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Lawyers Find Their Roles in America’s Opioid Crisis

Civil and criminal cases are multiplying as more fingers point to Big Pharma as the engine in the addiction epidemic. In this Instant Insights, we look at the resulting litigation.

Meet 4 Women Helping Connecticut Sue Big Pharma Over Opioid Addiction

Robert Storace | May 24, 2019

Three families have become the face of opioid addiction in Connecticut.

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In 'First-of-Its-Kind' Criminal Case, SDNY Announces $20 Million Fine Against Opioid Distributor

Colby Hamilton | April 23, 2019

The Rochester drug distributor's oxycodone order fulfillment increased eightfold over a four-year period, despite numerous internal warnings that the sales were driven by suspect behavior.
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America’s Opioid Crisis: What Employers and Their Counsel Need to Know

Jackie Ford | April 16, 2019

In addition to causing widespread misery in society as a whole, opioids are producing specific challenges in the workplace. As just one example, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 25-percent increase from 2012 to 2017 in the number of workers fatally overdosing on the job.
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First Opioid Crisis Trial Opens With Oklahoma AG Asking for Billions of Dollars

Amanda Bronstad | May 28, 2019

A lawyer for the state of Oklahoma opened the bench trial with: "If you oversupply, people will die."
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NY Bill Would Bar Life Insurers From Eyeing Applicants' Opioid-Blocker Prescriptions

Dan M. Clark | May 06, 2019

Democrats in the state Legislature are expected to move a bill on Monday to prohibit life insurance companies from denying coverage to individuals, including nurses, who are prescribed opioid-reversal medications, like Naloxone or Narcan.

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AmerisourceBergen Hit With Del. Investor Suit Over Alleged Role in Opioid Crisis

Tom McParland | April 19, 2019

An investor in AmerisourceBergen Corp. is taking aim at the directors of the Chesterbrook-based drug wholesaler with a books-and-records suit in Delaware seeking to investigate potential wrongdoing associated with the opioid crisis.
Doc Hit With $2.2M Verdict in Excessive Opioid Prescription Case

Max Mitchell | May 09, 2019

A Philadelphia jury has awarded more than $2 million to a woman who claimed that her former pain management doctor needlessly prescribed her addictive opioid medications, which led to both mental and physical injuries.