Oklahoma Attorney General
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Application process begins for $23 million in opioid abatement grants
The Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board approved launching the application process for eligible political subdivisions to pursue $23 million in grant awards aimed at combating opioid abuse. -
Drummond commends Corporation Commission for halting AOG rate increase
Attorney General Gentner Drummond commended the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) today for supporting his effort to halt a residential utility rate increase requested by Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corporation (AOG). -
Attorney General Drummond comments on Hancock execution
Attorney General Gentner Drummond made the following statement after the execution of Phillip Dean Hancock, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2001 murders of Robert Jett and James Lynch. -
Attorney General Drummond cautions consumers about growing online car sales scam
Attorney General Gentner Drummond is cautioning Oklahomans to be aware of a prevalent scam involving online car sales. -
Appeal of $465M opioid verdict in Oklahoma won't be ready for another month
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) – Appeals from the first opioid trial verdict are delayed a month after Johnson & Johnson asked for a 30-day extension. -
Oklahoma asks for a half-million in costs after opioid trial against Johnson & Johnson
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – The state of Oklahoma is asking the Cleveland County District Court to levy nearly a half-million dollars against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson for court costs after winning a $465 million victory over the company in August for allegedly causing the state’s opioid crisis. -
Oklahoma wanted decades of funding from opioid verdict, but will get only one year's worth
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – Oklahoma’s landmark verdict in its opioid case against Johnson & Johnson does not mean the company must pump billions of dollars into the state over the next 30 years, a judge ruled Friday. -
Oklahoma judge admits to $100M mistake in landmark opioid verdict against J&J
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – In a hearing Tuesday to clarify disagreements over a $572 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson for allegedly helping create an opioid epidemic in Oklahoma, attorneys for the state argued more money was needed to fully abate the problem, while lawyers for J&J requested joint liability credits to ease its burden. -
Oklahoma judge feeds the 'monster' with $572M opioid ruling against Johnson & Johnson
Sixteen years ago in a case involving gunmaker Sturm, Ruger & Co., a New York appeals court refused to apply public nuisance law against the manufacturer of a legal product, saying that doing so would transform nuisance law “into a monster that would devour in one gulp the entire law of tort.” -
Private lawyers stand to make $90 million as judge hits Johnson & Johnson with $572M opioid ruling
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) - A state judge in Oklahoma has blamed Johnson & Johnson for the state's opioid crisis and ordered it to pay $572 million in damages, extending public nuisance law beyond its traditional boundaries into what may become an all-purpose tool for government lawsuits against product manufacturers. -
Last-minute jabs filed after Oklahoma opioid trial; J&J says its products were less than 1% of market
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – The State of Oklahoma and officials of Johnson & Johnson filed last-minute court briefs this week appealing to District Judge Thad Balkman to decide in their favor in a lawsuit accusing the company of causing the state’s opioid epidemic through its drug subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals. -
Mathematician says Janssen’s market share of opioids low while state says figuring is skewed
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – A statistical mathematician testifying as an expert witness for Johnson & Johnson last week said the market share of opioids sold by the company’s drug subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals was low, while state-hired attorneys contended his figuring was off. -
Closing arguments heard in the big opioid trial against Johnson & Johnson in Oklahoma
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) - Closing arguments were heard Monday in a historic trial to determine if Johnson & Johnson created an opioid epidemic in Oklahoma as state attorneys contend, or if as defense attorneys said, the state is trying to make Johnson the fall-guy for a societal drug problem it did not create. -
Oklahoma's hired lawyers fight J&J's request to strike testimony; Witness was called a de facto member of State's legal team
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – Attorneys hired by the State of Oklahoma on July 1 filed a motion asking a judge to deny a request by lawyers for Johnson & Johnson to strike the testimony of a key state’s witness in a trial accusing J&J of creating an opioid epidemic. -
Researcher touts safety of J&J's opioids at Oklahoma trial
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – A drug researcher on Tuesday told defense attorneys that opioid drugs sold by Janssen Pharmaceuticals are safe for pain relief, and later under questioning by state-hired attorneys declined to describe Oklahoma's situation as an epidemic. -
J&J's attempt to cut off Oklahoma's opioid lawsuit rejected by judge overseeing trial
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – Attorneys for Johnson & Johnson on Monday lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit brought by contingency-fee lawyers hired by the State of Oklahoma who accused the company of creating an opioid epidemic. -
J&J calls Oklahoma's opioid case a 'legal miscarriage and practical fiasco' in motion for judgment
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) - Immediately after Oklahoma closed its case against Johnson & Johnson, the company last week filed a motion seeking judgment in its favor, telling the judge who is overseeing a trial that has lasted five weeks that the State failed to prove J&J caused the state’s opioid crisis. -
Doctor testifying for J&J won’t use the E-word in Oklahoma opioid trial
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – An Oklahoma doctor appearing as a witness for Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday under questioning by state attorneys refused to use the word “epidemic” to describe the state’s opioid crisis, but conceded opioid overdose deaths had gone up in recent years. -
J&J attorneys bring witness to counter Kolodny in Oklahoma opioid trial
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – Attorneys defending Johnson & Johnson in a trial accusing the company of creating an opioid drug crisis in Oklahoma on Monday brought in an expert witness to counter the testimony of Dr. Andrew Kolodny - a witness the company has alleged is a "de facto" member of the State's legal team. -
Janssen says addicts would have struggled to snort its opioids; Nucynta broke coffee grinder during testing
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – A former researcher with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, the drug subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, on Friday said the company’s opioid products were safe if used properly, while attorneys hired by Oklahoma alleged J&J had played loose with the facts.