Emily Field

The Fourth Circuit's ruling that upturned a lower court win for drug distributors in a battle with the West Virginia county at the epicenter of the opioid epidemic was a blast from the past from the fever pitch of courtroom battles over the national crisis just a few years ago.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with whether a suit against Hain Celestial Group and Whole Foods over allegedly tainted baby food was properly removed to federal court, as some justices voiced concerns about depriving plaintiffs of their choice of forum.

In a baby food case against Hain Celestial and Whole Foods, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will consider whether an appellate court must vacate a final judgment when it has determined that a district judge wrongly dismissed a non-diverse party in a suit originally brought in state court and removed to federal court.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday said it is stopping sales of unapproved fluoride products labeled for use by children under the age of three as part of the Trump administration's Make America Healthy Again movement.

A Washington federal judge on Tuesday sided with the Seattle-area family of a woman who died during a 2021 heat wave, sending their first-of-its-kind wrongful death suit against oil and gas giants like Exxon back to state court.

A Washington federal judge on Tuesday sided with the Seattle-area family of a woman who died during a 2021 heat wave, sending their first-of-its-kind wrongful death suit against oil and gas giants like Exxon back to state court.

A Washington federal judge on Tuesday sided with the Seattle-area family of a woman who died during a 2021 heat wave, sending their first-of-its-kind wrongful death suit against oil and gas giants like Exxon back to state court.

A Washington federal judge on Tuesday sided with the Seattle-area family of a woman who died during a 2021 heat wave, sending their first-of-its-kind wrongful death suit against oil and gas giants like Exxon back to state court.

The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday overturned a key ruling by a West Virginia judge in the first federal bellwether in multidistrict opioid litigation that went in favor of the country's three biggest drug distributors, finding that the oversupply of opioids can create a public nuisance.

Three women sued Pfizer this week in Florida federal court, alleging its hormonal contraceptive birth control shot Depo-Provera caused their brain tumors in the latest claims that the major drugmaker failed to warn of the link.