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Drugs & Medical Devices

Separate Federal Opioid Docket Sought for Lawsuits Filed on Behalf of Opioid-Dependent Infants

Counsel representing the families of infants born addicted to opioids have asked the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to create a separate coordinated docket for pending and future class actions brought against makers of the drugs.

Reinsurance & Arbitration

AXA Plans to Pay Reinsurance Arbitration Award, Continental Tells Judge

Continental Insurance Co. says AXA Versicherung AG will not oppose its motion to confirm a final arbitration award requiring AXA to pay $337,034, plus interest, pursuant to a retrocessional contract that covered ceded asbestos and pollution losses.

MDL Mass Tort & Class Action Monitor

Separate Federal Opioid Docket Sought for Lawsuits Filed on Behalf of Opioid-Dependent Infants

Counsel representing the families of infants born addicted to opioids have asked the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to create a separate coordinated docket for pending and future class actions brought against makers of the drugs.

Reinsurance & Arbitration

Insurers Will Not Appeal Arbitration Order in N.Y. Federal Beechwood Re Dispute

Two insurers will not appeal a New York federal judge’s order requiring them to arbitrate their claims accusing the principals of Beechwood Re of mishandling reinsurance trust assets.