UPDATE: Walmart offers to pay $3.1B to settle opioid lawsuits
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita announced that Indiana’s tentative share of the prospective settlement is about $53 million.
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Google reaches record $392M privacy settlement over location data
The investigation centered allegations of misleading and deceptive tactics regarding users’ location data.
City considering outside counsel to test public nuisance law
On the heels of the Towne & Terrace Corp. settlement, Indianapolis hopes to change the legal interpretation of a state public nuisance law so it will allow a high volume of emergency calls to be grounds for enforcement in similar circumstances.
CVS, Walgreens announce opioid settlements totaling $10B
The developments amount to what could be the last round of huge settlements after years of litigation over the drug industry’s role in an overdose crisis that has been linked to more than 500,000 U.S. deaths over the past two decades.
Federal court leaders to pay $125M for overcharging for online records
The federal judiciary has agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of users of the nationwide online records system as part of a proposed settlement made public Tuesday in a long-running lawsuit aimed at reducing the cost to access court records.
City reaches $200K settlement over Towne & Terrace housing complex
Indianapolis officials said the agreement announced Thursday is expected to give the city more control of the crime-plagued housing complex.
Judge approves $2.46B Boy Scouts reorganization plan
More than 80,000 men have filed claims saying they were abused as children by Boy Scouts troop leaders around the country.
Juul to pay nearly $440M to settle with 33 states in teen vaping probe
The agreement, which includes Indiana, resolves one of the biggest legal threats facing the beleaguered company, which still faces nine separate lawsuits from other states and hundreds of individual suits.
Settlement proposed for downtown hotel’s $1M Spring League lawsuit
The agreement between Crowne Plaza Union Station owner B&D Associates LP and The Spring League LLC would require the league to pay about $850,000.
American Senior Communities agrees to pay $5.6M to settle false claims allegations
American Senior Communities, the largest nursing home company in Indiana, has agreed to the settlement to resolve allegations that it violated federal laws by submitting false claims to the Medicare program.
Central Indiana fair-housing group reaches settlement in senior-living lawsuit
The Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana and 11 partners in other states have reached a settlement agreement with a New York-based operator of senior-living apartments, including several in the Indianapolis area.
Inotiv says closures of animal-breeding facilities could cost it nearly $10M
Indiana-based pharmaceutical testing company Inotiv Inc. disclosed late Monday that it expects to incur charges of between $7.4 million and $9.9 million for the previously announced shutdowns of two Virginia animal-breeding facilities.
Inotiv subsidiary reaches settlement in animal welfare lawsuit
As part of the settlement, Indianapolis-based Envigo will relinquish 4,000 beagles at a dog-breeding facility to the Humane Society of the United States, or HSUS.
Report: WWE boss McMahon’s hush cash bill over $12 million
A report says World Wrestling Entertainment impresario Vince McMahon agreed to pay more than $12 million over the past 16 years to suppress allegations of sexual misconduct and infidelity.
Smithfield Foods settles pork price-fixing lawsuit for $42M
The lawsuit remains pending against other major pork producers, including Hormel, Tyson Foods, Seaboard Foods and Triumph Foods, and the Agri Stats database company they allegedly used to share confidential information.
Settlement would forgive $6B for defrauded college students
Almost all the schools involved are for-profit colleges. The list includes ITT Technical Institute, which was headquartered in Carmel and shut down in 2016.
Indiana to get $2.9M in settlement over ‘free’ TurboTax ads
Indiana’s share is part of a $141 million settlement across 50 states and the District of Columbia. Approximately 4 million people across the United States were affected, including more than 98,000 Indiana residents.
Family sues state over unpaid $2.75M DCS settlement
A couple who had reached a $2.75 million settlement after an Indiana Department of Child Services family case manager was found to have made false allegations of abuse and neglect is now suing the state for not approving the settlement agreement.
Plaintiff’s attorney blames Indiana AG for trouble reaching opioid settlement
After Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita used the announcement of the landmark $507 million opioid settlement to take a swipe at trial lawyers, one plaintiff’s attorney is hitting back, accusing the state’s top lawyer of nearly scuttling the deal.
AG: All Indiana communities now participating in $507M opioid settlement
The Attorney General’s office reported all 648 political subdivisions in Indiana have joined the settlement, which is part of a roughly $26 billion payout across 46 states.