City of Chicago v. Purdue Pharma L.P. et al.

  1. April 08, 2021

    Opioid Judge Withdraws After AbbVie Elevates His Atty Sister

    Despite drugmaker warnings of "harmful and unwarranted" disruption, an Illinois magistrate judge withdrew Thursday from Chicago's bellwether case against drugmakers in multidistrict opioid litigation after the city flagged his sister's new role overseeing thousands of opioid cases for AbbVie Inc.

  2. March 31, 2021

    Oldest Opioid Suit, An MDL Bellwether, Evades Latest Assault

    Seven years after becoming the first city to sue drugmakers over the opioid crisis, Chicago on Wednesday saw its bellwether case in multidistrict litigation survive another flurry of attacks, keeping it on track for a long-awaited trial.

  3. December 08, 2020

    AbbVie Wants Allergan Merger Docs Out Of Opioid MDL

    AbbVie Inc. has urged an Illinois federal court overseeing a bellwether case in multidistrict opioid litigation to block a "wide-ranging, burdensome" subpoena by the city of Chicago, which has suggested that the drugmaker might shutter subsidiary Allergan to duck a potential judgment against it.

  4. December 01, 2020

    In Opioid MDL, Fears Of Allergan Dissolving To Avoid Payout

    A battle has erupted in a bellwether case in multidistrict opioid litigation over access to internal documents at Allergan parent company AbbVie, which is facing insinuations that it might shutter Allergan to avoid paying a future legal judgment over allegedly unlawful painkiller sales.

  5. June 23, 2020

    Chicago Says Drug Cos. Shouldn't Exit Opioid Bellwether Suit

    Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceuticals can't escape a Chicago bellwether case over their allegedly deceptive opioid marketing because earlier rulings have already largely upheld the allegations, the city argued Monday.

  6. May 26, 2020

    Drug Cos. Seek To Exit Chicago Opioid Case

    Drug manufacturers including Johnson & Johnson and Teva have told an Illinois federal judge that the city of Chicago's bellwether suit over the opioid crisis should be tossed, because after six years of litigation the city still can't show that any Chicago doctor wrote an inappropriate prescription based on their alleged false statements.

  7. April 20, 2020

    Opioid Cos. Hold To Drug Data Pursuit In Chicago Case

    Drug companies in the city of Chicago's bellwether case over the opioid crisis urged an Illinois federal judge Friday not to reconsider an order forcing the city to turn over drug data, saying the information is critical for the companies' defenses.

  8. March 11, 2020

    Chicago's Opioid Bellwether Plan Is 'Unworkable,' Judge Says

    The city of Chicago has proposed an "unworkable" discovery schedule in its efforts to bring a bellwether case against opioid manufacturers to trial by August, an Illinois federal judge said Wednesday.

  9. February 05, 2020

    JPML Ships Opioid Bellwethers Over Drug Co. Protests

    The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Wednesday moved opioid-crisis cases involving San Francisco and a major Native American tribe to federal courts in California and Oklahoma, rejecting strident objections from drug companies and teeing up dramatic bellwether trials.

  10. January 01, 2020

    Illinois Cases To Watch In 2020

    In 2020, the Illinois Supreme Court is set to decide two closely watched product liability cases, one that could change the landscape of toxic tort litigation in the state and another that could expand the kinds of damages manufacturers are liable for. Here, Law360 previews four Illinois cases to watch this year.