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Hypothesizing A Small Opioid Mdl Settlement: An Argument For Local Public Health Action And Lessons From Big Tobacco, Ashton K. Dietrich
Hypothesizing A Small Opioid Mdl Settlement: An Argument For Local Public Health Action And Lessons From Big Tobacco, Ashton K. Dietrich
Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy
In response to the opioid epidemic, counties and cities across the United States waged In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, better known as the opioid MDL, against manufacturers and distributors of opioids. The county and city plaintiffs appear to have taken their litigation strategy straight from Big Tobacco playbook of the 1990s. This is to the great disdain of state attorneys general, who fronted Big Tobacco litigation with state-sponsored parens patriae litigation.
The state attorneys general vehemently assert that the MDL claims are the province of state governments rather than local governments. However, the attorney general-led Big Tobacco litigation …
Devising A Legislative Solution To The Reverse Payment Dilemma: How Congress Can Balance Competition, Innovation, And The Public Policy Favoring The Settlement Of Disputes Without Litigation, Timothy A. Weil
Saint Louis University Law Journal
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How Health Care Attorneys Can Discern Vernon, Successor Liability And Settlement Issues, Greg Radinsky
How Health Care Attorneys Can Discern Vernon, Successor Liability And Settlement Issues, Greg Radinsky
Saint Louis University Law Journal
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