Welcome to Critical MassLaw.com’s new briefing on class actions and mass torts. I’m Amanda Bronstad in Los Angeles. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement this week about the DOJ getting involved in the opioid litigation comes as the department was ordered to turn over DEA data to plaintiffs lawyers. Find out more about one of the lawyers leading the Equifax lawsuits on behalf of banks. And Yahoo added a law firm to its defense team ahead of a critical hearing in the data breach litigation.

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