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Mar 16, 2021, 13:55 ET Opioid Justice Team: Purdue's Bankruptcy Plan Offers "Easy Pay" Option for OxyContin Users at the Expense of Babies Born Addicted to Opioids

OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma filed today its Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan and disclosure statement before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain in New...

Mar 29, 2019, 10:09 ET Landmark Legal Injunction Filed to Stop Prescription-Related Opioid-Dependent Births to Opioid-Using Women

On behalf of women nationwide and in order to stop opioid prescription-related Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) births, attorneys have filed a...

Nov 29, 2018, 16:34 ET The Opioid Justice Team Presents Arguments for Babies and Children to Have Their Interests Represented in the Nationwide Opioid Litigation

On Thursday, November 29, 2018, attorneys with the Opioid Justice Team presented oral arguments in front of seven judges of the Judicial Panel for...

Nov 27, 2018, 15:01 ET THIS THURSDAY, NOV. 29: Arguments on Behalf of Babies and Children Affected by National Opioid Crisis in New York City

On Thursday, November 29, 2018, seven judges of the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) will hear oral arguments as to why hundreds of ...

Sep 25, 2018, 14:31 ET Unique Medical-Legal Partnership Moves to Protect Opioid-dependent Infants

Actions taken by the Opioid Justice Team, a legal-medical-child advocacy partnership over the past month are calling into question exactly how best...

Sep 04, 2018, 14:21 ET Opioid Justice Team Petition For Opioid Affected Infants And Children To Be Removed From Multi-District Litigation

Attorneys representing class actions filed on behalf of babies who will need life-long medical and other specialized care because of opioid use by...