Opioid settlement talks broaden ahead of 1st federal trial

CLEVELAND (AP) — Efforts to settle thousands of lawsuits related to the nation’s opioid epidemic intensified Wednesday ahead of the scheduled start of arguments in the first federal trial over the crisis. A person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press that three major drug distributors plus two manufacturers were working on the... Read More

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Opiods

November 29, 2018

Opioid case has new complication: Babies born in withdrawal

The long-running federal court case seeking to hold drugmakers responsible for the nation’s opioid crisis has a new complication: How does it deal with claims covering the thousands of babies born to addicts? Attorneys representing the children and their guardians want their claims separated from the federal case in Cleveland that involves hundreds of local... Read More

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Opiods

October 24, 2018

Family behind drug company sued over toll of opioids

The family that owns a drug company is now being sued over the toll of opioid painkillers in one New York county — and it’s likely to be sued by hundreds more. Well over 1,000 lawsuits filed by state and local governments blame drug companies for a crisis of addiction and overdoses across the country.... Read More

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Opiods

January 31, 2018

Judge holds closed-door settlement talks over opioid crisis

CLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge in Ohio is ready to start talks on a possible settlement of hundreds of lawsuits brought against drugmakers and drug distributors over the nation’s opioid epidemic. More than 250 lawsuits filed by communities across the country have been consolidated in the Cleveland courtroom of U.S. District Court Judge Dan... Read More

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Drugs, Opiods

January 15, 2018

Ohio opioid woes one reason drug lawsuits brought to state

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The role that drugmakers and drug distributors played in contributing to the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic is now front and center in a federal courtroom in Cleveland. Judge Dan Polster is overseeing more than 200 lawsuits against drug companies brought by local communities across the country, including those in California, Illinois,... Read More

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Opiods

January 9, 2018

3 Native American tribes sue opioid industry groups

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Three Native American tribes in the Dakotas are suing opioid manufacturers and distributors, alleging they concealed and minimized the addiction risk of prescription drugs. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe and the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate sued 24 opioid industry groups in federal court on Monday. Defendants include drug... Read More

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Drugs, Opiods

December 15, 2017

US prosecutors move to cash in on $8.5M in seized bitcoin

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. attorneys in Utah prosecuting a multimillion-dollar opioid drug-ring are moving quickly to sell seized bitcoin that’s exploded in value to about $8.5 million since the alleged ringleader’s arrest a year ago. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Utah cites the digital currency’s volatility in court documents pressing for the sale.... Read More

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Aaron Shamo, Bitcoin, Opiods

December 12, 2017

A Georgia mother battles opioids to win back her kids

ELLIJAY, Georgia (AP) — The First Baptist Church auditorium was filling with an expectant crowd, friends and family who had been through so much. Kim Silvers’ three young daughters were there, all dressed up and eager for the graduation, hoping to mark the end of years of heartache visited on them all by their mother’s... Read More

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Drugs, Opiods

December 4, 2017

Should opioids be banned in court over fears of exposure?

BOSTON (AP) — The potency of certain opioid painkillers has Massachusetts’ judiciary considering whether to ban the substances from being brought into courtrooms as evidence — a move some experts say is driven by a misunderstanding of the real dangers. The chief justice of the Massachusetts Trial Court recently told prosecutors that she fears allowing... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Drugs, Opiods

Opioid settlement talks broaden ahead of 1st federal trial

Opioid case has new complication: Babies born in withdrawal

Family behind drug company sued over toll of opioids

Judge holds closed-door settlement talks over opioid crisis

Ohio opioid woes one reason drug lawsuits brought to state

3 Native American tribes sue opioid industry groups

US prosecutors move to cash in on $8.5M in seized bitcoin

A Georgia mother battles opioids to win back her kids

Should opioids be banned in court over fears of exposure?

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