Jeffrey D. Colman

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  City urges federal court to toss drug maker's motion to disqualify its lawyers from opioid lawsuit

  By Bethany Krajelis | Friday, Sep 12, 2014 @ 11:06am

  SingerA pharmaceutical company’s motion to disqualify the law firm the City of Chicago hired to represent it in its opioid lawsuit “is baseless and should be denied,” attorneys for the city and its counsel asserted earlier this week.In a document filed Monday, these attorneys claim the Aug. 21 request from Purdue Pharma LP and two of its affiliates to disqualify Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll and

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  Drug companies seek dismissal of city's opioid lawsuit; claim issues fall within FDA's jurisdiction

  By Bethany Krajelis | Sunday, Aug 31, 2014 @ 7:24pm

  ..Competing drug makers have joined forces to ask a federal judge to toss a lawsuit the City of Chicago brought earlier this summer over accusations they deceptively marketed opioid painkillers.In a 56-page memo filed late Friday, the defendant drug companies claim the primary jurisdiction doctrine warrants a dismissal or stay of the city’s complaint as it jumps the gun by trying to make Chicago’s

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  Access to Justice Commission hosts conference; keynote speaker says "being hopeful is key"

  By Bethany Krajelis | Thursday, Oct 24, 2013 @ 1:03pm

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  Supreme Court's Access to Justice Commission seeks public comments on proposed forms

  By Bethany Krajelis | Thursday, Oct 10, 2013 @ 4:23pm

  A commission created by the Illinois Supreme Court is seeking public comments on forms intended to help make the court process easier for litigants in civil cases.

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