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  • Louisiana, A New Entrant Joins The Opioid MDL Louisiana, A New Entrant Joins The Opioid MDL
    12/21/2021 - 12:38
    Louisiana is now putting efforts to redirect all the lawsuits against opioid manufacturers into the MDL to join more than 2,000 other lawsuits from states, cities, and school districts.According to Jacques Ambers, special assistant to…
  • Endo Seeks Separate Settlement Track To Resolve Opioid Cases Endo Seeks Separate Settlement Track To Resolve Opioid Cases
    12/17/2021 - 11:23
    Endo Pharmaceuticals plans to settle all lawsuits against its prescription opioid Opana painkiller in a separate track, hoping to put a cap on its legal exposure. The Dublin-based manufacturer is attempting to resolve by the end of the year…
  • Four Major Drug Companies Offer $26B Opioid Settlement Deal Four Major Drug Companies Offer $26B Opioid Settlement Deal
    12/22/2021 - 14:26
    A $26 billion opioid deal has been put forward by three major drug distributors and a large drug manufacturer to resolve thousands of lawsuits brought by the state and local governments over their role in the damages caused by the…
  • Nevada Gets $333M To Fight Opioid Crisis Nevada Gets $333M To Fight Opioid Crisis
    12/20/2021 - 08:37
    Nevada received more than $333 million by the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs to combat the effect of the opioid crisis.Grants will apparently go to law enforcement officers, emergency responders, and treatment…
  • Nevada Rejects $26B National Opioid Settlement Nevada Rejects $26B National Opioid Settlement
    12/06/2021 - 12:42
    Nevada has rejected the nationwide opioid settlement of $26 billion, which would be paid by the three major pharmaceutical distributors, along with Johnson & Johnson (J&J).Many states have agreed with the $26 billion agreement, but…
  • Federal Funding of $350M Granted To Reduce Opioid Deaths Federal Funding of $350M Granted To Reduce Opioid Deaths
    12/21/2021 - 08:32
    On Thursday, April 18, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar II sanctioned more than $350 million in a federal move aimed at bringing down opioid addiction deaths by 40% over the next three years.The funds will be distributed as…
  • Opioid-Babies Denied Separate MDL Track by Judge Polster Opioid-Babies Denied Separate MDL Track by Judge Polster
    12/16/2021 - 13:30
    U.S. District Judge Aaron Polster, overseeing the opioid litigation, denied the request put forth by attorneys to form a separate MDL track for babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome due to their mother’s opioid addiction. The appeal was…
  • J&J's Motion To Toss The Oklahoma Opioid Lawsuit Denied J&J's Motion To Toss The Oklahoma Opioid Lawsuit Denied
    12/21/2021 - 13:55
    On July 8, 2019, Oklahoma District Judge Thad Balkman denied Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) request to dismiss the opioid lawsuit due to lack of evidence.A motion was filed last week by J&J to seek dismissal of the lawsuit claiming…
  • Arizona's Opioid Claim Against Sacklers Rejected Arizona's Opioid Claim Against Sacklers Rejected
    12/20/2021 - 09:13
    On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court Rejected a case filed by the Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich against the Sackler family to compensate billions of dollars they allegedly raided from the company Purdue Pharma LP.According to the…
  • Bankruptcy Judge Extends Purdue's Opioid Lawsuit Protection Bankruptcy Judge Extends Purdue's Opioid Lawsuit Protection
    12/20/2021 - 11:16
    On Wednesday, November 6, a federal bankruptcy judge extended the temporary protection for Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family against the opioid lawsuit until April 8, 2020.The protection will give the maker of OxyContin time…