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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.
N.Y. opioid litigation won't be stayed; Lawyers seeking 1,000 more county-plaintiffs

By Daniel Fisher | Friday, Mar 16, 2018 @ 9:05am

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - A New York judge has refused to stay lawsuits by a number of New York counties against opioid manufacturers and distributors, rejecting arguments that the Food and Drug Administration hasn’t yet determined whether narcotic painkillers are unnecessarily dangerous - a central question in any litigation.