Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today filed a lawsuit against opioid manufacturer, Endo Health Solutions and Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Endo”), for deceptively marketing their powerful opioid, Opana, for more than a decade in Oregon. The complaint alleges that Endo misrepresented... View Article
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following statement after U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain indicated that he would approve Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy plan. The plan requires the Sackler family pay $4.3 billion over nine years to a large group... View Article
“The Opioid epidemic has worsened in Oregon. In 2020, 462 Oregonians died from unintentional opioid overdoses, up from 280 in 2019. This is a decades-long tragedy fueled by the opioid industry. We must finally find a way to bring these... View Article
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and eight other Attorneys General today filed a formal objection asking a federal judge to reject Purdue Pharma’s proposed bankruptcy plan, which includes a lifetime legal shield for the company’s owners, the Sackler family. The... View Article
Settlement will be first to fund Oregon’s Drug Treatment and Recovery Services Fund Today Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum joins Attorneys General from 47 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories in a $573 million settlement with one... View Article
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today filed a new lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, and the company’s owners, who are members of the Sackler family. The Attorney General’s new complaint alleges that Purdue and the Sacklers fraudulently... View Article
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today sued Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, for falsely and deceptively marketing its opioid drug in Oregon. The complaint alleges that Purdue deceptively marketed OxyContin to Oregon seniors, misrepresented the risks and benefits of... View Article
Oregon Attorney General Rosenblum today announced $600,000 in grants to combat Oregon’s opioid epidemic. The funding for the grants comes from Oregon DOJ’s recent $2.4 million Medtronic settlement, and will be awarded to Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) Department of... View Article
Oregon Takes Lead Role in the Investigation Attorney General Rosenblum today announced that Oregon is on the leadership team of a multi-state investigation of manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids. As part of the investigations, a bi-partisan group of 41... View Article
DOJ Lawyer David Hart to Testify before U.S. Senate on Opioid Epidemic ***MEDIA ADVISORY*** WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 23, Oregon Assistant Attorney General David Hart will testify before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Oregon’s 2015 investigation and settlement... View Article
