New York Regulator Issues Insurance Fraud Action Against Two Opioid Manufacturers August 20, 2020 The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has filed charges and initiated administrative proceedings against Teva Pharmaceutical Industries...
Concerns Arise About How Oklahoma’s Opioid Settlement Money Will Be Used August 29, 2019 By Sean Murphy, The Associated Press Oklahoma’s legal fight against the opioid industry has racked up settlements and judgments of nearly $1 billion, but as the...
At Oklahoma Trial, J&J Opioid-Sales Tactics Called a ‘Smart Strategy for Drug Dealer’ June 13, 2019 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson used promotional gimmicks for its opioid painkillers that are similar to how criminal drug dealers try to...
Oklahoma Judge Has Questions About $85M Opioid Settlement June 12, 2019 An Oklahoma judge is declining to approve the state’s proposed $85 million settlement with an opioid maker until he’s assured...
Oklahoma’s Opioid Trial Against Drugmakers J&J, Teva Set to Begin May 24, 2019 By Nate Raymond Gail Box vividly remembers the day in May 2011 when she first learned her 22-year-old son Austin, a University of...
New York City Sues Drug Companies Over Opioid Epidemic January 24, 2018 By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel New York City on Tuesday sued eight companies that make or distribute prescription opioids, blaming them for fueling a deadly...
Delaware Sues Opioid Manufacturers, Distributors Over Epidemic January 22, 2018 By Nate Raymond Delaware on Friday became the latest state to file a lawsuit accusing corporations of helping fuel the national opioid epidemic,...
Missouri Becomes 3rd State to Sue Opioid Manufacturers June 23, 2017 By Nate Raymond Missouri on June 21 became the third U.S. state to accuse major drug manufacturers of fraudulently misrepresenting the risks of...
New York County Sues Purdue, J&J Over Opioid Marketing May 18, 2017 By Nate Raymond A county in New York state has sued Purdue Pharma LP, Johnson & Johnson and other drugmakers, accusing them of...