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In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation

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Case Number:

1:17-md-02804

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. April 10, 2019

    No More Trial Delays In Opioid MDL, Judge Says

    An Ohio federal judge on Wednesday declared that a highly anticipated bellwether trial in the multidistrict opioid litigation won't be postponed again, a move that follows delays and allegations that the drug companies are stalling.

  2. April 08, 2019

    Opioid MDL Attys Sanctioned For Hiding Doctor's Cooperation

    Plaintiffs attorneys in the multidistrict opioid litigation misled drug company defendants about the cooperation of an influential doctor who has long advised drug companies and can no longer use his testimony at a bellwether trial, according to a newly released Ohio federal court ruling.

  3. April 08, 2019

    BakerHostetler Can't Overturn Opioid MDL Disqualification

    BakerHostetler will remain disqualified from representing Endo Pharmaceuticals in two bellwether cases in the multidistrict opioid litigation, an Ohio federal judge ruled Monday, saying the drugmaker waited too long to cry foul.

  4. April 03, 2019

    BakerHostetler Crossed 'Ethical Line' In Opioid MDL: Gov'ts

    BakerHostetler earned its disqualification from key cases in the multidistrict opioid litigation because it crossed an "ethical line" by enlisting an attorney with potential inside information, local governments told an Ohio federal court Wednesday.

  5. April 02, 2019

    Tribes Get Tentative Green Light In Opioid MDL

    The majority of the claims brought by the Blackfeet Tribe and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in the opioid multidistrict litigation should be allowed to move forward, a federal magistrate judge has said.

  6. April 01, 2019

    Judge Botched BakerHostetler DQ In Opioid MDL, Endo Says

    Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. is decrying the disqualification of BakerHostetler from bellwether cases in the multidistrict opioid litigation, asserting that an Ohio federal judge "effectively became a witness" against the law firm during disqualification proceedings.

  7. March 20, 2019

    BakerHostetler DQ'd From Opioid MDL Bellwethers

    An Ohio federal judge on Wednesday disqualified BakerHostetler from two bellwether cases in the multidistrict opioid litigation, citing confidential information that a firm partner viewed while working at the U.S. Department of Justice.

  8. February 25, 2019

    City Bellwethers In Opioid MDL Carved Out, Delayed

    An Ohio federal judge on Monday carved out Ohio cities from the first bellwether cases in multidistrict litigation over the opioid epidemic and indefinitely postponed their trial date.

  9. February 19, 2019

    Opioid MDL Atty Gets Heat For Ripping Purdue 'Scumbags'

    A prominent plaintiffs attorney in the opioid multidistrict litigation has been accused of misconduct after denouncing the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP as "scumbags" akin to "Mexican cartels," Law360 has learned.

  10. February 06, 2019

    Opioid MDL Judge Mulls BakerHostetler DQ, Vents Frustration

    The Ohio federal judge supervising multidistrict litigation over the opioid crisis said Wednesday that he may disqualify a BakerHostetler attorney on conflict-of-interest grounds and cited the dust-up as a vindication of his original push for a settlement of the epic MDL.

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