PLANNING FOR AGGRESSIVE MULTIPARTY DISCOVERY IN A FAST-MOVING, COMPLEX MDL: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE OPIOIDS LITIGATION.

The article discusses court case In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation on opioids Multidistrict Litigation (MDL). Topics include communities throughout the U.S. fell victim to an unprecedented prescription opioid addiction crisis, discovery obligations for MDL plaintiffs and defendants differed, and firms associated with members of leadership are assigned to lead efforts against defendants on a one-to-one basis.