April 29, 2021
Drug distributors have asked an Oklahoma federal judge to let them appeal a ruling in the Cherokee Nation's bellwether suit that found the companies shouldn't have shipped "suspicious orders" of opioids, arguing that the Controlled Substances Act and related regulations don't impose a duty not to fill those orders.
March 29, 2021
An Oklahoma federal judge Monday rejected sweeping attacks on one of the biggest cases blaming drug companies for opioid abuse on Native American lands but also signaled that the multidistrict litigation bellwether has potential vulnerabilities.
March 25, 2021
Drug distributors and pharmacies have urged an Oklahoma federal judge to reject the Cherokee Nation's bid for further discovery in its suit over the opioid crisis, saying that allowing discovery outside the tribe's jurisdiction, including in other states, would go far beyond what's been allowed before in opioid litigation.
August 19, 2020
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP told the Oklahoma federal judge who berated the firm for ignoring an order on supplemental court filings in the multidistrict opioid litigation that it "made a mistake" with the recent filing and thought it was doing the right thing.
August 13, 2020
An Oklahoma federal judge berated Boies Schiller Flexner LLP late Wednesday for ignoring a "very clear order" on supplemental court filings in the multidistrict opioid litigation and gave the firm one week to explain why it shouldn't be punished.
June 12, 2020
The Cherokee Nation asked an Oklahoma federal judge Thursday to reject a bid by major drug distributors and pharmacies to toss the tribe's suit alleging they created the opioid crisis that has harmed it, saying their arguments for dismissal have already been rejected in vast opioid multidistrict litigation centralized in Ohio federal court.
April 16, 2020
After reviewing a flurry of filings in one of the multidistrict opioid litigation's bellwether cases, an Oklahoma federal judge sent a succinct response to attorneys for a Native American tribe and major drug companies: "STOP!"
April 13, 2020
The Cherokee Nation told an Oklahoma federal court that pharmacies and drug distributors created a devastating opioid crisis that has especially harmed their community, in the first amended complaint since the suit was remanded from the multidistrict litigation in Ohio.
February 05, 2020
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Wednesday moved opioid-crisis cases involving San Francisco and a major Native American tribe to federal courts in California and Oklahoma, rejecting strident objections from drug companies and teeing up dramatic bellwether trials.
November 19, 2019
The Ohio federal judge guiding multidistrict opioid litigation on Tuesday singled out numerous cases as good candidates for future bellwether trials, pitting a potpourri of plaintiffs against an assortment of drug companies.