Author: Elizabeth Blessing
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Five more generic drugmakers put up $96 million, with claims open to March 8
Claims are open until March 8, 2027 against a $96 million pool that New York Attorney General Letitia James says her office and its partners have secured from five generic drug manufacturers: Apotex, Heritage, Bausch, Lannett and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals USA. The money comes from settlements of a price-fixing case involving more than 100 generic drugs,…
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Sandoz will pay $400 million over inflated prices on more than 100 generic drugs
Sandoz Inc. and its Fougera Pharmaceuticals unit have agreed to a $400 million settlement with a coalition of state attorneys general over a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids on more than 100 generic prescription drugs. The deal, announced October 1, reaches consumers in 48 states plus Washington, D.C., the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto…
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Nearly 30% of people who lost money to scams last year were first contacted on social media
Scams that start on a social media feed account for a large slice of what American consumers say they lost. The Federal Trade Commission reports that nearly 30% of consumers who reported losing money to scammers in 2025 said they were first contacted on social media platforms. The figure appears in a September 24 notice…
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Pork overcharge claims close October 29, and the class covers only 23 states and the District of Columbia
A pork price-fixing settlement worth $117.065 million across five paying defendants stops accepting claims after October 29, 2026, which is 27 days from today. Anyone who bought pork for personal consumption between June 28, 2014 and June 30, 2018 can file, provided the purchases fall inside the jurisdictions the class covers. That jurisdiction limit is…
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Anyone who rented an apartment priced by RealPage software since October 2018 has until January 29 to file a claim
Renters across the United States and its territories have until January 29, 2027 to file a claim in the RealPage rental-software antitrust settlement, which sets aside $359,925,000 for people who paid rent on a lease at a property that used RealPage pricing tools. The claim window opened ahead of a court hearing that has not…
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Thirty states have signed on to the new school-choice tax credit, and Treasury expects 2.2 million scholarships by 2030
Thirty states had joined the federal government’s new school-choice tax credit as of mid-September, and Treasury projects the program could fund as many as 2.2 million scholarships a year by 2030. Both numbers come from Treasury and IRS announcements dated October 1, and they describe a program whose rules are still proposed and whose first…
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A tax refund becomes unclaimable three years after the return was filed
Federal law gives a taxpayer a limited window to collect a refund that has already been earned. Once that window closes, the money stays with the Treasury even if the tax was overpaid, the return was correct and the amount is large. For a refund tied to withheld wages, the cutoff is generally three years…
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The IRS has not published a single 2027 tax figure yet, so any 2027 bracket circulating now did not come from the agency
As of Oct. 2, 2026, the Internal Revenue Service has not released its inflation adjustments for tax year 2027. The newsroom address where that announcement would normally appear returns a “page not found” error, and the agency’s list of current-month news releases, last reviewed Oct. 1, contains nothing on 2027 brackets, the standard deduction or…
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Miss the October 15 extension deadline owing tax and the minimum penalty is $525, climbing 5% a month
Thirteen days remain before the extended filing deadline for 2025 federal income tax returns passes on October 15, and the penalty schedule for anyone who misses it is blunt. The IRS charges 5% of the unpaid tax for every month or partial month a return is late, and a return that is more than 60…
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Ford will replace fuel-tank straps on 2023 to 2027 F-150s free of charge
Owners of 2023 to 2027 Ford F-150 pickups are about to get letters about a part that sits behind the cab: the front fuel-tank straps. Ford told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that the straps on 223,472 trucks may have been assembled incorrectly, and the repair costs the owner nothing. The recall is recorded…