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Nikki King was 17 years old when she left the mountain hollow where she was raised by her grandparents and sneaked off to the University of Kentucky under cover of darkness. It was 2009, and the advice of her late grandmother Sue King echoed in her head as she drove:…

The latest class-action settlements focus on credit act violations, harm from OxyContin and other opioids, home sprinkler troubles, unexpectedly high bills, compromised medical records, and more.  Early Warning Services Case Over Fair Credit Reporting Act  You could benefit from a nearly $4 million class-action settlement reached with Early Warning Services…

The phone rang, piercing the lonely quiet of Joy Fishman’s Manhattan apartment. It was October 2003, and Joy was watching TV and waiting for her husband to come home. She glanced at the caller ID. 305. Miami-Dade County. Her heart raced. At this hour, after 9 p.m. on a Tuesday,…

As always, John Oliver remains one of the best sources of information about the coronavirus epidemic. John Oliver on Trump's love affair with far-right news network, OAN Donald Trump frequently lavishes praise One America News (OAN), a news network that makes Fox News look like the Socialist Worker. In this…

The Sacklers are worth an estimated $13 billion.ReutersThe family behind Purdue Pharma, the Sacklers, is one of the richest families in the US, with an estimated $13 billion fortune that came primarily from sales of controversial prescription painkiller OxyContin.Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy in September, as part of a tentative settlement…

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Twenty-nine-year-old Jill Carol Skolek was a single mom in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. April 29, 2002, was the first time her 6-year-old son, Brian, had come back from school and didn't her waiting for him at the bus stop near their house. When Brian got home he discovered his mother in…

Dear patient readers, I had gotten most of the way through this post on how McKinsey fell from grace and scheduled it, uncompleted. It auto-launched due to my inattentiveness. But that did impel me to finish it for your delectation. So apologies for the confusion. * * * Why has…

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain (Southern District of New York) encouraged state attorneys general to come to an agreement on a muti-billion dollar settlement proposed by Purdue Pharma LP. Right now, the government is looking for solutions to get money flowing into the hands of those people who need it,…

When I began researching Pharma four years ago I knew the final manuscript would bear little resemblance to the proposal I sent my publisher. Matters that seem important when picking a book topic often fall by the wayside as fresh reporting takes me in unexpected directions. The documents I review…