National Law Journal | Analysis
By Amanda Bronstad | December 21, 2017
Opioids and data breaches are expected to be the hot mass torts in 2018, with tort reform expected to resurface on Capitol Hill.
By Amanda Bronstad | December 20, 2017
A group of more than 20 lawyers who would be on many observers' list of the “best and the brightest” of the mass torts bar filed a motion on Wednesday to be appointed lead counsel in the national opioid multidistrict litigation.
By Kristen Rasmussen | December 20, 2017
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. will pay $13.5 million to settle allegations by attorneys general in all 50 states and the District of Columbia that the company marketed some of its drugs for unapproved uses.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | December 19, 2017
Harris County decided to use a tried-and-true strategy of hiring plaintiffs firms to handle litigation the county filed against manufacturers and distributors of opioids.
By Amanda Bronstad | December 11, 2017
A federal appeals court has revived more than 750 lawsuits filed over four diabetes drugs after finding that a San Diego judge misapplied a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court opinion relating to federal pre-emption.
By Amanda Bronstad | December 5, 2017
A federal judicial panel has ordered nearly 180 government lawsuits filed against opioid manufacturers and distributors to be transferred to a judge in Ohio.
By Jenna Greene | November 19, 2017
In the first bellwether trial in California over the anti-psychotic Risperdal, it took a Los Angeles Superior Court jury less than two hours to find for the drugmakers. What did lead lawyer Daniel Petrocelli say to them at closing?
By Kristen Rasmussen | November 15, 2017
ALM takes a look at which law firms the pharmaceutical industry is turning to for representation in this nationwide spate of opioid marketing litigation.
By Robert Storace | November 10, 2017
In a 3-0 California Court of Appeal ruling, Travelers gets off the hook in having to defend Watson Pharmaceuticals, an opioid manufacturer, with whom it had an insurance policy.
By Scott Graham | October 31, 2017
The U.S. solicitor general, law professors, nonprofits and even one pharma company make the case for saving the Patent and Trial Appeal Board as a cost-effective mechanism for challenging patents.
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