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City of Chicago v. Purdue Pharma L.P. et al.

  1. July 20, 2015

    Chicago Fights For Clarity In Drug Marketing Suit

    The city of Chicago has urged an Illinois federal court to reject drug companies' objections and clarify whether the city would need to identify specific consumers in its amended dishonest marketing claims, saying government enforcement actions aren't required to prove consumers have been misled.

  2. July 06, 2015

    Drug Cos. Fight Chicago's Clarification Bid After Dismissals

    Drugmakers dismissed from Chicago's suit over their allegedly dishonest marketing of opioid painkillers have told an Illinois federal court to reject the city's bid to clarify whether its amended claims in the litigation would need to identify specific consumers who received the allegedly misleading marketing.

  3. May 11, 2015

    Teva, Others Dodge Chicago's Suit Over Painkiller Marketing

    An Illinois federal judge on Friday threw out the city of Chicago's lawsuit targeting Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. and three other drugmakers for their alleged dishonest marketing of opioid painkillers, leaving Purdue Pharma LP as the sole remaining defendant in the once-sprawling case.

  4. March 02, 2015

    Pharmas Fail To Nix Cohen Milstein's Contract With Chicago

    An Illinois federal judge on Monday nixed an attempt by seven pharmaceutical companies to invalidate a law firm's contract with the city of Chicago in the city's suit over the companies' allegedly fraudulent marketing of opioid drugs, saying that safeguards in the city's contract protected their due process rights.

  5. December 16, 2014

    Drugmakers Can't DQ Cohen Milstein In Chicago Opioid Suit

    An Illinois federal judge on Monday nixed a bid by Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and other drugmakers to disqualify Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC from representing Chicago in its suit over the marketing of opioid painkillers, saying that a lawyer wasn't involved in a previous government investigation of the companies.

  6. November 10, 2014

    Chicago Hits Back At Drugmakers' Cohen Milstein DQ Bid

    Chicago fought a bid by Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and other drugmakers to disqualify its outside attorneys at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, arguing Friday that the city didn't wrongly delegate its authority by taking the firm's assistance in investigating the drugmakers' opioid painkiller marketing.

  7. September 22, 2014

    Cohen Milstein Wrongly Handed Police Powers: Drugmakers

    Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and other pharmaceutical companies on Friday blasted the city of Chicago for unlawfully delegating its investigative police powers to Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, arguing the firm has a financial interest in the outcome of Chicago's suit over marketing of opioid painkillers.

  8. September 09, 2014

    Chicago Fights Bid To DQ Cohen Milstein In Painkiller Suit

    The city of Chicago asked an Illinois federal judge on Monday to deny Purdue Pharma LP's request to keep Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC from representing the city in its suit over marketing of opioid painkillers, saying only a current or former client can seek to disqualify an attorney.

  9. September 02, 2014

    Drug Cos. Call Chicago's Painkiller Marketing Suit Unwieldy

    Purdue Pharma LP and numerous other pharmaceutical companies asked an Illinois federal judge on Friday to throw out the city of Chicago's suit claiming that their allegedly irresponsible marketing of addictive opioid painkillers has caused a costly public health crisis, arguing that the claims are too generalized to move forward.

  10. August 21, 2014

    Purdue Wants Cohen Milstein Atty DQ'd In Chicago Opioid Row

    Purdue Pharma LP urged an Illinois federal judge on Thursday to disqualify Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC and one of its partners from representing the city of Chicago in its lawsuit over allegedly dishonest marketing of opioid painkillers, saying a past representation creates an "appearance of impropriety."

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