The Department of Justice (DOJ) hit drugstore chain Walgreens with a lawsuit this week for filling “unlawful” opioid prescriptions that had no “legitimate” medical purpose for over a decade.

The Department of Justice sued pharmacy giant Walgreens for allegedly dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions. Walgreens from August 2012 until the present "knowingly" filled those ...

Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. sank on Friday after the U.S. Justice Department sued the drugstore chain, alleging that for years it “knowingly” filled millions of prescriptions ...

The U.S. Department of Justice this week filed a lawsuit against Walgreens, alleging the company knowingly filled illegal prescriptions with no medical purpose, including opioids. Walgreens is ...

The lawsuit against Walgreens comes after four former employees filed whistleblower actions against the company, the Justice Department said. According to the Justice Department, Walgreens ignored ...

Now, the DOJ has filed a similar lawsuit against Walgreens. The pharmacy chain, with over 8,000 pharmacies across the United States, is accused of allegedly filling millions of prescriptions for ...