Civil Litigation
Sep. 17, 2019
Opioid cases charge forward in California
A power struggle to control opioid litigation in California includes an unusual duel between the state attorney general’s office and counties representing the state.
As Purdue Pharma LP seeks bankruptcy as part of a multibillion-dollar settlement, two opioid lawsuits in California have emerged as fertile ground for more unprecedented litigation outside the sprawling federal case scheduled for its first trial next month in Ohio.
Plaintiffs' attorneys at Robins Kaplan LLP aggressively cornered the litigation market in California earlier this year, moving to coordinate nine new lawsuits with the gro...
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