Corporate-Settlement

Paramount Settles Trump's 60 Minutes Lawsuit for $16 Million

2025-07-02 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

Paramount Global agreed to pay $16 million to President Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a lawsuit over a ‘60 Minutes’ pre-election interview with Kamala Harris. The settlement includes no apology and appears to be strategically timed to support Paramount’s …

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National $26 Billion Opioid Settlement with Distributors and J&J, Zero Executive Prosecutions

2022-02-25 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

On February 25, 2022, Johnson & Johnson and three major drug distributors—McKesson, Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen—finalized a $26 billion national settlement to resolve thousands of opioid lawsuits from states, counties, cities, and Native American tribes. Despite the record settlement …

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