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Oregon To Get $173M From Pharmacy Companies In Opioid Suit

Categories: Settlements

Oregon will receive up to $173 million to prevent and treat addiction and drug use disorder as part of three nationwide settlements with pharmacy chains engaged in the opioid

3M Appeals For Stay In Earplugs MDL Citing Judge's Error

Categories: General

In its opening brief to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 3M claimed that the judge misunderstood precedent, ignored significant evidence, and adopted an unduly narrow construction of his inherent jurisdiction to block action against 3M.…

18 States Reach $5.7B Opioid Settlement With Walgreens

Categories: Settlements

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, together with 17 other state attorneys general, announced a $5.7 billion settlement deal with pharmaceutical chain Walgreens for their alleged role in the…

N.H. To Get $15M In Opioid Settlement From Walmart

Categories: Settlements

New Hampshire's Attorney General said that he has agreed to join a nationwide settlement with Walmart to resolve charges that the firm contributed to the opioid addiction issue by…

Study: Low Risk On Using Philips' CPAP and BiPAP Machines

Categories: General

Philips has completed safety studies on several of its equipment nearly two years after first publicly raising concerns about the possible disintegration of the polyester-based polyurethane foam included in many of its…

SC To Get $242M New Opioid Settlement

Categories: Settlements

The Attorney General of South Carolina has agreed to settlements with Teva, Allergan, CVS, and Walgreens for their participation in the opioid crisis.

These corporations have…

Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2023-January-2

Categories: General

Local governments in Northwest Florida and Miami-Dade County have filed lawsuits against the multinational consulting company McKinsey & Company for prior work in assisting with the marketing of opioids.

Cities & Counties In FL Sues McKinsey Over Opioid Crisis

Categories: Settlements

Local governments in Northwest Florida and Miami-Dade County have filed lawsuits against the multinational consulting company McKinsey & Company for prior work in assisting with the marketing of…

California To Get $470M From CVS In Opioid Settlement

Categories: Settlements

A multistate settlement with CVS over charges that the drugstore corporation contributed to the country's opioid problem is likely to pay California around $470 million.

Last…

$6M For UMSL Addiction Science Team To Fight Mo. Opioid Crisis

Categories: Settlements

The Addiction Science Team at the University of Missouri-St. Louis will receive around $6 million to enhance its statewide training and delivery of opioid overdose reversal medicine…

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