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Jones Day Adds Office in Melbourne — Its 4th Location in Australia

Three partners will relocate from Sydney and Singapore to focus on investigations, commercial and patent litigation and mergers and acquisitions in the energy sector.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Attorneys for CT Cities Pledge Fight Against Move to Opioid MDL

More than 20 Connecticut municipalities have sued the nation's largest drugmakers for fueling the state's opioid crisis.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Broward County Selects Legal Team to Spearhead Opioid Litigation

The winning team of five law firms combines nationally known plaintiffs lawyers and deep ties to Fort Lauderdale.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York City Joins Opioid Manufacturers Suit

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the nation's largest opioid manufacturers and distributors should be held accountable for the drug-abuse crisis.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Lawmaker Asks US Attorneys to Keep Hands Off State's Med Marijuana Programs

State Sen. Diane Savino, a Staten Island Democrat, sent a letter to each of New York's four U.S. attorneys asking them to allow New York's program to continue despite Attorney General Jeff Sessions' rollback earlier this month of the Obama-era Cole memo.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Industry's Need to Understand the President's Opioid Commission

OP-ED: An inside look from the Advisor to the Executive Director of the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Growing Biotech Hires New GC

South San Francisco-based MyoKardia Inc. has hired Cynthia Ladd as general counsel. Ladd has held high-ranking in-house positions at various biopharmaceutical companies.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Fight Over Control of Louisiana Opioid Lawsuit Goes to Judge

Both Gov. John Bel Edwards and Attorney General Jeff Landry support litigation accusing pharmaceutical companies of worsening opioid abuse in Louisiana. They disagree over who should control it.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Attorney General Bondi Weighs Legal Fight Over Opioids

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said Florida could soon pursue legal action against manufacturers and distributors of opioids.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Opioid Special Master: 'This Litigation is a Multilevel Chess Game.'

A federal judge in Cleveland has appointed three special masters to help craft a settlement in the massive opioid litigation. One of them, Cathy Yanni, spoke to law.com about the complex case, which involves hundreds of cities, counties, states, Native American tribes and others that have sued manufacturers and distributors of the prescription painkillers.
4 minute read

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