August 13, 2020
A West Virginia federal judge will allow a bench rather than jury bellwether trial in the city of Huntington and Cabell County's joined lawsuit against three drug distributors over their alleged roles in fueling the nation's opioid crisis.
August 06, 2020
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration doesn't have to respond to subpoenas by cities and drug distributors in West Virginia's opioid multidistrict litigation bellwether that sought more information about the agency's knowledge of prescription drug trafficking, a federal judge has ruled.
August 06, 2020
The Ohio federal judge overseeing opioid multidistrict litigation has refused to toss two Ohio counties' bellwether cases against pharmacies, allowing their public nuisance claims over the dispensing and distribution of opioids to move forward.
August 03, 2020
Bayer's multibillion-dollar settlements over its weedkiller Roundup, herbicide dicamba and allegations over waterway contamination, as well as a $186 million verdict in favor of consumers who claimed that Johnson & Johnson talc products caused their cancer made Law360's list of the top product liability cases so far this year.
July 28, 2020
A Sixth Circuit judge on Tuesday questioned whether a novel negotiation class aimed at resolving the opioid multidistrict litigation was needed, given that there are already mechanisms for litigating and settling class actions.
July 27, 2020
An Ohio federal judge refused Monday to set up a $3 billion "common benefit fund" to cover fees incurred by attorneys for the plaintiffs in sprawling multidistrict opioid litigation, saying that now's not the time for a "one-size-fits-all" approach given a possible national settlement.
July 20, 2020
An Ohio federal judge on Monday ordered AmerisourceBergen Drug Corp. to reevaluate why it hasn't produced key documents in opioid multidistrict litigation, saying Monday that he is "concerned" by new omissions and frequent changes in privilege designations.
July 17, 2020
Among upcoming product liability cases in the rest of 2020 are oral arguments this fall before the U.S. Supreme Court involving jurisdiction questions in automaker Ford's challenges to a pair of defect suits, as well as an expected rise in suits related to COVID-19 claims. Here are Law360's cases to watch for the rest of the year.
July 16, 2020
The Sixth Circuit on Thursday shot down a second bid to disqualify an Ohio federal judge from overseeing the opioid multidistrict litigation after CVS Pharmacy Inc. and other national pharmacy chains accused him of blatant bias.
July 13, 2020
CVS Pharmacy Inc., Walgreen Co. and other national pharmacy chains are making phony bias allegations against the Ohio federal judge overseeing multidistrict opioid litigation because they're upset about having lost several legal arguments, local governments have told the Sixth Circuit.