Newsroom category: Mass Torts News

FINRA Suspends Formerly Registered Broker and Investment Advisor Austin Dutton, Who Targeted Police, Firefighters

November 6, 2023

BrokerCheck reports that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has indefinitely suspended previously registered broker and investment advisor Austin Richard Dutton Jr. (CRD# 2739167) “for failure to comply with an arbitration award or settlement agreement or to satisfactorily respond to a FINRA request to provide information concerning the status of compliance.” As reported in a 2017 Philly.com article, […]

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Paris Hilton’s Accounts of Being Forced to Take Daily Medications in Various “Troubled Teen” Facilities Pave the Way for Medical Malpractice Lawsuits, Lawyers Say.

October 18, 2023

Global celebrity, entrepreneur, and advocate Paris Hilton joined renowned Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) Attorney Mike Papantonio and Oregon State Senator Sara Gelser for a candid and driven discussion about egregious abuse within hundreds of facilities in the so-called “troubled-teen” industry. The session marked the opening of the Mass Torts Made Perfect (MTMP) seminar in Las […]

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Plaintiffs’ Attorneys in Heartburn Drugs Lawsuits Announce $425M AstraZeneca Settlement But Say the Fight Is Not Over

October 5, 2023

Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) Attorneys Troy Rafferty and Cameron Stephenson announced a settlement victory involving thousands of lawsuits claiming AstraZeneca’s heartburn drugs, Nexium and Prilosec, caused chronic kidney injuries. The settlement came after years of litigation contending that AstraZeneca knew of these risks, dating all the way back to the clinical trial phase, yet failed […]

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