October 29, 2024
A New York federal judge threw out a streamlined complaint in a multidistrict litigation accusing companies such as Target and Bayer of making and selling ineffective over-the-counter decongestants, finding Tuesday the state claims are expressly preempted, and the proposed class lacks standing on a federal racketeering claim as indirect purchasers.
December 08, 2023
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has consolidated 10 suits accusing companies of making and selling over-the-counter cough and cold medicine that doesn't do anything, sending them to the Eastern District of New York and signaling that many more could follow.