By Peter Kelso and Kristen Knorn

Instead of relying on piecemeal litigation to solve the opioid crisis, Congress should utilize data to create a coordinated national solution that would distribute culpability between parties and then allocate funds to affected areas, say Peter Kelso and Kristen Knorn at Roux Associates.

By Jeff Overley

Pharmaceutical companies are rehashing failed legal arguments and cherry-picking statistics in hopes of escaping a multibillion-dollar opioid crisis trial, California communities said Thursday, telling a state court judge there's "overwhelming evidence" of a drug abuse epidemic fueled by shady marketing practices.

By Brian Dowling

A bipartisan pair of attorneys general on Tuesday urged lawmakers to close a Bankruptcy Code loophole that could help members of the Sackler family avoid civil liability for their role in the opioid crisis through Purdue Pharma LP's bankruptcy case.

By Hailey Konnath

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said Monday that MSP Recovery's opioid suit against CVS belongs in Ohio federal court as part of multidistrict litigation there, declining to vacate an order conditionally transferring the action.

By Jeff Overley

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.