IN RE: Abbott-Depakote Shareholder Derivative Litigation

  1. March 07, 2014

    Abbott, Shareholders Agree To Settle Depakote Marketing Suit

    Abbott Laboratories shareholders asked an Illinois federal judge on Thursday to bless a settlement resolving a derivative suit that alleged Abbott's directors cost the company $1.6 billion because they did nothing to stop the marketing of its anti-seizure drug Depakote for off-label uses.

  2. June 05, 2013

    Abbott Can't Kick Investor Suit Over Depakote Marketing

    A federal judge on Wednesday refused to toss a shareholder derivative suit against Abbott Laboratories, finding the plaintiffs had adequately argued Abbott's directors knew the company was in trouble for marketing off-label uses for the anti-seizure drug Depakote but did nothing, costing the company $1.6 billion.

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