The New Hampshire Supreme Court recently dealt Big Pharma another blow as it challenges the government’s practice of hiring attorneys on a contingency fee basis in litigation accusing the companies of deceptively marketing opioid painkillers.
In a recent spate of lawsuits across the country, plaintiffs lawyers have teamed with state and local governments, suing pharmaceutical companies through contingency fee agreements for their alleged role in creating the prescription opioid and heroin addiction epidemic. Such litigation is pending in federal, state and county courts in Ohio, New York, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Chicago and two California counties.
