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California Judge 'Grappling' With Public Nuisance Claim in $50B Opioid Trial
On Thursday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson interrupted Motley Rice partner Fidelma Fitzpatrick's closing argument, held via Zoom, to question how a rise in opiate pharmaceuticals created a public nuisance in California. Fitzpatrick represents the counties of Los Angeles, Orange and Santa Clara, as well as the city of Oakland.
Phila. DA Sues Over Proposed Opioid Settlement, Saying State AG Can't Bargain Away City's Rights
Krasner's lawsuit comes the day after attorneys general from several states announced a proposed $26 billion global settlement. The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office says the state and local governments may secure as much as $1 billion under the deal.
$26B Proposed Global Settlement Aims to Resolve Thousands of Opioid Lawsuits
Attorneys general from several states, including New York and California, announced Wednesday a $26 billion global settlement to resolve lawsuits against the nation's three largest distributors of opiate pharmaceuticals and Johnson & Johnson. The deal, which is dependent on how many governments participate, also aims to resolves the vast majority of more than 4,000 lawsuits filed by cities and counties.
First Federal Bellwether Trial Over Opioid Addiction Crisis Set to Begin in West Virginia
The bench trial, which is expected to last 12 weeks, is before U.S. District Judge David Faber of the Southern District of West Virginia. Cabell County and the city of Huntington, both in West Virginia, brought the case against the three largest distributors of opiate pharmaceuticals: AmerisourceBergen Corp., McKesson and Cardinal Health.
Second Opioid Trial Opens in California Over 'Crushing Burden' of Epidemic
Motley Rice partner Fidelma Fitzpatrick represents three California counties and the city of Oakland against four manufacturers of opiate pharmaceuticals in a virtual bench trial that began on Monday. "The evidence will not support this grand conspiracy theory," said defense attorney Collie James of Morgan Lewis.
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Federal Circuit Backs PTO's Broad Discretion Over AIA Challenges
"The Director is permitted, but never compelled" to grant America Invents Act petitions challenging patent validity, the court rules. It's a blow to tech companies that argue they're wrongly being denied access.
Predicting 'Several Hundreds of Cases,' MDL Panel Sends Elmiron Lawsuits to New Jersey
In a Tuesday order, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation appointed U.S. District Judge Brian Martinotti to oversee the lawsuits, which allege that Elmiron, used to treat chronic bladder infection called interstitial cystitis, causes eye problems.
Pa. Fed Judge Rejects Nationwide Class Action Seeking Elmiron Medical Monitoring
As attorneys across the country fight over whether to consolidate litigation over the bladder infection medication Elmiron into a single federal court, a district judge in Pennsylvania has decided that claims seeking medical monitoring over the medication can't be litigated as a national class action.
Pa. Supreme Court Ruling Tees Up Possible Punitive Damages Phase of $70M Risperdal Verdict
The first—and, so far, only—Risperdal case to go to a punitive damages trial resulted in an $8 billion verdict last year, which has since been reduced to $6.8 million.
Report: Product Liability Cases Rose, Medical Devices and Pharma Hit Hardest
Lex Machina's 2020 Product Liability Litigation Report, released Monday, found the top corporate defendant hit with product liability cases was Johnson & Johnson, which totaled 70,924 lawsuits from 2015 to 2019, many from multidistrict litigation over its baby powder and blood thinner Xarelto.TRENDING STORIES
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