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National Law Journal

DOJ Fought DEA Data Request Before Announcing Opioid Task Force

Before U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced last week that the federal government might bring legal actions against opioid companies, Department of Justice lawyers were in court fighting over a drug distribution database that could aid ongoing settlement talks.
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National Law Journal

Cohen Milstein's Opioid Contract for N.H. Withstands Supreme Court Challenge

Lisa Blatt of Arnold & Porter, representing Endo pharma, argued New Hampshire was barred from outsourcing public claims "to private contingency-fee lawyers who have a substantial personal financial stake in the outcome." The Supreme Court turned down the petition without comment. New Hampshire's Cohen Milstein retainer agreement transferred to Motley Rice last year after the departure of Linda Singer.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida House Approves Prescription Limits in Opioid Fight

While the sponsor acknowledged the bill won't solve the state's problem with opioid abuse, the House unanimously passed a measure that includes imposing prescription limits.
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Daily Report Online

Ex-Medical Examiner in Atlanta Child Murders Faces New Opioid Distribution Charges

Dr. Joseph Burton, once the state's premier medical examiner, faces new charges that he engaged in an opioid drug distribution conspiracy in return for sexual favors.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami-Dade County Retains Legal Team for Opioid Litigation

Miami law firm Podhurst Orseck will lead the team, which was chosen for its local and national litigation experience and its competitive contingency fee arrangement.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Study Sees More Agency Court Challenges Over Proposed Mergers

It looks as though general counsel and legal departments may be a little more willing to litigate over blocked mergers than they have been in the past.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Navigating the Legal Complexities of a Digital Health Transaction

Whatever the long-term future for life sciences, in house lawyers and their business counterparts as well as outside advisors who are able to navigate the convergence of business and legal issues surrounding the life sciences and technology industries will have a competitive advantage over those who ignore the parallel convergences that are taking place, continuing to focus instead on life sciences and technology as distinct and separate fields.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Sessions Says DOJ to Backstop States' Efforts to Hold Big Pharma Liable in Opioid Crisis

Sessions outlined plans to create a new litigation-oriented task force within the Department of Justice to pursue claims against opioid manufacturers and distributors.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

WhatleyKallas, Nonprofit Consumer Group Go After CVS for Mandatory Mail-Order Program

National health care law firm WhatleyKallas is once again teaming up with Consumer Watchdog to bring lawsuits, this time against CVS Health, over mandatory mail-order drug programs that allegedly discriminate against HIV/AIDS patients.
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National Law Journal

No Tribal Immunity for Administrative Patent Challenges, PTAB Rules in Allergan Case

The decision ends—for now—a controversy that erupted last summer when Allergan paid the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe to assume its Restasis patents in a creative legal strategy to fend off challengers.
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