Can They Give Back The Dead? –
June 14, 2019 – OHIO – The approach, if approved, would create dueling negotiating systems as state governments are also in collective settlement negotiations with the drug industry. The unified approach on behalf of municipalities would also help the manufacturers and distributors by defining a finalized group of entities benefiting from a settlement, said Joseph Rice, a South Carolina-based attorney representing local governments in the complaint.
“If you’re a corporation trying to address this problem, you need to get closure, you need to put it behind you,” Rice said in an interview Friday. “If you’re going to put significant resources into the resolution, you’ve got to know it’s behind you. The only way to do that is to get releases from everybody that’s got a potential claim.”
