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Walgreens reaches $683m settlement with Florida over role in opioid crisis

The company settled over claims that it exacerbated the opioid crisis in the Sunshine State.

The Independent UK

Walgreens Announces $683M Opioid Settlement With Florida

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) has reached a $683 million settlement with Florida to resolve claims that the pharmacy chain exacerbated an opioid epidemic in the state. The settlement includes $620 million to be paid to Florida over 18 years, plus $63 million for legal fees. The settlement ends a trial that began…

Benzinga

Walgreens, Florida settle opioid costs lawsuit for $683M

The Walgreens pharmacy chain has reached a $683 million settlement with the state of Florida in a lawsuit accusing the company of improperly dispensing millions of painkillers that contributed to the opioid crisis

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Editorial: A Trump judge rated ‘not qualified’ got it wrong on masks

COVID-19 caught the United States unprepared and unwilling in some ways to defend itself against the viral pandemic that has now taken nearly a million American lives. More than 400,000 had been lost by the time Joe Biden, on his first day as president, ordered face-masking across an array of…

Tribune News Service

Trial opens in Florida opioid lawsuit case against Walgreens

Trial opened Monday in Florida’s opioid epidemic lawsuit against the Walgreens pharmacy chain, which state officials accuse of prioritizing profits over health by improperly dispensing millions of powerful painkillers that caused tens of thousands of deaths

The Independent UK

Twenty-one states sue Biden administration over public transport mask mandate

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R), joined by 20 Republican and Democratic attorneys general, filed a lawsuit on March 29, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida that aims to end the Biden administration’s federal mask mandate for public transport. The mandate, issued by…

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DeSantis touting video by Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman draws election complaint

TAMPA, Fla. — TV ads by political candidates are nothing new. But how about a music video?

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CVS Health, Teva Settle Florida State's Opioid-Related Claims: Report

Florida has reached more than $878 million in settlements with CVS Health Corp (NYSE: CVS) and three drug companies to resolve claims and avert a trial next month over their roles in fueling an opioid epidemic.

Benzinga

Florida secures $860M from CVS, others to settle opioid case

The CVS drug store company and pharmaceutical companies will pay Florida a combined $860 million as part of the settlement of an opioid epidemic case

The Independent UK

Florida, other states challenge CDC transit mask rule

Florida and 20 other states have sued to halt the federal government's pandemic requirement that people wear masks on planes, trains and other public transport

The Independent UK

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