January 17, 2020
Pharmacies launched another attack on the judge overseeing opioid multidistrict litigation, telling the Sixth Circuit on Friday that he has "repeatedly disregarded" federal court rules and should be ordered to follow them.
January 17, 2020
Federal prosecutors are questioning whether a Skadden attorney should be disqualified from defending a former trader at JP Morgan against spoofing charges in the latest example of the U.S. Department of Justice claiming an ex-government attorney may have brought too much inside information through the revolving door.
January 15, 2020
Data previously available only to federal agencies shows that opioid industry distributors and pharmacies unleashed 100 billion pain pills across the country during a nine-year span, plaintiffs lawyers in the massive opioid multidistrict litigation said Wednesday.
January 07, 2020
Legal guardians of babies born to mothers who took opioids during pregnancy asked the Ohio federal judge overseeing the opioid multidistrict litigation to certify a class for the purpose of medical monitoring, saying Tuesday that the babies are the most vulnerable victims of the opioid crisis.
January 07, 2020
A group of pharmacies led by CVS Pharmacy Inc., Walgreen Co. and Walmart Inc. are taking aim at droves of unnamed doctors, saying the Ohio counties suing as part of the sprawling opioid multidistrict litigation are unfairly blaming pharmacies instead of going after physicians for overprescribing the drugs.
January 02, 2020
Some of the nation's largest pharmacy chains must turn over an unprecedented 14 years' worth of nationwide opioid prescription records to the cities and counties suing them for billions over their role in the opioid epidemic, the Ohio federal judge overseeing the sprawling multidistrict litigation has ruled.
January 01, 2020
Another showdown between municipalities and the opioid industry, more product liability cases over Roundup weedkiller, and high-stakes criminal proceedings for attorney Michael Avenatti and Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes are sure to make headlines in the new year. Here, Law360 previews some of the more intriguing and significant trials expected in 2020.
December 03, 2019
Attorneys representing cities and counties suing the drug industry over the opioid crisis told the Ohio federal judge overseeing litigation late Monday that a novel negotiation class proposal aimed at striking a global deal has won strong support across the country.
November 27, 2019
Some of the nation's biggest school districts are suing major drug companies over student learning disabilities and other problems allegedly linked to the opioid crisis, portending a potentially enormous new front in the multidistrict opioid litigation.
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.