In re: Nat'l Prescription Opiate Lit

  1. October 09, 2020

    Negotiation Class Wants 6th Circ. Full Review In Opioid MDL

    A proposed negotiation class intended to seek settlements in the sprawling Ohio multidistrict litigation over the national opioid crisis is urging the Sixth Circuit for a full-court review of a decision last month striking the class down, saying the split panel went against the intent of federal class rules and its own precedent.

  2. September 28, 2020

    Global Opioid Deal In Doubt After 6th Circ. Class Ruling

    The Sixth Circuit's decision last week to decertify a novel negotiation class designed to resolve the massive opioid multidistrict litigation makes it unlikely that a global deal will be reached in thousands of suits brought over the opioid crisis anytime soon.

  3. September 24, 2020

    Opioid MDL Negotiating Class Struck Down By 6th Circ.

    The Sixth Circuit on Thursday reversed an Ohio federal judge's decision to certify a novel negotiating class aimed at resolving the opioid multidistrict litigation, finding the class isn't authorized by the federal rules for class actions.

  4. July 28, 2020

    6th Circ. Questions Opioid Negotiation Class 'Inventiveness'

    A Sixth Circuit judge on Tuesday questioned whether a novel negotiation class aimed at resolving the opioid multidistrict litigation was needed, given that there are already mechanisms for litigating and settling class actions.

  5. March 23, 2020

    Opioid Negotiation Class Says It's Not Bound By 'Straitjacket'

    An Ohio federal judge's creation of a negotiation class to help resolve multidistrict opioid litigation doesn't subvert federal rules, which were never supposed to serve as a "straightjacket" to block new ways of adjudicating large class actions, attorneys for the class told the Sixth Circuit.

  6. February 18, 2020

    States Rip Opioid Judge For Creating Class Action By 'Decree'

    An Ohio federal judge's creation of a "negotiation class" intended to help resolve the multidistrict opioid litigation subverts state governmental authority by allowing potentially every U.S. city and county to strike global settlements with drug companies, a coalition of states told the Sixth Circuit.

  7. February 07, 2020

    Opioid MDL 'Negotiation Class' Gets Bombarded At 6th Circ.

    Drug distributors and cities fired away Friday at a "negotiation class" intended to help resolve the multidistrict opioid litigation, telling the Sixth Circuit that the unprecedented approach flouts class action procedures and is tainted by attorney conflicts of interest.