This Judge Overseeing More Than 400 Opioid Cases Is Going Wildly Off Script. Will It Work?

Judge Dan Aaron Polster of the Northern District of Ohio is adjudicating the consolidated legal cases against drugmakers for their alleged role in the opioid epidemic. He has already informed the lawyers that he intends to dispense with legal norms like discovery, and is after a real solution to the crisis. The move is shaking up legal circles, according to advocates and industry watchers.

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