Morgan & Morgan

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.
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.
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.