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Recent News About Teva Pharmaceuticals
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Historian in opioid trial says mistakes repeated in flooding market with pills
CHARLESTON – Plaintiff attorneys in a lawsuit accusing opioid manufacturers of causing a drug epidemic in West Virginia produced a witness who seemed to suggest that those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. -
At manufacturer trial, plaintiff attorneys portray prescription opioids as dangerous
CHARLESTON – On the second day of a trial accusing opioid manufacturers of causing an drug epidemic in West Virginia, plaintiff attorneys sought to undercut a central defense contention – that prescription drugs are safe and effective in dealing with pain. -
Trial opens as West Virginia blames opioid suppliers for epidemic
CHARLESTON – The state court trial accusing Janssen, the drug arm of Johnson & Johnson, and opioid suppliers Teva, Cephalon and Allergen of causing an epidemic in the West Virginia began Monday. -
Teva fights feds over payments to Chronic Disease Fund
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – Teva Pharmaceuticals says it is being punished by the federal government for trying to help those suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. -
Opioid settlement hints at massive windfall for private lawyers who snagged government clients
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - It was a stroke of good luck for Cuyahoga and Summit counties in Ohio that U.S. District Judge Dan Polster selected them for the first bellwether trial out of thousands of other cities and counties that are blaming the opioid industry for the nation's addiction crisis. -
Opioid judge limits plaintiffs' key evidence as first trials loom
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - The federal judge overseeing nationwide litigation against the opioid industry stripped plaintiffs of potentially important evidence when he prohibited three witnesses from testifying that drug-company marketing and educational programs caused physicians to prescribe too many opioids to their patients. -
Judge allows Rhode Island's opioid suit to go forward despite public nuisance precedent
Judge allows Rhode Island's opioid suit to go forward despite public nuisance precedent -
Opioid judge, without explanation, rejects claim that 45-defendant mass trial will confuse jurors
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) – The federal judge overseeing about 2,000 opioid lawsuits has rejected the argument that his planned seven-week trial will be a free-for-all of evidence and legal theories that will feature dozens of defendants and confused jurors. -
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. -
Oklahoma governor, AG resolve dispute over where $85M from opioid settlement should go
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – An Oklahoma judge announced on Monday agreement has been reached between feuding government officials on how an $85 million settlement with opioid drug maker Teva Pharmaceutical Co. would be apportioned. -
Oklahoma's governor is worried AG Hunter won't turn $85M opioid settlement over to treasury
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and two high-ranking lawmakers fear that funds from a recent opioid settlement won't head their way and are asking to intervene, claiming Attorney General Mike Hunter's recent $85 million agreement with Teva Pharmaceutical might violate a new state law. -
Defense: Oklahoma threatening expanded public nuisance theory in this week's high-profile opioid case
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – As the opioid crisis spotlight turns to Norman, Oklahoma, where the state's high profile case against drug companies is expected to get underway tomorrow, defendants in that case are questioning the state's public nuisance theory that has failed dramatically elsewhere. -
Pittsburgh's hired guns move in on Philadelphia's turf as opioid lawyers jostle for power
The fighting in Pennsylvania among plaintiffs lawyers working on contingency fees has escalated this summer -
A dissident emerges in Pennsylvania's opioid litigation: Lehigh Co. claims its case has been highjacked
The fight for control of Pennsylvania’s opioid litigation is not over, as Lehigh County is not happy that its case has been grouped in with more than 30 others and that lawyers it previously rejected have been tasked with overseeing the proceedings.