As a judge pushes for a quick settlement, litigators who fought big tobacco say this could neglect an opportunity to investigate pharmaceutical companiesVeteran experts of 1990s-era tobacco litigation warn that any quick settlement to the national opioids lawsuit may help the pharmaceutical industry avoid disclosing something important: the truth. Q&A Why is there an opioid crisis in America? Glantz was the first person to receive “purloined” insider tobacco documents in May 1994. During litigation, tobacco companies attempted to “paper” plaintiffs – that is, send them so much irrelevant information they would never find what they were looking for. Plaintiffs wanted about 1.5m documents, and tobacco companies sent about 24m.

Source: The Guardian May 10, 2018 17:38 UTC