Whistleblower loses fee bid in Walgreens' $4.7 billion settlement with US states

By David ThomasA federal judge on Tuesday denied a whistleblower's bid to receive a cut of retail pharmacy giant Walgreens' $4.7 billion settlement in 2022 that resolved opioid-related claims by more than two dozen US states.US District Judge Joan Lefkow in Chicago said she did not have authority t…