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Wipes aren't flushable, lawsuit against CVS says
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – Flushable wipes sold at CVS are clogging toilets, a class action lawsuit says. -
CVS's hand-sanitizer doesn't deliver on claims, lawsuit says
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – CVS is accused of selling hand-sanitizer that fails to live up to the claim that it kills 99.99% of germs. -
Former DEA official copy-and-pastes lawyers' work on his opioid report for New York trial
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - A former Drug Enforcement Agency official said Tuesday that nearly every dose of Oxycontin painkiller sold in two New York counties was likely diverted to improper use, a stunning total which if true would grossly exceed any other known estimate. -
Pharmacies get access to data key to defending themselves from opioid lawsuits
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Ohio must turn over the names of pharmacies and physicians that filled millions of opioid prescriptions in the state but haven’t been named as defendants in litigation over the narcotics, the judge overseeing federal multidistrict opioid litigation has ruled. -
Pharmacies facing lawsuits want Ohio's list of opioid prescriptions to defend themselves
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Pharmacies defending themselves against claims they filled excessive numbers of opioid prescriptions have asked the judge overseeing federal multidistrict litigation to again order the state of Ohio to turn over data showing the specific physicians and pharmacies that supplied narcotics into the state. -
CVS accused of ripping off Blue Cross Blue Shield
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Legal Newsline) – Blue Cross Blue Shield claims that CVS has been scamming it for years by charging it too much for prescriptions. -
In criticizing opioid judge, Sixth Circuit gives defendants hope for MDL reform
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - Facing a string of damaging rulings by the judge overseeing sprawling litigation against them, some of the nation’s leading retail pharmacy chains resorted to the equivalent of a Hail Mary pass -
Sixth Circuit hands pharmacies big win on late-filed opioid claims; Judge had allowed them 18 months after deadline
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court has rebuked the judge overseeing thousands of opioid lawsuits against retail pharmacy chains, saying he overstepped his authority by allowing plaintiffs to amend their claims to include allegations they improperly filled prescriptions for narcotics. -
Sixth Circuit, for now, puts stop to order forcing release of patient records in massive opioid litigation
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has temporarily halted a federal judge’s order requiring the largest U.S. pharmacy chains to turn over more than a decade’s worth of nationwide prescription records, although the court refused to halt production of prescriptions for the state of Ohio. -
ACLU concerned opioid judge is risking patients' privacy with recent order
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) – The ACLU is telling a federal appeals court that the judge overseeing thousands of opioid cases created a serious privacy issue when he ordered pharmacies to turn over 13 years’ worth of patient records. -
Pharmacies warn of possible massive data breach resulting from opioid judge's order
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - The nation’s largest pharmacy chains have asked a federal appeals court to block an order requiring them to turn over more than a decade of nationwide prescription data, saying it could compromise the privacy rights of millions of consumers. -
Pharmacies in opioid MDL ordered to turn over 14 years of prescriptions as states, ACLU fight similar requests
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has ordered the nation’s leading pharmacy chains to turn over billions of nationwide prescription records going back 14 years - even as the American Civil Liberties Union and some states attack similar requests by the government as overbroad and an invasion of privacy. -
Pharmacies facing opioid lawsuits file claims against doctors who did the prescribing
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Saying they have been unfairly targeted because of their deep pockets, pharmacies facing trial in opioid multidistrict litigation in Ohio later this year filed claims against hundreds of unnamed practitioners who may have written improper prescriptions for addictive painkillers. -
Without evidence and unable to make public nuisance argument, Delaware's opioid claims against Walgreens fail
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - A Delaware judge has refused to certify the state’s appeal of an order dismissing its opioid claims against Walgreens, at least temporarily upholding a rare industry victory in litigation over the opioid crisis. -
Pharmacies feel opioid judge is meeting with plaintiffs lawyers behind their backs
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Pharmacy companies facing thousands of lawsuits over allegedly improper opioid prescriptions failed to convince the federal judge to prohibit out-of-court discussions with plaintiff lawyers that some defendants believe have affected them unfairly. -
Opioid defendants want judge disqualified for pressuring them to settle, not fight
Defendants have asked the federal judge overseeing nearly 2,000 opioid lawsuits by cities and counties to recuse himself, saying he has demonstrated clear bias toward the plaintiffs and toward obtaining a multibillion-dollar settlement instead of holding trials to determine the merits of their claims.