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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 Dec 2019

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 Jan 2011

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 Jan 2000

How Health Care Attorneys Can Discern Vernon, Successor Liability And Settlement Issues, Greg Radinsky

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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