The special master in the opioid lawsuits showed no bias in an email he inadvertently sent to lawyers in the case, according to a filing from plaintiffs’ attorneys this week.

On Wednesday, lawyers for the plaintiffs’ executive committee in the opioid multidistrict litigation opposed a motion to disqualify David Cohen, who accidentally hit “reply all” on an email he meant to send to himself. Lawyers for two pharmacy benefit managers, defendants in dozens of opioid cases, filed a motion to disqualify him, insisting that the email would lead “any reasonable observer to question his impartiality.”

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]