E.J. Dionne Jr. writes about politics in a column for The Washington Post. He is also a government professor at Georgetown University, a visiting professor at Harvard University, a senior fellow ...

Holdouts also challenged a claim from J&J and its supporters that the settlement is backed by more than 80% of claimants.

A J-curve is a trendline that shows an initial loss immediately followed by a dramatic gain. In a chart, this pattern of activity would follow the shape of a capital "J". The J-curve effect is ...