Featured cases //
Co-Pay Subsidy Litigation - Multiple Cases
Wexler Wallace, with co-counsel, filed seven class actions in March 2012 on behalf of four health benefit funds against major drug manufacturers in federal courts in Illinois, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The cases allege that 10 major drug manufacturers have paid, and continue to pay, undisclosed kickbacks to privately-insured individuals so that those health plan members choose the drug manufacturers’ expensive branded drugs instead of less expensive therapeutic alternatives.
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Advanced Caregivers LLC v. ACE Hardware Corporation
In the early 2000s, ACE implemented a “Vision 21” concept, the stated purpose of which strategy was to “align ACE’s resources for retail success.” On January 6, 2012, Wexler Wallace, LLP, with co-counsel Zimmerman Reed, PLLP and Lindquist & Vennum, filed a class action complaint against ACE Hardware Corporation on behalf franchisees of ACE Vision 21 stores, alleging that ACE made material misrepresentations regarding the likely success Vision 21 franchises, inducing investment in those stores under false pretenses. The complaint alleges that ACE’s misrepresentations violated the Illinois Franchise Disclosure Act and also includes other tort causes of action.
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Featured Investigations //
Defective Subaru Welding
We are currently investigating complaints by consumers involving defective welding inside of Subaru vehicles. These defective welds may have caused many problems in certain Subaru models, including broken clutch brackets,...
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Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella
The birth control pills Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella, Beyaz and Safyral contain a progestin component called drospirenone. After numerous studies, the FDA issued a forced labeling change in April of 2012 having concluded that birth control pills that contain drospirenone are associated with a higher risk of blood clots than other oral contraceptives. Thousands of young women have endured clotting injuries that will require a lifetime of treatment and many have died as a result. Plaintiffs allege that the manufacturers both over-promoted these drugs and refused to properly warn physicians and the public about the risks associated with their use.
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Recent Blog Posts //
Hall of Shame: Johnson & Johnson’s License Suspended
05/21/2013
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is currently under fire as the subject of thousands of lawsuits involving defective products, including both their me
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Congress Asks SEC to Enforce Consumer Protections
05/02/2013
Congress does not have the reputation lately of working for the people. Stalemates between Republicans and Democrats continue to halt progress in both bodies of
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Trio of New Class Certification Decisions in the Seventh Circuit
02/19/2013
In the last few months, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has issued three opinions on the topic of how trial courts should decide motions for c
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News & Press //
05.21.2013
Motion to Dismiss Denied in Skelaxin Antitrust Litigation
04.03.2013
Ed Wallace, Debbie Pritts to Speak at AALNC Annual Forum
04.02.2013
Wexler Wallace Files Case Against the Makers of Suboxone
