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By Cliff Katz, Bill Escobar, Neil Merkl and Sumi Naidoo | February 14, 2018
States and municipalities have brought over 200 lawsuits against opioid distributors and manufacturers in the United States, in response to the Opioid Epidemic. Using civil suits to solve this public health problem is not a proper function of the justice system. Opportunistic litigation diverts attention from the need for properly targeted public policy solutions.
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By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | February 13, 2018
C. Michael Moore specializes in pharmaceutical work and also handles unfair trade practices, state attorney general matters, governmental fraud. Matthew Nickel focuses on product liability and pharmaceutical litigation.
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By Terence N. Hawley and Joshua D. Anderson | February 13, 2018
Class action plaintiffs often submit expert testimony in support of class certification motions, raising the question of how defendants should respond—particularly when the plaintiff's evidence is unreliable or otherwise deficient.
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By Jenna Greene | February 11, 2018
"In order to do a good job at trial, you can't just parachute in and know half the facts. You have to know everything," says Kirkland & Ellis star litigator James Hurst. "The reality is, that takes time—late nights, early mornings, lots of weekends. But it's the only way to make it work."
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By Charles Toutant | February 9, 2018
The company artificially inflated its stock price by failing to disclose what it knew about links between cancer and Johnson's Baby Powder, according to the suit.
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By Kristen Rasmussen | February 9, 2018
Under a 30-day budget amendment that Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced, 11 fentanyl analogs will be added to the state controlled substances schedule and the New York health commissioner will have the authority to add to the state controlled substances list new drugs that are added to the federal schedule.
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By Robert Storace | February 9, 2018
The fee agreements between the state's largest communities and the law firms representing them in their lawsuit against Big Pharma related to the opioid epidemic call on those communities to pay nothing unless they prevail.
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By R. Robin McDonald | February 7, 2018
Attorneys at an Athens firm with a growing national reputation as leaders in medical MDL are representing Candler County and the county hospital authority in their fight against drug manufacturers and distributors.
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By Scott Graham | February 6, 2018
In an appellate showdown between Fish & Richardson's Juanita Brooks and MoloLamken's Jeffrey Lamken, a Federal Circuit panel seemed swayed by Merck's argument that one bad witness didn't taint the jury's verdict.
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By Josefa Velasquez | February 5, 2018
Dozens of lawyers and lobbyists had a role in bringing a legal marijuana industry to New York state. The law firms and lobby shops that were involved in and pushed the rise of medical marijuana are now gearing up for the next frontier: a recreational scheme.
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