purport

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Prosecutors have alleged Halifax-based RT Diagnostics "purported to be a testing laboratory" when in reality tests were "dumped in a room" with customers sent fake negative results for the deadly virus, thereby endangering people's health.

From BBC

A publicist for Gilbert at the time said the actor would not comment on her husband’s case, denounced “any purported statements” and said that she was focused on caring for her and Busfield’s family.

From Los Angeles Times

Perhaps the most alarming part of the purported scheme, though, wasn’t its reach.

From The Wall Street Journal

Here is what we know about the two men's meeting and the purported framework:

From Barron's

Johnson & Johnson asserted that Kenvue “retained the responsibility and any purported liability for talc-related litigation outside of the US and Canada.”

From Barron's