By Amanda Bronstad | April 26, 2022
San Francisco's opioid trial began this week with two days of opening statements. "Today's opioid crisis would not have occurred without the paradigm shifts caused by defendants and others in the pharmaceutical industry," said Richard Heimann, a lawyer for San Francisco.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 20, 2022
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, at a press conference on Wednesday, said drug companies "flooded San Francisco with prescription opioids," creating a public nuisance. One defendant, Endo, settled for $10 million.
By ALM Staff | April 6, 2022
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 4, 2022
Three drug companies that won a California bench verdict last year in one of the first opioid trials in the nation went to trial on Monday against West Virginia.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 24, 2022
"You have a hard job ahead of you," Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer told lawyers at a pretrial hearing on Wednesday. Opening statements begin April 25.
By ALM Staff | March 15, 2022
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 11, 2022
The fees and costs outlined in the $26 billion opioid deal with Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharmaceuticals and three distributors are a mix of common benefit fees, contingency fees and payments to the states for outside counsel. One law professor said, "it's not like the lawyers are going to be impoverished."
By Amanda Bronstad | February 25, 2022
Johnson & Johnson and three drug distributors—AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson—agreed on Friday to move forward with the second largest multistate settlement in U.S. history after 90% of cities and counties signed up to obtain funds to combat the opioid crisis.
By ALM Staff | January 25, 2022
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
By ALM Staff | December 29, 2021
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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