CHARLESTON – All three major drug distribution companies objected to Cabell County and Huntington attorneys bringing in an expert witness with a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration background to examine opioid data.
CHARLESTON – Attorneys representing Cabell County and the City of Huntington probed a McKesson sales representative on warning customers of nearing threshold limits, pushing increases and pushing sales – including controlled substances.
CHARLESTON – As the landmark federal opioid trial entered its fourth week, plaintiffs jumped into McKesson Corporation’s threshold guidelines and due diligence process.
CHARLESTON – As the landmark federal opioid trial nears the end of its third week, testimony focused on Cardinal Health’s acknowledgement and regulations related to excessive controlled substance ordering.
CHARLESTON – As the landmark opioid trial continues, lawyers brought in a former AmerisourceBergen’s sales executive to ask what he knew about more than 32 million prescription pain pills being shipped to Huntington and the rest of Cabell County over an eight-year span.
CHARLESTON – As the federal trial against three major opioid distributors continued, data showing pharmacies in Huntington and Cabell County were ordering well above the national average of controlled substances, some ordering more than five times the national average.
Jackson Kelly PLLC announces that 29 of the Firm’s attorneys have been named 2021 West Virginia Super Lawyers or Rising Stars, which recognizes lawyers who have achieved a significant level of peer recognition and professional achievement.
Meanwhile, the drug distributors -- McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health -- sought to put the focus on the role of prescribers, as well as health officials' decision not to go after distributors earlier.
CHARLESTON – A historian of opioid use and drug policy testified, in a federal trial against three major opioid distributors Wednesday, about three principal opioid epidemics that preceded the ongoing crisis.
Jackson Kelly has chosen Alexis Hailpern and Candice Harlow to be members of the 2021 Fellows and Pathfinders programs, participating in landmark programs created by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) to identify, train, and advance the next generation of leaders in the legal profession.
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has remanded a case back to Kanawha Circuit Court to redo the class certification order consistent with another recent Supreme Court ruling.
Managing Member, Ellen S. Cappellanti, humbly offers the following statement on the news of George R. Farmer Jr.'s passing, “George Farmer was a skilled legal practitioner, dedicated WVU supporter, and a true Mountaineer.
Jackson Kelly PLLC is pleased to announce that the firm has elevated attorneys Patrick F. Estill, Candice M. Harlow, Christopher F. Hoskins, and Andrew N. Schock to Member, all effective January 1, 2021.
CHARLESTON – The defendants in a lawsuit claiming a United Parcel Service employee who says she has been a repeat victim of discrimination are seeking a protective order to prevent depositions from taking place.
Governor James C. Justice has appointed Stephen R. Crislip, retired General Counsel for Jackson Kelly, to be a Commissioner on The West Virginia Commission on Uniform State Laws.