
Lawyers for Pennsylvania plaintiffs who signed onto a major 2022 opioid settlement are set to receive a cumulative $28.4 million in contingency fees from the deal. The fees are slated to be paid out of the Pennsylvania Opioid Fee Fund—a chunk of money allotted for lawyers from Pennsylvania's $1.07 billion share of the $26 billion global settlement between state and local governments and Johnson & Johnson, Cardinal Health, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen.
Biotech & Pharmaceuticals
December 18, 2023, 1:00 PM