![After Losses in Two States, Public Nuisance Law Looms Large Over Future Opioid Lawsuits]()
by Andrew Marquardt | Nov 17, 2021 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – Many of the more than 3,000 active lawsuits filed by state and local governments in the nationwide legal saga of the opioid epidemic share a similar argumentative foundation: by downplaying risk and exaggerating upsides, pharmaceutical companies put lives...
by Andrew Marquardt | Nov 11, 2021 | Military
WASHINGTON – U.S. Army Major John Donovan was twice deployed to combat zones in Iraq in the years following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 before retiring from active duty in 2018. Donovan is also a former substance abuser with over 40 years of sobriety...
![Oklahoma Supreme Court Tosses Johnson & Johnson’s $465M Opioid Penalty]()
by Andrew Marquardt | Nov 9, 2021 | Featured, Science + Technology
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson was spared from a $465 million judgment on Tuesday for its purported role in facilitating Oklahoma’s ongoing, lethal opioid epidemic. The state’s Supreme Court struck down a lower court’s 2019 decision, which held the...
by Andrew Marquardt | Nov 2, 2021 | Featured, Politics, Topics
Voters in Virginia spoke with our reporters on Election Day about the state’s neck-and-neck governor’s race. This report was published in conjunction with USA Today. 8:00 p.m. By Cristobella Durrette RICHMOND, VIRGINIA — Voters across the Richmond area...
by Andrew Marquardt | Oct 26, 2021 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – Despite deploying similar algorithmic tools to advertise and accelerate growth to massive numbers of users – includings millions of teenagers – social media sites like Snapchat and TikTok have largely evaded the public and Congressional eye as of late....
