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MLex

In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:17-md-02804

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Court:

Ohio Northern

Nature of Suit:

P.I.: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Dan Aaron Polster (MDL 28

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  1. July 06, 2020

    Pharmacies Can't Slip Opioid Nuisance Claims, Counties Say

    Two Ohio counties urged a federal judge to shut down requests by pharmacy chains to toss claims that they created a public nuisance by failing to monitor suspicious opioid orders that helped fuel an epidemic of painkiller addiction, saying the state's public nuisance law fits their claims.

  2. June 30, 2020

    Pharmacies Urge 6th Circ. To Boot Opioid MDL Judge

    CVS Health Corp., Walgreen Co. and other major pharmacy chains asked the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday to disqualify the Ohio federal judge supervising multidistrict opioid litigation, accusing him of exhibiting blatant bias by "directing plaintiffs' trial strategy."

  3. June 29, 2020

    AmerisourceBergen CEO Must Testify In Opioid Bellwether

    Virginia Special Master Christopher C. Wilkes on Monday ordered AmerisourceBergen Drug Corp. CEO Steven H. Collis to testify in the second bellwether opioid suit expected to head to trial in federal multidistrict litigation, rejecting the company's arguments taking his video-deposition would be too burdensome.

  4. June 23, 2020

    Chicago Says Drug Cos. Shouldn't Exit Opioid Bellwether Suit

    Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceuticals can't escape a Chicago bellwether case over their allegedly deceptive opioid marketing because earlier rulings have already largely upheld the allegations, the city argued Monday.

  5. June 17, 2020

    Pharmacies Want Out Of Opioid MDL 'Public Nuisance' Suits

    A group of pharmacies is asking an Ohio federal judge to dismiss complaints by two Ohio counties alleging the pharmacies contributed to the opioid epidemic, saying the counties are suing under public nuisance laws that don't fit their claims.

  6. June 15, 2020

    Pharmacies Can't Avoid Common Discovery In Opioid MDL

    An Ohio federal judge on Monday rejected a bid by pharmacies involved in the sprawling opioid multidistrict litigation to rescind a ruling forcing them to put discovery documents into a common repository, saying the ruling aligns with the purposes of an MDL and imposes "virtually zero" burden on the companies.

  7. June 12, 2020

    Cherokee Nation Fights Bid To Nix Opioid Bellwether

    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. 

  8. June 03, 2020

    Opioid MDL Judge Orders More Briefing On $3B Atty Fees

    An Ohio federal judge overseeing sprawling opioid multidistrict litigation adopted the recommendation of a Harvard Law School professor that more information is needed before he can approve a request for a common benefit fund setting aside $3.3 billion in attorney fees.

  9. May 28, 2020

    DOJ Says BigLaw Firms Put FBI Agent At Risk Of COVID-19

    Major drug companies represented by Covington & Burling LLP and other BigLaw firms "jeopardized the health" of an FBI agent by serving subpoenas at his home during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a U.S. Department of Justice filing in opioid crisis litigation.

  10. May 27, 2020

    Ohio Counties Hit Pharmacies With Opioid Nuisance Claims

    Two Ohio counties in bellwether cases hit pharmacy chains with claims Wednesday that they created a public nuisance by failing to monitor suspicious orders of opioids and only belatedly put in systems to detect those orders.