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Walmart hopes old law will block feds' suit over opioid 'unwritten expectations’

By Daniel Fisher | Wednesday, Oct 28, 2020 @ 7:54am

SHERMAN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Walmart is betting on an 86-year-old law that companies most commonly use to fend off lawsuits over insurance coverage or trademarks to block an expected government suit over how its pharmacists filled opioid prescriptions.
Sixth Circuit, for now, puts stop to order forcing release of patient records in massive opioid litigation

By Daniel Fisher | Thursday, Feb 13, 2020 @ 10:18am

CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has temporarily halted a federal judge’s order requiring the largest U.S. pharmacy chains to turn over more than a decade’s worth of nationwide prescription records, although the court refused to halt production of prescriptions for the state of Ohio.