City of Chicago v. Purdue Pharma L.P. et al.

  1. November 19, 2019

    Opioid MDL Judge Plots New Bellwether Trials Across US

    The Ohio federal judge guiding multidistrict opioid litigation on Tuesday singled out numerous cases as good candidates for future bellwether trials, pitting a potpourri of plaintiffs against an assortment of drug companies.

  2. November 16, 2017

    Chicago's Suit Over Opioids Paused Ahead Of MDL Ruling

    An Illinois federal judge on Thursday put a hold on the city of Chicago's lawsuit against a group of pharmaceutical companies over their alleged misrepresentation of opioid painkillers' addictiveness, saying it should wait until a decision is made on whether to consolidate similar claims in multidistrict litigation.

  3. November 01, 2017

    Janssen Must Fork Over More Employee Info In Opioid Suit

    An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday partially granted the city of Chicago's bid to force pharmaceutical company Janssen to produce information related to marketing employees in the city's suit over the alleged misleading marketing of opioids, saying the company never explained exactly why producing the documents would be a burden.

  4. October 31, 2017

    Drugmakers Want Chicago's Opioid Suit Paused Pending MDL

    Purdue Pharma, Janssen Pharmaceuticals and Cephalon Inc. on Monday asked an Illinois federal court to stay the city of Chicago's suit accusing them of deceptively marketing opioid painkillers until after the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation decides whether to consolidate more than 70 related suits.

  5. October 18, 2017

    Chicago Seeks Janssen Employees' Info In Opioid Suit

    The city of Chicago on Tuesday told an Illinois federal judge that 10 Janssen employees likely have documents related to the city's claims that the drug company and others misleadingly marketed opioids and the city should be allowed to seek those documents.

  6. June 30, 2017

    Product Liability Cases To Watch: Midyear Report

    Lawsuits over the ongoing opioid epidemic continue to mount, and litigation against carmakers alleging emissions violations is revving up just as Volkswagen is in the process of ending its own cases. Attorneys are also watching to see how Takata's long-expected bankruptcy will affect litigation over its potentially dangerous air bags.

  7. January 30, 2017

    Chicago Fights Latest Effort To Kill Opioid Addiction Suit

    Chicago struck back last week at an attempt to deal the final blow to large portions of a federal lawsuit dinging pharmaceutical companies for overselling painkillers while hiding their addictive properties, accusing the companies of organizing a "blunderbuss" attack against the case by attempting to relitigate matters that have already been resolved.

  8. December 16, 2016

    Drug Cos. Say Chicago's Opioid Claims Still Miss The Mark

    Drug companies on Thursday told an Illinois federal judge that the city of Chicago's suit accusing them of downplaying the addictive risks of opioid painkillers still fails to identify prescriptions that were ineffective or harmful, and that the city continues to reimburse prescriptions for chronic, non-cancer pain.

  9. October 26, 2016

    Chicago Says Drug Cos.' Opioids Forced Spending On Addicts

    The city of Chicago took a last stab at updating its complaint in its suit against Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and several other pharmaceutical companies over their alleged deceptive marketing of opioid painkillers Tuesday, adding details about the city's own fight against abuse of the addictive drugs.

  10. September 29, 2016

    Drug Cos. Lose Bid to Stay Chicago's Opioid Marketing Suit

    Some of the nation's leading pharmaceutical companies on Thursday lost a bid to dodge consumer fraud claims from the city of Chicago over an alleged scheme to sell opiates despite their addictive properties, with an Illinois federal judge denying an attempt to stay the case pending FDA reviews.