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  Opioid judge doesn't want media to know details of settlement talks

  By Daniel Fisher | Friday, Feb 9, 2018 @ 12:31pm

  CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - The judge overseeing multidistrict litigation against opioid manufacturers and distributors has named the teams of lawyers who will try to negotiate a settlement of hundreds of federal lawsuits - a complex task given parallel investigations and litigation by state attorneys general and potentially conflicting goals of private attorneys and their government counterparts.

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  Usual Suspects: Lawyers used to getting their way in MDL process to lead opioid litigation

  By Daniel Fisher | Wednesday, Jan 24, 2018 @ 9:00am

  CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - There will be a lot of familiar faces in U.S. District Judge Dan Polster’s courtroom in Cleveland on Jan. 31, when lawyers gather for a hearing on multidistrict litigation against the nation’s opioid manufacturers and distributors.

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  Seats at the opioid litigation table are rearranged; Simmons partner loses spot on executive committee

  By The Madison County Record | Tuesday, Jan 16, 2018 @ 7:55am

  CLEVELAND – District Judge Dan Polster ordered plaintiff lawyers in national opioid litigation to rearrange seats at the table after a protest against the original executive committee rung out from West Virginia.

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