March 11, 2022
Despite sweeping settlements and landmark verdicts, the nation's epic saga of opioid crisis litigation against Big Pharma is far from winding down, with the coming weeks heralding an unprecedented torrent of trials. Here, Law360 shares a detailed map of the opioid trials terrain and explores major lawsuits that are rapidly approaching moments of truth.
December 07, 2021
A New York jury on Tuesday watched internal Teva videos in which opioid sales staff parodied villains in "Austin Powers" and "A Few Good Men," after the company unsuccessfully fought to exclude what it called the "incredibly damaging" clips from trial.
October 26, 2021
Scorched by cover-up claims in nationwide opioid litigation, Endo Pharmaceuticals is hoping for heroics from a Skadden squad that is belatedly revealing vast volumes of drug marketing records, a strategy that could simultaneously snuff out some discovery deficiencies and fuel new doubts about the drugmaker's initial transparency.
October 19, 2021
Teva Pharmaceuticals is scrambling to stop jurors in a New York opioid trial from viewing internal videos that transformed famous film scenes into parodies of narcotic painkiller marketing, warning that the clips are so provocative they could single-handedly destroy the drugmaker's defense.
September 17, 2021
A flash flood of misconduct inquiries in opioid litigation across the country is rapidly engulfing Endo Pharmaceuticals and threatening to inflict considerable damage on the professional reputations of its Arnold & Porter attorneys, according to legal filings, court proceedings and interviews.
September 07, 2021
Endo Pharmaceuticals, which has been facing accusations that it and its lawyers at Arnold & Porter withheld discovery in multidistrict opioid litigation, has told an Illinois federal judge that Chicago's bid to compel depositions of its counsel in a bellwether case contains "numerous factual inaccuracies."
August 17, 2021
The conduct of Endo Pharmaceuticals and its Arnold & Porter attorneys has thoroughly tainted discovery in multidistrict opioid litigation, an Illinois federal judge heard Tuesday, shortly after new disclosures showed that the law firm was recently threatened with a possible referral to the state bar authorities.
July 28, 2021
Endo Pharmaceuticals and its Arnold & Porter lawyers are making "incredibly belated" discovery disclosures in multidistrict opioid litigation after a severe punishment for discovery violations in a separate opioid case, and an explanation under oath is needed, an Illinois federal judge heard Wednesday.
May 28, 2021
With the coronavirus crisis cooling down, a pressure cooker of opioid litigation is heating up with long-awaited trials across the country. Here, Law360 maps out the hottest cases and spotlights must-know details in trials that are underway or imminent.
April 20, 2021
The city of Chicago and drug companies offered opposing views Monday over how an Illinois federal judge should advance their bellwether suit over allegedly illegal opioid marketing, with Chicago pushing for a December trial that the drugmakers say would be too soon.