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• Colorado Funeral Home “Harvested” Organs From Deceased Without Permission, Lawsuits Claim

  January 10, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  A funeral home in Colorado faces a growing number of lawsuits claiming it stole deceased people's body parts and gave the families fake ashes.

• DOJ Accuses Japanese Steel Manufacturer Of Supplying Substandard Metal for use in Cars, Plains and Trains

  March 7, 2018

  Russell Maas

  A Japanese steel manufacturer faces a class action lawsuit and potential actions by the Justice Department after admitting it fraudulently shipped substandard steel to customers in the U.S. and worldwide.

• CVS Class Action Lawsuit Claims Pharmacies Overcharged Customers With Insurance

  August 11, 2017

  Irvin Jackson

  A class action lawsuit filed against CVS claims customers with insurance plans were overcharged for nearly 200 generic drugs.

• SubSys Problems Result in Investigation Over Painkiller Marketing By Arizona AG

  June 27, 2017

  Irvin Jackson

  Arizona has joined a number of other states who are investigating the sales and marketing tactics of the fentanyl-spray painkiller SubSys, which many say was purposefully sold to patients who did not qualify for the powerful drug.

• JPML Refuses To Consolidate Prevagen Lawsuits Over Fraud Claims

  June 1, 2017

  Irvin Jackson

  The JPML has refused a request to create a multidistrict litigation for all Prevagen lawsuits involving claims of false advertising and fraud linked to the dietary supplement billed as a memory enhancer.

• Zofran Fraud Claims Over Pregnancy Birth Defect Risks Allowed to Proceed in MDL

  April 26, 2017

  Austin Kirk

  An effort by GlaxoSmithKline to dismiss fraud claims in Zofran birth defect lawsuits has been rejected by a federal judge overseeing the litigation.

• Prevagen Lawsuit Filed Over Claims Memory-Enhancing Pill Does Not Work

  January 16, 2017

  Irvin Jackson

  A lawsuit filed against the makers of Prevagen by the FTC and New York say that there is no proof the dietary supplement improves memory or cognitive thinking.

• Wells Fargo Lawsuits Filed by Customers and Employees, Over Fraudulent Accounts

  September 13, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  Wells Fargo employees say orders to create fake accounts came from executives in a 2014 lawsuit, while customers face forced arbitration hurdles in bringing claims.

• Wells Fargo Fake Bank Account Scam Results in Customer Refunds, $185M In Fines

  September 12, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  Wells Fargo must pay in excess of $185 million after setting up fake accounts for millions of customers and then charging them overdrafts and minimum balance fees.

• Health Care Fraud Totalling More Than $900M Results in Hundreds of Arrests

  June 24, 2016

  Russell Maas

  The DOJ has announced the arrest of hundreds amid claims of healthcare fraud representing nearly $1 billion.