HOUSTON, Jan. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — PharMerica Corporation has agreed to pay $4.9 million to resolve a False Claims Act suit alleging that it took kickbacks from a drug maker to promote two antidepressants, according to Berg & Androphy. The settlement resolves a lawsuit against the pharmacy operator filed in 2007 by two former employees...
From Forbes A lawsuit has been filed against Major League Baseball’s long-held antitrust exemption that could have profound consequences to the league. The law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges is suing the league in response to the takeover of Minor League Baseball saying that MLB is positioning itself to control all facets of baseball....
From Bleacher Report One year after Major League Baseball eliminated 40 minor league teams, a lawsuit has been filed in response to that decision that challenges the league’s antitrust exemption. Per Alex Hubbard of Law360.com, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and Berg & Androphy filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court on behalf of four...
From AP News NEW YORK (AP) — Four minor league teams that lost their big league affiliations before the 2021 season have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Major League Baseball, using a law firm that has represented players’ unions. Parent companies of the Staten Island Yankees, Tri-City Valley Cats, Norwich Sea Unicorns and Salem-Keizer Volcanoes...
From CBS Sports Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption is facing a new legal test. On Monday, lawyers representing the parent companies of four former minor-league teams (the Staten Island Yankees, Tri-City Valley Cats, Norwich Sea Unicorns, and Salem-Keizer Volcanoes) filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court alleging MLB’s commissioner’s office of violating the Sherman Act....
From Southeast Texas Record CANYON LAKE – The estate of Comal County resident Bobby Garner has filed suit in state court in San Antonio against a local hospital and its statewide health network, alleging battery and gross negligence in the death of Bobby Garner, a patient who the complaint alleges was left a quadriplegic after...
By Emilie Eaton From the San Antonio Express-News The family of a San Antonio man who died in July filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday against St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital, alleging that he was attacked by a nurse there. The lawsuit alleges that a male nurse who was helping 65-year-old Bobby Garner after he...
According to complaint filed in San Antonio state court, Comal County resident Bobby Garner was recovering from neck surgery last May and about to be discharged from St. Luke’s Hospital when he was thrown onto a bed by a male nurse shouting, “I’m the boss!” The suit alleges assault broke Mr. Garner’s neck and left...
Seven Iranians who have been held in the U.S. are being released by the Justice Department in a prisoner exchange for Americans imprisoned in Iran. Jeffrey Brown talks to Joel Androphy, attorney for Bahram Mechanic, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen who was accused of selling electronics that aided Iran’s nuclear program. View full article
May 2021 Joel Androphy made an appearance in the National Italian American Bar Association – Conversations with Leaders in the Lawn virtual seminar. There were attendees from all around America, including California, Illinois, Florida, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Canada. Attorney Joel Androphy of Houston, Texas presented on Whistleblower and Qui...
