Japanese Pharmaceutical Company Agrees to $2.4 Billion Settlement in Products Liability Cases

Posted by Dana Domenick Takeda Pharmaceutical Company is Asia’s largest pharmaceutical company and one of the most successful in the world. In the late 1990s, Takeda globally released an antidiabetic drug known as Actos. According to the FDA, the purpose of pioglitazone, the generic name for Actos, is to “improve control of blood sugar in …

Another Hot Case

Posted by Philip D Lacki. ‘The lid popped off”? How does a lid pop off without someone doing something to cause it to pop off? Just like the Liebeck v McDonald’s case, I find this case involving someone suing Starbucks for a faulty lid to be morally wrong in the sense of business law. “The stress activated …

Unethical Company Actions – Walmart

Posted by Rilind Dauti. $18 billion in goods alone in 2004. Every supplier wants to make deals with the inventory giant, Wal-Mart. To keep the deals going for the prices,Wal-Mart wants to negotiate, and these suppliers are forced to cut their costs (pay their workers less), in order to keep their contracts with Wal-Mart. It doesn’t …

“Double Effect” and the Tobacco Industry

Posted by Briana Encarnacion. The articles by CBS News, USA Today, and Time Magazine below all discuss a case between a woman named Cynthia Robinson and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., a cigarette making company. Ms. Robinson had filed suit against R.J. Reynolds on behalf of her husband, Michael Johnson, Sr., who passed away in 1996 due …

Customers’ Privacy

Posted by Michael Habib. Many people today always hear about the search warrant and are police required to have probable cause to search a suspect’s cell phone. Recently, a case was heard in the Supreme Court regarding a robbery and police accessing information from the cell phone carriers that lead to Mr. Quartavious Davis’s arrest in …

Get Out of Unethical Trading Free Card

Posted by Deane Franco. While reading the Wall Street Journal, I found an article that deals with insider trading and why certain charges were being dropped. A year ago, SAC agreed to plead guilty to securities fraud and wire fraud and pay a $1.8 billion penalty and take responsibility for the actions of their employees, including …

Fantasy Football

Posted by Michael Habib. A growing and popular phenomenon in the U.S. is fantasy football. A person reported by The New York Times won $350,000 on FanDuel in a contest. There are two companies that dominate the fantasy football market: FanDuel and DraftKings. “The two companies together enjoy 95% market share of the daily-fantasy industry, …

A Mass Release of Over 6,000 Federal Inmates: Is This the Right Decision?

Posted by Ashley O’Connell. Relating to the topic of criminal law, I found an article published on November 11, 2015 from FoxNews.com called, “‘The biggest sham’: Sheriffs fume at mass release of 6,000 federal inmates.” Numerous sheriffs, policeman, and local community attendees shared their concern in regards to their safety and their thoughts on the …

Toshiba Files Lawsuit Against Former Executives

Posted by Connor Lynch. An article from The Wall Street Journal titled, “Toshiba Shares Fall After Loss, Lawsuits” involves an accounting scandal within the Toshiba Corporation. On Monday, Toshiba Corp. shares fell 7.5% after the company shocked the public with their poor financial results. Because of the decrease in share price, the Toshiba Corporation is …

Wal-Mart and Class Action Lawsuit

Posted by Elizabeth Wang. Wal-Mart settled a class action lawsuit in California. Wal-Mart’s ex-employees filed lawsuit  claiming wage law violations; they did not have the 30–minute lunch break, which is required for employees for working of at least six hours in the state. The plaintiffs collected $57M in compensatory damages and $115M in punitive damages, according …