Jurors hear final arguments in opioid bribe scheme case

BOSTON (AP) — In a scheme to get doctors to write prescriptions in exchange for cash, a wealthy drug company founder put patients at risk to guarantee his business’ success, a federal prosecutor told jurors Thursday in his closing arguments in the closely-watched trial. Meanwhile, an attorney for Insys Therapeutics Founder John Kapoor sought to... Read More

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Opioid

April 3, 2019

Family behind OxyContin calls opioid suit false, misleading

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts authorities created a false picture of the Sackler family’s role in promoting OxyContin, the Sacklers said Tuesday in their first court response to allegations that individual family members — not just their company, Purdue Pharma — helped fuel the deadly opioid epidemic. The Sackler family says a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts... Read More

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Opioid

March 29, 2019

Local jurisdictions pay the price for nation’s opioid crisis

As the nation’s opioid crisis has devastated thousands of families, it also has taken a crippling financial toll on cities, small towns and counties around the country. Packed jails, increased ambulance runs and overworked coroners, sheriff’s deputies and public defenders are just some of the consequences of the massive epidemic that has forced localities to... Read More

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Opioid

March 28, 2019

NY opioid lawsuit hits billionaire family behind OxyContin

NEW YORK (AP) — New York on Thursday sued the billionaire family behind OxyContin, joining a growing list of state and local governments alleging the drugmaker sparked the nation’s opioid crisis by putting hunger for profits over patient safety. The state, which averages nine opioid-related deaths per day, amended an existing lawsuit against pill maker... Read More

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Opioid

March 26, 2019

Oklahoma settles with maker of OxyContin over opioid crisis

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The maker of the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin has reached a settlement with the state of Oklahoma over its role in the nation’s deadly opioid crisis, officials said Tuesday. The terms were not immediately disclosed. Oklahoma’s attorney general scheduled an afternoon news conference to announce details of the agreement with Purdue... Read More

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Opioid

March 25, 2019

Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects request to delay opioid trial

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has denied a request by drugmakers to postpone the trial in the state’s lawsuit accusing them of fueling the opioid epidemic. Attorney General Mike Hunter’s office says the state’s highest court handed down the decision Monday, a week after attorneys made oral presentations on the request to... Read More

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Opioid

March 18, 2019

Charges dropped against former MLB star Lenny Dykstra

ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — A judge has dropped drug and terroristic threat charges filed against former Major League baseball player Lenny Dykstra after an altercation with an Uber driver. A judge dismissed the charges Friday after Dykstra pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was fined $125. Dykstra said he is “happy this chapter of my... Read More

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Lenny Dykstra

March 18, 2019

Police sued over bulldozer death of pot suspect

Pennsylvania State Police acted recklessly when troopers used a bulldozer to pursue a Grateful Dead fan caught growing marijuana on public land, killing him when he wound up under the machine’s treads, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed Monday. Greg Longenecker’s family said state police had no business chasing him with a dangerous piece... Read More

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March 11, 2019

Oklahoma judge denies delay requests in opioid lawsuit

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma judge has denied a request by 13 pharmaceutical companies to delay the state’s lawsuit accusing them of fraudulently marketing drugs that have fueled the opioid crisis. The Oklahoman reports that Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman rejected the motion Friday and says “the wheels of justice will continue to... Read More

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Opioids

March 5, 2019

OxyContin maker: Lawsuit distorts facts, scapegoats company

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is asking a court to throw out a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts’ attorney general that accuses the company, its owners and top executives of deceiving patients and doctors about the risks of opioids. In its most expansive response to date, Connecticut-based Purdue argued in a motion filed late Friday that the... Read More

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OxyContin

February 27, 2019

Australian man sentenced to 5 years in Bali prison for drugs

DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — A court in Bali has sentenced an Australian man and his Indonesian girlfriend to five years and four months in prison each for possessing cocaine. Presiding Judge Ketut Kimiarsa told the court Wednesday that the panel of judges had exercised leniency in their sentencing, based on both defendants having no prior... Read More

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Brandon Johnson

February 22, 2019

Claims in El Chapo case highlight perils of ‘Googling juror’

NEW YORK (AP) — Claims of jury misconduct in the trial of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman have drawn new attention to the digital-age challenge courts face in preventing jurors from scouring media accounts or conducting their own research before rendering a verdict. It’s a phenomenon that has been called the “Googling juror.” “Everyone... Read More

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El Chapo

February 22, 2019

Feds: El Chapo’s sons indicted on drug conspiracy charges

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman have been indicted on drug conspiracy charges, the Justice Department said Thursday. Joaquin Guzman Lopez, 34, and Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 28, are charged in a single-count indictment that was unsealed last week in Washington. Prosecutors allege the two brothers conspired to distribute... Read More

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El Chapo, Joaquin Guzman Lopez

February 21, 2019

Lawyers for El Chapo concerned by juror misconduct claims

NEW YORK (AP) — El Chapo’s lawyers raised concerns of potential juror misconduct and were reviewing their options Wednesday after a member of the jury at the Mexican drug lord’s trial told a news website that several jurors looked at media coverage of the case. The juror told VICE News that at least five members... Read More

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El Chapo

Jurors hear final arguments in opioid bribe scheme case

Family behind OxyContin calls opioid suit false, misleading

Local jurisdictions pay the price for nation’s opioid crisis

NY opioid lawsuit hits billionaire family behind OxyContin

Oklahoma settles with maker of OxyContin over opioid crisis

Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects request to delay opioid trial

Charges dropped against former MLB star Lenny Dykstra

Police sued over bulldozer death of pot suspect

Oklahoma judge denies delay requests in opioid lawsuit

OxyContin maker: Lawsuit distorts facts, scapegoats company

Australian man sentenced to 5 years in Bali prison for drugs

Claims in El Chapo case highlight perils of ‘Googling juror’

Feds: El Chapo’s sons indicted on drug conspiracy charges

Lawyers for El Chapo concerned by juror misconduct claims

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