Topic: Opioids
National Prescription Opiate Litigation – MDL 2804 At a hearing on June 25 held at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in Cleveland, Judge Polster, in response to concerns raised by distributors, pharmacies and state attorneys general, refrained from ruling on the plaintiffs’ attorneys’ motion to create a “negotiating class”, indicating […]
On June 14, attorneys representing local governments and communities met in Ohio and presented a proposed framework for a comprehensive nationwide settlement of the opioid crisis. Representing hundreds of counties, towns and municipalities, their goal is for impacted local communities to settle with the drug companies as a single “negotiating class” and effect a nationwide […]
Oklahoma On May 26, days before the company was scheduled to start trial, the world’s largest generic drug manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed to an $85 million settlement with the state of Oklahoma. The Oklahoma lawsuit had accused Teva of fueling the state’s opioid crisis with its deceptive marketing and production of both generic and branded […]
The Sackler family is now sending signals that they are interested in a global settlement of the more than 2,000 opioid lawsuits pending against Purdue Pharma as a way to “to get the monies to the communities that need them”. The states and municipalities who brought these lawsuits should be asking themselves what remains to […]
Life expectancy in the United States has declined for the second year in a row according to the latest study from the Center for Disease Control. When this news broke last year it hit like a bombshell and then was forgotten by most. While two data points do not make a trend, there are some […]
