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Mapping The Top Trials To Know In The Opioid Litigation Wave

By Jeff Overley and Ben Jay

Opioid crisis lawsuits against major companies in the pharmaceutical supply chain are heating up in large numbers, producing a byzantine brew of battles in courts all across America. Here, Law360 provides a map that will continue to track completed, ongoing and upcoming trials.

Albertsons Denied Texas Court Remand In Opioid MDL

By Jonathan Capriel

An Ohio federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over accusations that drug distributors contributed to the opioid epidemic denied a motion to transfer to Texas a portion of the dispute involving pharmacy company Albertsons.

McKesson, Others To Pay Benefit Plans $300M In Opioid Deal

By Lauren Berg

McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc. and Cencora Inc. have agreed to pay a group of benefit plans a combined $300 million to resolve allegations that the drug distributors fanned the flames of the opioid epidemic, according to a filing Friday in Ohio federal court.

McKinsey Opioid Suits Sent Back To NY, Illinois State Courts

By Lauren Berg

A California federal judge has remanded, to their respective state courts, cases brought by dozens of New York municipalities and two Illinois counties against McKinsey & Co. over its alleged role in the opioid crisis, saying the consulting firm's "tortured interpretations of state law" don't give the Golden State jurisdiction.

PBMs Can't Yet Duck Municipalities' Claims In Opioid MDL

By Hailey Konnath

The Ohio federal judge overseeing multidistrict opioid litigation on Thursday refused, for now, to throw out claims against pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts Inc. and OptumRX Inc., finding that the PBMs' arguments were brought too early and a more robust record is needed.

No Coverage For CVS In Additional Opioid Actions

By Jennifer Mandato

A Delaware state court ruled that CVS cannot get coverage for over 200 opioid-related actions that remained at issue after the pharmacy chain and its insurers agreed that thousands of other opioid suits aren't covered, finding the remaining suits asserted claims for economic harm, not bodily injury or property damage.


Expert Analysis

J.B. Heaton
Big Cos. Shouldn't Cry 'Settlement Pressure' To Justify Appeal

By J.B. Heaton

The Sixth Circuit was correct to find that intense pressure to settle doesn't earn opioid case defendants Walgreens and Walmart an interlocutory appeal or new trial on liability, as that argument applies only when a defendant is risk averse, a notion not suited to large public corporations, says J.B. Heaton at One Hat Research.

Jeb White
Amid Historic Spending, Congress Should Strengthen FCA

By Jeb White

Notwithstanding the misleadingly rosy picture painted by the U.S. Department of Justice’s fiscal year 2021 False Claims Act recovery statistics, Congress should close legislative gaps that deter whistleblower actions, especially in light of increasingly high government spending and adjacent opportunities to misuse public funds, says Jeb White at Taxpayers Against Fraud.

Suzanne Jaffe Bloom
What Cos. Can Learn From The 2021 FCA Recovery Statistics

By Suzanne Jaffe Bloom, Benjamin Sokoly and Jack Cartwright

Attorneys at Winston unpack the recently released U.S. Department of Justice False Claims Act recovery statistics for fiscal year 2021, discuss how they compare to prior years and what companies in an expanding array of industries should expect next.

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