April 25, 2019
Plaintiffs' attorneys who hid key witness testimony in the multidistrict opioid litigation were properly sanctioned by having that testimony blocked from a bellwether trial, drug companies told an Ohio federal court on Thursday.
April 18, 2019
An Ohio federal judge on Thursday said that drug companies in the multidistrict opioid litigation are apparently maneuvering to indefinitely delay a bellwether trial and that the idea isn't even worthy of consideration.
April 16, 2019
Plaintiffs attorneys in the multidistrict opioid litigation are contesting a sanction that would block testimony from an influential doctor whose cooperation they failed to disclose, calling it "a punishment that does not fit the crime."
April 10, 2019
An Ohio federal judge on Wednesday declared that a highly anticipated bellwether trial in the multidistrict opioid litigation won't be postponed again, a move that follows delays and allegations that the drug companies are stalling.
April 08, 2019
Plaintiffs attorneys in the multidistrict opioid litigation misled drug company defendants about the cooperation of an influential doctor who has long advised drug companies and can no longer use his testimony at a bellwether trial, according to a newly released Ohio federal court ruling.
April 08, 2019
BakerHostetler will remain disqualified from representing Endo Pharmaceuticals in two bellwether cases in the multidistrict opioid litigation, an Ohio federal judge ruled Monday, saying the drugmaker waited too long to cry foul.
April 03, 2019
BakerHostetler earned its disqualification from key cases in the multidistrict opioid litigation because it crossed an "ethical line" by enlisting an attorney with potential inside information, local governments told an Ohio federal court Wednesday.
April 02, 2019
The majority of the claims brought by the Blackfeet Tribe and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in the opioid multidistrict litigation should be allowed to move forward, a federal magistrate judge has said.
April 01, 2019
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. is decrying the disqualification of BakerHostetler from bellwether cases in the multidistrict opioid litigation, asserting that an Ohio federal judge "effectively became a witness" against the law firm during disqualification proceedings.
March 20, 2019
An Ohio federal judge on Wednesday disqualified BakerHostetler from two bellwether cases in the multidistrict opioid litigation, citing confidential information that a firm partner viewed while working at the U.S. Department of Justice.