Judge to hear arguments on stopping suits against Sacklers

How much members of the Sackler family should be held accountable for the role their company, Purdue Pharma, played in the nation’s opioid crisis will be at the center of a hearing Friday in federal bankruptcy court. State attorneys general are evenly divided over whether to accept terms offered by Purdue to settle some 2,600... Read More

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Purdue Pharma, Sacklers

October 10, 2019

Suspect in rapper Mac Miller’s drug death to appear in court

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man charged with selling rapper Mac Miller the drugs that killed him last year is set to appear in federal court in Los Angeles. Prosecutors allege 28-year-old Cameron Pettit of West Hollywood sold Miller counterfeit opioids and cocaine. He’s scheduled to be arraigned Thursday. Pettit, who has been in custody... Read More

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Mac Miller

October 9, 2019

Arizona now has misgivings about Purdue opioid settlement

Arizona’s attorney general is having misgivings about agreeing to Purdue Pharma’s proposal to settle litigation over the opioid crisis. Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, said in a court filing late Monday that the OxyContin maker has “sought to undermine material terms of the deal.” He did not specify how he alleges the company has... Read More

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Purdue Pharma

October 9, 2019

Johnson & Johnson, Risperdal maker hit with $8B verdict

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia jury on Tuesday awarded $8 billion in punitive damages against Johnson & Johnson and one if its subsidiaries over a drug the companies made that the plaintiff’s attorneys say is linked to the abnormal growth of female breast tissue in boys. Johnson and Johnson immediately denounced the award after the... Read More

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Johnson & Johnson

October 8, 2019

Witness: ‘El Chapo’ gave $1M to Honduran president’s brother

NEW YORK (AP) — A Honduran former mayor and drug trafficker testified Monday that Mexican kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán personally gave $1 million to the brother of Honduras’ president in 2013 for the politician’s presidential campaign. The longtime Sinaloa cartel boss made the payment to be able to smuggle cocaine through Honduras to Guatemala,... Read More

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El Chapo

October 7, 2019

Victims gain a voice to help guide Purdue Pharma bankruptcy

Victims of opioid addiction weren’t in the room when OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma persuaded half the state attorneys general to settle claims over the company’s role in the nationwide overdose epidemic. Now that Purdue is in federal bankruptcy court, four people whose lives were touched by addiction have important seats at the table — and... Read More

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Opioids, Purdue Pharma

October 4, 2019

MGM Resorts commits up to $800M to victims of Vegas shooting

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two years after a shooter rained gunfire on country music fans from a high-rise Las Vegas Strip hotel, MGM Resorts International has agreed to pay up to $800 million to families of the 58 people who died and hundreds of others who were injured, attorneys announced Thursday. The out-of-court agreement will... Read More

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Las Vegas Shooting

October 3, 2019

3 charged with providing drugs that killed rapper Mac Miller

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three men arrested during the investigation into rapper Mac Miller’s deadly overdose last year have now been charged with providing the drugs that killed him, U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday. A grand jury indictment that was unsealed in Los Angeles accuses the men of conspiring and distributing cocaine and oxycodone pills laced... Read More

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Mac Miller

October 3, 2019

Prosecutor: ‘El Chapo’ gave $1M to Honduras leader’s brother

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors alleged Wednesday that convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán personally gave $1 million in bribes to the brother of Honduras’ president to pass on to the Central American leader, who swiftly denied wrongdoing. Prosecutor Jason Richman revealed the allegation in a federal court in Manhattan where Juan Antonio... Read More

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El Chapo

October 3, 2019

Cities push opioid lawsuits against family that owns Purdue

Local government lawsuits against the family that owns Purdue Pharma should be allowed to proceed even as the company attempts to reach a nationwide settlement in bankruptcy court over the toll of the opioids crisis, according to a court filing on Wednesday. The filing by 19 cities and towns in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and... Read More

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Opioids, Purdue Pharma

October 3, 2019

Colleges got $60M-plus from OxyContin family

BOSTON (AP) — Prestigious universities around the world have accepted at least $60 million over the past five years from the family that owns the maker of OxyContin, even as the company became embroiled in lawsuits related to the opioid epidemic, financial records show. Some of the donations arrived before recent lawsuits blaming Purdue Pharma... Read More

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Opioids

October 2, 2019

Johnson & Johnson settles with 2 Ohio counties over opioids

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday announced it had reached an agreement worth more than $20 million with two Ohio counties, becoming the latest company to settle a lawsuit to get out of the first federal trial over the nation’s opioids crisis. The deal with Cuyahoga and Summit counties comes a little more than a month... Read More

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Johnson & Johnson

September 27, 2019

NY could add menthol to flavor ban as vaping groups sue

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York officials want to add menthol to the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes as the vaping industry seeks to block it, according to the governor’s office. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he’s directing his administration to take steps to include menthol in a ban that currently... Read More

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vaping

September 23, 2019

Mayor wants to skip next court date on pot extortion charges

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts mayor facing charges of extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from marijuana companies is seeking to skip his next court date. Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia said in a filing Monday that he’s waiving his right to personally appear for his formal arraignment in Boston federal court on... Read More

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Jasiel Correia

Judge to hear arguments on stopping suits against Sacklers

Suspect in rapper Mac Miller’s drug death to appear in court

Arizona now has misgivings about Purdue opioid settlement

Johnson & Johnson, Risperdal maker hit with $8B verdict

Witness: ‘El Chapo’ gave $1M to Honduran president’s brother

Victims gain a voice to help guide Purdue Pharma bankruptcy

MGM Resorts commits up to $800M to victims of Vegas shooting

3 charged with providing drugs that killed rapper Mac Miller

Prosecutor: ‘El Chapo’ gave $1M to Honduras leader’s brother

Cities push opioid lawsuits against family that owns Purdue

Colleges got $60M-plus from OxyContin family

Johnson & Johnson settles with 2 Ohio counties over opioids

NY could add menthol to flavor ban as vaping groups sue

Mayor wants to skip next court date on pot extortion charges

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