County of Lake v. Purdue Pharma L.P. et al

  1. October 01, 2021

    Counties Say Opioid Trial Can Redress 'Great Stress' Of Crisis

    The two Ohio counties set to battle national pharmacies starting Monday in a key opioid bellwether have strong steel and manufacturing roots and see the trial as their chance to hold companies accountable for the extreme financial stress the crisis has brought to their already struggling communities.

  2. September 29, 2021

    7 Key Details As Pharmacy Giants Head To 1st Opioid Trial

    After years of bobbing and weaving, pharmacy titans CVS, Walgreens and Walmart are poised to go toe-to-toe with heavyweight plaintiffs lawyers in the first opioid trial targeting the pharmacy sector. Here, Law360 looks at the showdown's lead lawyers, biggest uncertainties and intensely acrimonious atmosphere.

  3. August 26, 2021

    Rite Aid Strikes Deal To Avert Opioid MDL's 1st Pharmacy Trial

    A years-in-the-making opioid trial against major pharmacy chains won't include Rite Aid Corp., which revealed a deal Thursday to avoid going before an Ohio federal jury on allegations it unlawfully dispensed and distributed massive amounts of prescription narcotics.

  4. August 13, 2021

    Ohio Counties Don't Want 'Legal Opioid' Talk In Bellwether

    Two Ohio counties set for an October bellwether trial over the opioid crisis want their pharmacy-chain adversaries blocked from calling prescription opioids "legal opioids," saying it will only confuse matters since legality is dependent on context.

  5. June 23, 2021

    Judge Backtracks On Juror Vaccine Mandate In Opioid MDL

    An Ohio federal judge said on Wednesday he wouldn't automatically throw out potential jurors in the national multidistrict opioid litigation because they are unvaccinated against COVID-19, undoing an earlier order requiring juror vaccinations.

  6. June 22, 2021

    Vaccine Mandate May Skew Opioid MDL Jury, Pharmacies Say

    Limiting the pool of potential jurors to only those who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 could unfairly skew the jury in national multidistrict opioid litigation, pharmacies are telling an Ohio federal judge.

  7. May 28, 2021

    Key Opioid Trials To Watch As Cases Heat Up Nationwide

    With the coronavirus crisis cooling down, a pressure cooker of opioid litigation is heating up with long-awaited trials across the country. Here, Law360 maps out the hottest cases and spotlights must-know details in trials that are underway or imminent.

  8. January 03, 2021

    2021 Trials To Watch As Litigants Return To Court — Hopefully

    After a year in which the coronavirus pandemic swiped numerous important trials off the table, 2021 is widely hoped to bring broad vaccine availability and a return to the courtroom for many who have been awaiting their days in court.

  9. November 10, 2020

    CVS, Rite Aid Say Doctors Also Liable For Prescribing Opioids

    Pharmacy chains including CVS and Rite Aid on Monday swung back at a bid by two Ohio counties to strike the chains' claims against health care workers who wrote opioid prescriptions, saying their arguments rest on "fiction."

  10. September 22, 2020

    Pharmacies Lose Bid To Revisit Ruling On Their Opioid Duties

    The Ohio federal judge overseeing opioid litigation on Tuesday refused to reconsider an earlier decision allowing two Ohio counties' opioid claims to go forward, reaffirming his conclusion that pharmacies should protect against types of diversion beyond theft.