Boston to Sue Drug Companies Over Opioids Epidemic
Boston is retaining a law firm to sue pharmaceutical companies for damages from the deadly opioid epidemic. Democratic Mayor Marty Walsh announced Tuesday he’s tapped Motley Rice and expects the South...
View ArticleDrug Firms Sue Illegal Web Sites for Opioid Crisis
Two pharmaceutical companies say the real culprits in the opioids epidemic are illegal dealers of the painkillers and want them to be on the hook financially for any damages potentially assessed...
View ArticleThe Legal Engine Driving More Than 800 Lawsuits Against Opioid Makers
The place might sound familiar, even if you’ve never been there: the Appalachian foothills, down by the Ohio River, where the sirens scream addiction and death. Twenty-six overdoses in one afternoon....
View ArticleOne Drugmaker Sues Another to Pay Damages from Opioid Marketing Lawsuits
Allergan Plc on Thursday sued Pfizer Inc. to require its rival to cover any damages it is forced to pay as a result of hundreds of lawsuits claiming Allergan deceptively marketed an opioid it acquired...
View ArticlePresident Trump Urges U.S. Suit Against Opioid Manufacturers
President Donald Trump said Thursday he wants the U.S. government to sue pharmaceutical companies that manufacture opioids as part of his efforts to halt an epidemic of drug addiction. Trump said he’d...
View ArticleLiability Test Case Against Opioid Makers Allowed to Move Forward
A lawsuit seeking to hold drugmakers and distributors responsible for a nationwide opioid epidemic should be allowed to move forward, a federal magistrate said in a preliminary ruling that may increase...
View ArticleWith Opioid Litigation Mounting, Purdue Pharma Exploring Bankruptcy: Reuters
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP is exploring filing for bankruptcy to address potentially significant liabilities from thousands of lawsuits alleging the drug manufacturer contributed to the deadly...
View ArticleJudge Denies Purdue Pharma’s Request to Dismiss Tennessee Opioid Suit
A lawsuit claiming Purdue Pharma engaged in deceptive marketing to increase opioid prescriptions, resulting in an epidemic, has the go-ahead from a Knox County judge. The lawsuit brought by the state...
View ArticleOklahoma Alters Suit Against Opioid Drugmakers Before Trial
The state of Oklahoma narrowed its case against drug makers including Johnson & Johnson, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Allergan Plc, dropping fraud and other allegations while pressing...
View ArticleOklahoma Lawmakers not so Happy About Purdue Pharma Settlement
A $270 million settlement between the state of Oklahoma and the maker of OxyContin praised last week as an innovative way to help combat opioid addiction is facing bipartisan criticism from Oklahoma...
View ArticleDoctor, Early Advocate for Opioids, to Testify Against Drug Makers: Reuters
A physician ally of Purdue Pharma LP whose views helped drive the explosive growth in the use of addictive pain relievers for common aches and pains in the United States has agreed to testify against...
View ArticleMore States Could Settle Opioid Suits in Wake of West Virginia’s McKesson Deal
McKesson Corp.’s settlement of an opioid lawsuit with West Virginia — the state with the highest U.S. rate of drug-overdose deaths — may encourage other states to seek quick cash to cope with the...
View ArticleBillions at Stake from Opioid Suits but Damages Unlikely to Top $200B Tobacco...
An Oklahoma case, the first of more than 1,600 lawsuits filed by U.S. state and local governments against opioid makers to go to trial, could serve as a key benchmark for governments hoping to recoup...
View ArticleU.S. Criminally Charges Ohio Opioid Distributor with Profiting from Epidemic
An Ohio drug wholesale distributor and two former executives on Thursday were charged with profiting from the U.S. opioid epidemic by selling millions of pills despite signs the addictive drugs were...
View ArticleDrug Firms Must Face Trial Over Opioids, Judge Orders
A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected efforts by major drugmakers, pharmacies and distributors to dismiss claims that they caused the nation’s opioid crisis, clearing the way for a scheduled landmark trial...
View ArticleFellow Drugmakers Eye Purdue’s Bankruptcy As Way to Settle Opioid Claims: WSJ
Endo International Plc, Johnson & Johnson and other drugmakers that face litigation over the opioid crisis are exploring a way to settle the cases by participating in Purdue Pharma LP’s bankruptcy,...
View ArticleStates Suing Purdue Pharma Claim Sacklers Drew $13 Billion Profit from OxyContin
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP steered up to $13 billion in profits to the company’s controlling Sackler family, according to U.S. states opposing efforts to halt lawsuits alleging the company and...
View ArticleJ&J’s Legal Beating May Only Get Worse with Baby Powder, Opioid, Hip and...
Johnson & Johnson has taken some costly beatings in court this year. And it could get worse. Just last week, a jury ordered J&J to pay $8 billion for wrongfully pushing doctors to prescribe the...
View ArticleUpdate on Opioid Lawsuits Against Drugmakers, Distributors
On Monday, two Ohio counties reached a last-minute settlement with four companies they accused of fueling the nationwide opioid epidemic. The counties were seeking billions of dollars to cover the cost...
View ArticleOxyContin Marketed in China as Being Less Addictive — A Familiar Misleading...
Thousands of lawsuits across the United States have accused a drug company owned by the billionaire Sackler family of using false claims to push highly addictive opioids on an unsuspecting nation,...
View ArticleStates’ Next Targets for Opioid Settlements Include Pharmacies and Drugmakers
With a $26 billion nationwide settlement in sight over claims that the three largest U.S. drug distributors and Johnson & Johnson helped fuel a nationwide opioid epidemic, state and local...
View ArticleEndo Files for Bankruptcy as U.S. Opioid Litigation Drags
Endo International Plc filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday after reaching a $6 billion deal with some of its creditors, as the U.S. drugmaker seeks to settle thousands of lawsuits over its alleged role in...
View ArticleCVS, Walgreens and Walmart to Pay $13.8B to Settle U.S. Opioid Claims: Sources
CVS Health Corp, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Walmart Inc. have tentatively agreed to pay about $13.8 billion to resolve thousands of U.S. state and local government lawsuits accusing the chains...
View ArticleSpecial Report: Corporate Chiefs Dodge Lawsuits Over Sexual Abuse, Deadly...
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction landed him in prison. Allegations of serial sexual abuse cost him his career and his movie studio. His company went bankrupt and later settled...
View ArticleWalmart Offers to Pay $3.1B to Settle Opioid Lawsuits
Walmart proposed a $3.1 billion legal settlement on Tuesday over the toll of powerful prescription opioids sold at its pharmacies, becoming the latest major drug industry player to promise major...
View ArticleTeva, AbbVie Finalize $6.6B Opioid Settlements
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and AbbVie Inc. have finalized the terms of settlements worth more than $6.6 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits by U.S. state and local governments over the...
View ArticleU.S. Sues AmerisourceBergen, Says Distributor Helped Ignite Opioid Epidemic
The U.S. government filed a lawsuit accusing AmerisourceBergen Corp., one of the nation’s largest drug distributors, of helping ignite the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic by failing to report hundreds...
View ArticleAppeals Court Rules Insurers Not Obligated to Defend Distributor of Opioids
Westfield National Insurance Co. and Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. are not required by their insurance contracts to defend generic drug distributor Quest Pharmaceuticals against dozens of...
View ArticleFrustration Grows Over Wait on OxyContin Maker’s Settlement
More than a year after OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a tentative settlement over the toll of opioids that was accepted nearly universally by the groups suing the company – including thousands...
View ArticleMallinckrodt Second Bankruptcy Would Cut $1 Billion From Opioid Settlement
Drugmaker Mallinckrodt said Wednesday it expects to file for a second bankruptcy in the coming days, after reaching a debt reduction deal that would cut $1 billion from the amount it owes to victims of...
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