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. This resulted in a financial catastrophe for the trust and has directly damaged funeral directors, who have been forced to pay the difference between what funerals actually cost and the inadequate amounts available from the trust fund allocable to these services.
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AWP Litigation -- In re Pharmaceutical Industry Average Wholesale Price Litigation
One of the reasons why drug prices have skyrocketed over the years has been through the manipulation of the benchmark called Average Wholesale Price, or AWP. While AWP was originally intended to represent the price at which drug wholesalers purchased drugs from pharmaceutical manufacturers, many drug companies published an inflated AWP so that federal and state governments, third-party payors, and consumers vastly overpaid for the drugs. To address this conduct, during early 2002, Wexler Wallace initiated a wave of 14 class actions nationwide against the dominant pharmaceutical manufacturers to immediately stop the fraudulent publication of AWP.
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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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Insurance Settlements With Minors
Our firm has been investigating a potential lawsuit against several insurance companies for violating state laws concerning out of court settlements with minors. Specifically, we believe that many of the...
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Recent Blog Posts //
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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Seventh Circuit Vacates Northshore Hospital Antitrust Class Certification Denial
01/17/2012
Last week, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the district court’s class certification denial[1] in a case involving private antitrust claims for da
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Confirmation of Arbitration Determination
01/13/2012
In December, 2011, in a per curiam opinion, the Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court’s ruling confirming an arbitration award which certified a nationwide
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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