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  1. October 01, 2019

    Opioid MDL Judge Rips Ohio AG's Late Bellwether Attack

    The Ohio attorney general's new campaign to torpedo the first bellwether trial in multidistrict opioid litigation is happening way too late and misconstrues key legal issues, the MDL's supervising judge told the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday.

  2. September 25, 2019

    Battle Lines Drawn For Opioid MDL's Bellwether Trial

    Drug manufacturers and distributors on Wednesday previewed their attack plans for the first bellwether trial in multidistrict opioid litigation, pinning blame for an addiction epidemic on corrupt doctors, criminal cartels and even the local government plaintiffs themselves.

  3. September 24, 2019

    Opioid MDL Judge Rejects J&J's Attack On Trial Format

    The Ohio federal judge overseeing multidistrict opioid litigation on Tuesday rejected Johnson & Johnson's bid for a bench trial instead of a jury trial on liability for an epidemic of painkiller addiction, saying "12 heads are better than one."

  4. September 19, 2019

    Jury's Task In Ohio Opioid MDL Trial Divides Drug Cos.

    Drug companies involved in multidistrict opioid litigation voiced divergent views in Ohio federal court Thursday on the jury's role in a looming bellwether trial, a question with significant implications for a potential multibillion-dollar remedy.

  5. September 06, 2019

    Mallinckrodt Pays $24M To Exit Opioid MDL Bellwethers

    Mallinckrodt said Friday it will pay $24 million and donate up to $6 million in generic drugs to resolve claims from two Ohio counties that are behind the lead bellwether cases in multidistrict litigation against opioid manufacturers.

  6. September 03, 2019

    Opioid MDL Jury Will Weigh 'Complete Failures' By Drug Cos.

    A jury could find that "complete failures" by drug companies to stop illicit painkiller shipments unleashed a harrowing epidemic of addiction, an Ohio federal judge ruled Tuesday in the multidistrict opioid litigation's lead bellwether cases.

  7. August 30, 2019

    Ohio AG Asks 6th Circ. To Halt Upcoming Opioid Bellwether

    Ohio's attorney general on Friday urged the Sixth Circuit to halt an upcoming bellwether trial that's part of multidistrict litigation against drugmakers blamed for the opioid crisis, calling the claims made by two Buckeye State counties in the bellwether case an "intrusion onto sovereign territory."

  8. August 30, 2019

    Allergan To Pay $5M To Exit Ohio Opioid Bellwethers

    Allergan PLC on Friday said it had reached a $5 million settlement with two Ohio counties that are behind the lead bellwether cases in multidistrict opioid litigation.

  9. July 03, 2019

    The Biggest Legal Ethics Decisions Of 2019: Midyear Report

    During the first six months of 2019, the legal ethics arena saw a Tenth Circuit decision on judicial ethics complaints against U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the first of several potential rulings on conflicts in the “Varsity Blues” college admissions case. Here are some of the top legal ethics and malpractice decisions from the first half of the year.

  10. April 26, 2019

    Atty Sanctions Axed In Opioid MDL, Allowing Doc's Testimony

    An Ohio federal judge on Friday scrapped attorney sanctions that would have barred testimony from a high-profile pain doctor in the multidistrict opioid litigation, calling the discipline "too extreme" despite a galling failure by plaintiffs' attorneys to divulge a deal with the doctor.

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