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MERCK & CO. INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION IN RE: MDL1658
Case Number:
2:05-cv-02367
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Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
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Firms
- Ansa Assuncao
- BBC Law LLP
- Bernstein Litowitz
- Butler Weihmuller
- Carella Byrne
- Clyde & Co
- Cohn Lifland
- Cravath Swaine
- D'Arcambal Ousley
- DeCotiis FitzPatrick
- Duane Morris
- Grant & Eisenhofer
- Hughes Hubbard
- Joseph Hage Aaronson
- Kaufman Borgeest
- Kessler Topaz
- Landman Corsi
- Lieff Cabraser
- Lowenstein Sandler
- Montgomery McCracken
- Motley Rice
- Mound Cotton
- Paul Weiss
- Reitler Kailas
- Rivkin Radler
- Rolnick Kramer
- Saiber LLC
- Schulte Roth
- Traub Lieberman
- Wilson Elser
- Windels Marx
Companies
- Allianz Global Investors GmbH
- Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, ltd.
- AXA XL Ltd.
- AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd.
- Cornerstone Research Inc.
- Honeywell International Inc.
- Intech
- KBC Group NV
- Lord Abbett & Co. LLC
- Merck & Co. Inc.
- Nuveen LLC
- Pioneer Global Asset Management SpA
- Zurich Insurance Group AG
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June 28, 2016
Judge Signs Off On $1B Deal To End Vioxx Marketing Row
A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday granted final approval to a $1.06 billion deal between Merck & Co. Inc. and its investors to resolve multidistrict litigation over the alleged illegal marketing of the painkiller Vioxx, saying the settlement was an "extremely fair and reasonable" conclusion to the long-running case.
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May 25, 2016
Class Attys Want OK Of $1B Deal To End Vioxx Marketing Row
Class attorneys for Merck & Co. Inc. shareholders that reached a $1.06 billion deal with the pharmaceutical giant to resolve multidistrict litigation over the alleged illegal marketing of Vioxx on Tuesday urged a New Jersey federal court to approve the deal, saying that only 14 individuals and no institutional investors have objected.
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January 15, 2016
Merck Pays $830M To End Investor Suit Over Vioxx Marketing
Merck announced Friday that it will pay $830 million to settle investors' claims in multidistrict litigation accusing the company of committing securities fraud violations by illegally marketing the painkiller Vioxx, after the drugmaker previously agreed to pay a criminal penalty of nearly $1 billion in 2011.
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July 10, 2015
Merck Says Bid To Amend Vioxx Investor Suit Is Too Late
Merck & Co. and its former vice president, Edward Scolnick, defendants in litigation alleging the company misrepresented the heart attack risk of its arthritis drug Vioxx, sent letters this week urging a federal judge not to allow plaintiffs to add an additional claim against Scolnick, saying it's too late.
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May 13, 2015
Merck Nabs Partial Win In Vioxx Securities Fraud Row
A New Jersey federal judge ruled Wednesday that a class alleging securities fraud could not prove Merck & Co. Inc. misrepresented Vioxx's heart attack risks at least prior to a study comparing the arthritis medication with another leading drug, but could still prove Merck misled investors after learning of the study results.
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March 26, 2015
Omnicare Bolsters Case Against Ex-Merck VP, Investors Say
Shareholders accusing Merck & Co. Inc.'s former vice president of lying about the study results on Vioxx's heart attack link told a New Jersey federal court Wednesday that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Omnicare ruling "vindicates" their case theory and directly rejects the executive's summary judgment argument.
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June 18, 2013
Merck Investors Cut Claims In Securities Fraud MDL
Several Allianz Global Investors units and Swedish national pension fund Fjarde AP-fonden have dismissed their claims in a multidistrict litigation claiming Merck & Co. and its executives misrepresented arthritis painkiller Vioxx to inflate Merck stock, say documents filed Tuesday in New Jersey federal court.
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December 13, 2012
Merck Must Hand Over Vioxx Gov't Docs, NJ Judge Says
A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday affirmed a magistrate judge's order compelling Merck & Co. Inc. to hand over purportedly privileged documents produced for government investigations concerning its arthritis painkiller Vioxx in multidistrict securities litigation alleging it misrepresented the drug to inflate its stock.
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October 29, 2012
NJ Judge Won't Reconsider Tossing Shareholder's Vioxx Suit
A New Jersey federal judge on Friday refused to disturb his decision nixing claims from a shareholder suit against Merck & Co. Inc. over alleged misrepresentations about the painkiller Vioxx, rejecting a Dutch pension fund's contention that he made inconsistent rulings on the same statement from Merck.
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October 09, 2012
Merck Ordered To Turn Over Docs In Vioxx MDL
A New Jersey federal judge on Friday ordered Merck & Co. to hand over purportedly privileged documents produced for government investigations concerning Vioxx — a partial discovery win for multidistrict litigation plaintiffs accusing the company of inflating its stock through misrepresentations about the recalled arthritis medication.