July 29, 2021
A California federal judge fired a proverbial starting pistol Thursday in multidistrict litigation over consulting giant McKinsey & Co.'s alleged role in the opioid crisis, telling attorneys at the MDL's first hearing to lace up their "track shoes" and expect swift rulings on pivotal threshold issues.
July 12, 2021
A new assignment by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has vaulted a California federal judge into solo first place as the nation's most prolific manager of MDLs — and into the legal limelight overseeing opioid crisis cases of virtually unmatched urgency.
June 07, 2021
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Monday created a new MDL in California federal court for a barrage of lawsuits over McKinsey & Co.'s role in prescription opioid marketing, keeping the cases out of the existing opioid MDL in Ohio federal court.