The Supreme Court on Monday is hearing arguments over a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids.
Indiana has joined five other states in reaching a $6.5 million settlement agreement with a global financial services company that acknowledged it failed to protect its customers’ personal information on multiple occasions.
An Illinois-based food ingredient manufacturer has agreed to an $8 million settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over claims that it violated the Clean Air Act at its corn wet milling facility in Indianapolis.
The agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by opioids could help combat the overdose epidemic that the painkiller helped spark. But that does not mean all the victims are satisfied.
Following allegations that a Purdue University associate professor falsified documentation provided to government agencies, the university and the federal government have reached a pre-suit settlement requiring Purdue to pay more than $737,000.
Almost a year after distributions started from the National Opioid Settlement, only $7.1 million has been put to use so far in Indiana as local units of government wrestle with how to make the most of the payments.
Community Health Network has socked away $75 million in a “potential settlement agreement” with the U.S. Justice Department and a former chief financial officer who filed a whistleblower suit nearly a decade ago.
The federal government would be barred from immigration policies that separate parents from children for eight years under a proposed court settlement announced Monday that also provides families with temporary legal status and short-term housing aid.
Indiana will receive $3.6 million, the most of any state, as part of a $49.5 million multistate settlement with software company Blackbaud, which was the subject of a 2020 data breach affecting millions of people.
Indiana University’s police chief is out, and the university has settled a federal civil rights lawsuit after a graduate student said two IU Police Department officers violated his rights when he was arrested for an unpaid $3 parking fee.
All 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have reached an agreement in principle with Google to settle a lawsuit filed in 2021 over the tech giant’s alleged monopolistic control of app distribution.
A commercial court acted within its discretion in appointing a master to enforce the terms of a settlement agreement reached in a shareholder lawsuit, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Tuesday.
Chemical and consumer product manufacturer 3M has agreed to pay $6 billion to settle lawsuits from U.S. service members who say they experienced hearing loss or other serious injuries after using faulty earplugs made by an Indianapolis-based subsidiary.
A refund may be coming soon to tenants of a pair of Muncie-area real estate companies.
Indiana will distribute about $18 million in opioid settlement funds to support local law enforcement, drug task forces and treatment hubs, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita announced Friday.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame has agreed to settle a lawsuit related to its decision to cancel a 2016 preseason game between the Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay Packers because of field conditions.
The Lawrence Common Council approved a settlement agreement Wednesday to close a messy legal battle between the legislative body and Lawrence Mayor Steve Collier. The council appropriated $335,000 to pay legal fees.
If a case settles and a structured payment plan is clearly the way to go, what’s a lawyer to do when the client decides that actually, they want the money up front?
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids.
Indiana will receive $75,000 as its share of a multistate settlement with Raymond James & Associates Inc. and Raymond James Financial Services Inc., Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales announced Tuesday.