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  Trial lawyers start search for next big mass tort, increase Zantac ads by more than 1,000%

  By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Jan 28, 2020 @ 2:58pm

  Recent advertising figures indicate the makers of the heartburn drug Zantac and its generic equivalents will soon be facing an onslaught of lawsuits, as personal injury lawyers have begun the process of rounding up clients.

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  Here are the names of lawyers whose TV ads are scaring and lying to viewers, according to the FTC

  By John O'Brien | Friday, Oct 11, 2019 @ 3:43pm

  WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The Federal Trade Commission says lawyers and legal advertisers looking for plaintiffs to sue drug companies are making false claims in their TV ads, as well as possibly scaring viewers into stopping taking their medications.

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  Scaremongering lawyers should be disciplined

  By The West Virginia Record | Tuesday, Oct 8, 2019 @ 11:23am

  Lawyers running anti-drug commercials should be held accountable for their claims. If they can’t substantiate those claims, they should be forced to compensate the companies whose sales they’ve depressed and the drug users whose health they’ve impaired.

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  Millions are spent on ads targeting diabetes medications, but FTC worried lawyers are lying in them

  By John O'Brien | Wednesday, Oct 2, 2019 @ 8:19am

  WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – As a federal agency considers whether lawyers are illegally frightening potential clients who see their television commercials, research shows drugs like Invokana and Truvada are among the most popular subjects of lawyer spending.

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