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Antitrust violations. the "wall street journal" reporting the doj is preparing to investigate the tech giants businesses. companies being accused of giving its product better screen placement over rivals in online searches. shouldnt be a surprise. google settled with regulators in 2013 following concerns that its business practice would suppress competition. jed, down to you. jedediah: thanks, steve. a land mark civil case went to trial in oklahoma this week. the state is suing johnson and johns...

As you say, this is the very first one that is coming to trial today. the defendant is johnson & johnson and its subsidiaries. there were other defendants in this case, but big pharma actually settled in march for $270 million. and another settled over the weekend for $85 million. johnson & johnson is still here. the state of oklahoma says that this, the sooner state, is in a crisis, and it is because of johnson & johnson. that johnson & johnson actually procured the raw ingredients to the narco...

Across the trial today. the state is suing johnson and johnson accusing them of fueling the crisis with a fentanyl patch. in hit home with next guest. her son austin became addicted to prescription opioids to help with his pain from playing football at the university of oklahoma. he died from overdose in 2011 at just 22 years old. joining me now is gail bucks. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me this morning. jedediah: first of all i want to tell you we are deeply sorry for the loss o...

Always open to that opportunity. but what oklahoma is saying is that they have an opioid crisis and johnson & johnson is responsible for that because they procured the raw narcotic materials that they then sold to the corporations that ended up as the opioid medication. they also marketed their own tablet along with a fentanyl patch that their marketing was very distorted. that they touted the benefits of this unreasonably, not telling the medical professionals or the public at large about the r...