We are pleased to introduce you to Christine Minhee: she makes the world better. Christine Minhee was a law student when she took it upon herself to track opioid litigation settlements and the allocation of this "abatement" fund money. Now, not only do we have her user-friendly website (opioidsettlementtracker.com), but her work has spurred states to become more transparent about their spending.
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Before the Purdue Pharma case slid into bankruptcy court, it was part of the National Opiate Prescription Litigation -- one of many cases consolidated into a Multi-District Litigation ("MDL") before Judge Polster in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. So ... were plaintiffs better off there? We're thrilled to bring you this interview with complex litigation expert Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, Fuller E. Callaway Chair of Law at the University of Georgia. There's lots to consider as the SCOTUS argument in the Purdue bankruptcy case draws near!
Others have talked about SCOTUS' decision to take on the Purdue Pharma case. But not like this.
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On May 30, 2023, a panel of three judges from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals released its long-awaited ruling in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case. Jonathan and Charlotte dissect the ruling with two experts, Professors Melissa Jacoby and Ralph Brubaker, and discuss the ruling's consequences for people and families harmed by OxyContin.
Co-hosts Jonathan Lipson and Charlotte Bismuth speak to PAIN activists Megan Kapler and Harry Cullen about moving protests from the world's greatest museum galleries to the steps of a quiet courthouse in White Plains, New York.