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Opioid lawyers propose a global settlement team; Pa. attorney critical, says it's likely a ploy to boost their fees

By Daniel Fisher | Saturday, Jun 15, 2019 @ 8:41am

CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Acknowledging it is “likely impossible” to negotiate individual settlements on behalf the nearly 2,000 cities and counties suing the opioid industry, plus thousands more watching from the sidelines, plaintiff lawyers have proposed a unique solution: A “negotiation class” designed to strike a global bargain on behalf of every municipality in the country.
Texas officials were 'in over their heads' when they struck deals with opioid lawyers

By Dan Fisher | Thursday, Aug 16, 2018 @ 6:00am

When it hired outside lawyers to represent it in lawsuits against the opioid industry, Harris County agreed to pay a contingency fee of 35%, more than double the rate in Dallas County and equal to the highest in the state.
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.