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Mapping The Top Trials To Know In The Opioid Litigation Wave

By Jeff Overley and Ben Jay

Opioid crisis lawsuits against major companies in the pharmaceutical supply chain are heating up in large numbers, producing a byzantine brew of battles in courts all across America. Here, Law360 provides a map that will continue to track completed, ongoing and upcoming trials.

Publix Denied Early Win Over Opioid Coverage Defense

By Ganesh Setty

A Florida federal court rejected Publix's bid for defense cost coverage for dozens of public nuisance lawsuits related to the opioid crisis, finding that the damages sought are too far removed from particular bodily injuries caused "because of" opioid addiction, as required in Publix's policies.

Mich. AG Claims Express Scripts, Optum Fueled Opioid Crisis

By Carolyn Muyskens

The state of Michigan has taken aim at Express Scripts and OptumRx for their role in the opioid crisis in a complaint filed in state court Thursday, the latest state to claim the companies for years boosted sales of opioids by giving them favorable placement on drug lists in exchange for rebates.

Mixed Opioid Suit Rulings Complicate Disputes For Coverage

By Abraham Gross

Litigation against manufacturers and distributors of opioid products for their role in nationwide opioid deaths has pitted policyholders against insurers, and mixed rulings in the last year offer unclear signs of how general liability or specialty line policies will afford coverage.

Wash. AG Wants Albertsons Sanctioned In Opioid Suit

By Rachel Riley

Washington state's attorney general has accused Albertsons of using a state-court-ordered stay to shield itself from discovery in a consumer protection suit that accuses Rite Aid and grocery store pharmacies of exacerbating the opioid epidemic, seeking the appointment of a "discovery referee" in a new sanctions motion.

Baltimore Strikes $80M Opioid Settlement With Teva

By Ali Sullivan

Teva Pharmaceuticals will pay Baltimore $80 million to resolve claims that the company inflamed the city's opioid crisis, the city of Baltimore announced Monday ahead of a trial slated to begin next week against the remaining defendants in the Maryland state court litigation.


Expert Analysis

J.B. Heaton
Big Cos. Shouldn't Cry 'Settlement Pressure' To Justify Appeal

By J.B. Heaton

The Sixth Circuit was correct to find that intense pressure to settle doesn't earn opioid case defendants Walgreens and Walmart an interlocutory appeal or new trial on liability, as that argument applies only when a defendant is risk averse, a notion not suited to large public corporations, says J.B. Heaton at One Hat Research.

Jeb White
Amid Historic Spending, Congress Should Strengthen FCA

By Jeb White

Notwithstanding the misleadingly rosy picture painted by the U.S. Department of Justice’s fiscal year 2021 False Claims Act recovery statistics, Congress should close legislative gaps that deter whistleblower actions, especially in light of increasingly high government spending and adjacent opportunities to misuse public funds, says Jeb White at Taxpayers Against Fraud.

Suzanne Jaffe Bloom
What Cos. Can Learn From The 2021 FCA Recovery Statistics

By Suzanne Jaffe Bloom, Benjamin Sokoly and Jack Cartwright

Attorneys at Winston unpack the recently released U.S. Department of Justice False Claims Act recovery statistics for fiscal year 2021, discuss how they compare to prior years and what companies in an expanding array of industries should expect next.

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Wash. AG Wants Albertsons Sanctioned In Opioid Suit

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August 30, 2024 10:09 PM

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August 23, 2024 09:43 PM

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July 18, 2024 04:46 PM

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