March 05, 2018
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Monday told an Ohio federal judge presiding over multidistrict litigation that it will divulge nine years of data on opioid sales, backing off its resistance to such a large data release.
March 01, 2018
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's resistance to divulging information about opioid sales as part of multidistrict litigation is generating fresh scrutiny of its "revolving door" relationship with drug companies and law firms.
March 01, 2018
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will divulge two years of information about drugmakers that sold the vast majority of opioids in every state, an Ohio federal judge presiding over multidistrict litigation said Thursday.
February 23, 2018
Attorneys targeting drug manufacturers and distributors in multidistrict litigation over the opioid crisis are clashing with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration regarding access to vast amounts of government data on painkiller sales, according to filings in Ohio federal court on Friday.
February 20, 2018
The fate of multidistrict litigation over the opioid crisis now rests heavily with 18 elite attorneys who've been tasked with negotiating a settlement in the historic case. Here, Law360 presents the names and faces of the negotiators, along with information about their biggest cases and notable achievements.
February 07, 2018
An Ohio federal judge on Wednesday created negotiating teams for attorneys in sprawling multidistrict litigation over allegedly reckless opioid sales, the latest move to steer the massive case toward settlement.
February 06, 2018
An Ohio federal judge Tuesday issued a gag order for the settlement negotiations pertaining to multidistrict litigation targeting the nation's largest prescription opioid sellers.
February 01, 2018
Attorneys for local governments and drug companies traded divergent views of the opioid crisis this week at a closed-door hearing about settlement prospects in a colossal legal fight, sources told Law360.
January 09, 2018
The Ohio federal judge overseeing the mammoth multidistrict litigation over the ongoing opioid epidemic set an urgent tone for the litigation during the first hearing in the MDL on Tuesday morning, creating a goal to drastically reduce the number of painkillers being disseminated in the U.S.
January 04, 2018
An Ohio federal judge on Thursday approved lead attorneys and an elaborate legal support team to litigate a gargantuan case against painkiller manufacturers and distributors blamed for the nation's opioid crisis.