.
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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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Merck officials had evidence far back as 2001 that Vioxx might not help thousands of users of the arthritis and pain drug.
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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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A federal judge overturned a $50   million award handed down by a jury against Merck & Co. Inc.   earlier this month in a case of a former FBI agent who had   blamed the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx for his heart attack.
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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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TORONTO (CP) - A Toronto-based law firm filed another class-action lawsuit Friday against drug maker Merck and Co. Inc., the makers of the arthritis drug Vioxx.
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The main pension fund of New York State filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against Merck &amp; Company, accusing it of misleading shareholders about the safety of its arthritis pain drug Vioxx, which has since been withdrawn.
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A federal judge declined Monday to dismiss a lawsuit alleging Robert De Niro misrepresented his health on a movie production insurance form.
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A federal judge ruled that the courts do not have the authority or the expertise to decide injury lawsuits concerning global warming.