Featured cases //
IFDA: Illinois Funeral Directors Association -- Multiple Cases
Wexler Wallace represents funeral directors around the State of Illinois and is lead counsel in derivative litigation and class actions seeking to recover over $140 million that was dissipated from a trust fund holding money intended to pay for funerals throughout the State of Illinois. The money was supposed to be invested in safe instruments that would preserve capital and earn a small rate of return to, hopefully, cover the cost of inflation. A number of Merrill Lynch entities, however, engaged in a scheme whereby the money was used to buy single premium life insurance policies.
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AWP Litigation -- In re Pharmaceutical Industry Average Wholesale Price Litigation
Drug prices have soared for years. One of the reasons for this is drug companies’ inflation of a benchmark called Average Wholesale Price or AWP. It turned out that AWP was neither an average, an average price, nor a wholesale price. Rather, it was an arbitrary number assigned by drug manufacturers which, through various manipulations, resulted in consumers and third party payors vastly overpaying for needed medications.
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Featured Investigations //
DePuy ASR™ Hip System Recall Litigation
On August 26, 2010, DePuy Orthopedics, Inc., a division of Johnson & Johnson, announced a worldwide recall of two hip implant systems – the ASR™ XL Acetabular System and the...
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Recent Blog Posts //
Warning: Spirit Airlines Wants to Continue Deceiving You
02/06/2012
On January 24, 2012 a new U.S. Department of Transportation rule took effect requiring airline carriers to include all mandatory taxes and fees in their fares u
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Disappearing Cases
02/02/2012
The following is a guest post by F. Paul Bland, Jr., a Senior Attorney for Public Justice.
This probably won't shock you: five members of the U.S. Supreme Cour
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Unhappily Musing on the “News”
01/19/2012
It always amazes me how editors of newspapers can mold public opinion merely by the wording of headline and the placement of a story. The New York Times today g
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News & Press //
01.13.2012
Walgreen Sued for Overcharging for Generics
01.11.2012
Wexler Wallace LLP Files Class Action against Walgreens and Par Pharmaceutical
01.04.2012
FDA Orders Safety Studies for J&J and C.R. Bard Vaginal Mesh
01.03.2012
Wexler Wallace Welcomes Associate Bethany Turke
12.22.2011
Wexler Wallace Files Case Against Wyeth for Effexor XR