Walmart officially revealed a $3.1 billion offer Tuesday that ended thousands of lawsuits accusing its nationwide pharmacy network of fueling America’s deadly crisis of opioid abuse, echoing similar settlements involving…
Walmart Inc. agreed to pay $3.1 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits by cities, counties, Native American tribes, and states alleging its pharmacists failed to regulate opioid prescriptions, leading to…
New York Attorney General Letitia James secured $523 million in settlements from drugmaker TevaPharmaceuticals for its role in fueling the opioid crisis, finalizing her yearslong litigation againstopioid manufacturers and distributors.In…
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A handful of municipalities are fighting efforts to force them to sign on to opioid settlements negotiated by state attorneys general and private lawyers, as the nation’s largest pharmacy chains…
Multibillion-dollars settlements with top pharmacy retailers will shift a historic barrage of opioid litigation away from the last of its early targets and toward groups of pharmaceutical sellers and advisers…
CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens, the nation’s two largest drugstore retailers, have struck deals to end thousands of lawsuits targeting their sales of prescription narcotics, the corporation and plaintiff’s counsel said….
A California federal judge ruled Cigna Health & Life Insurance Co. and MultiPlan Inc. must face claims from a proposed class of patients who allege the companies colluded to underpay…
As reported by Litigation Reporter Brian Lee, the lawsuit claims police conducted a warrantless search and charged a disabled man for possessing medication for which he had a prescription. Chief…
Law360 recently published their Analysis of “Product Liability Cases To Watch: Midyear Review” Following the months long first jury opioid trial in 2021, dates for the damages trials against Teva…