Sanofi declined to comment on Thursday on media reports that a lawsuit filed in the United States by a former employee alleges that the French drugmaker paid $34 million in kickbacks for doctors, pharmacies and hospitals to order its diabetes treatments.
The lead prosecutor on pending criminal cases against two former JPMorgan Chase & Co traders involved in the "London Whale" scandal is leaving Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office to join a prominent defense firm, according to a statement from the firm viewed by Reuters in advance of its public release.
Herbalife Ltd won preliminary court approval of its $15 million settlement of class-action litigation accusing the maker of weight loss and nutritional products of being a "pyramid scheme" that misleads distributors about how much money they can make.
Attendance has spiked at a Jacksonville art museum since the city council president last week denounced as pornographic a photograph showing a nude pregnant woman reclining on a love-seat.
