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You would have thought that there would have been increased scrutiny and regulation. >> good to have you on the story. we will stay on top of this story. thanks very much. lets speak more about the legal implications of this. former federal prosecutor. shan, this was prosecuted on an interesting legal basis using whats known as the public nuisance law here. tell us what that is exactly and how unusual this was for the plaintiffs to pursue on this. >> its an unusual theory, jim. public nuisance w...

Ruling. oklahoma is the first state to bring to trial a pharmaceutical company alleging that johnson & johnson fueled the opioid crisis in this state through misleading marketing with prescription drugs. the judge has decided that johnson & johnson must pay the state $572 million, that will go towards programs to prevent and treat opioid addiction. he affirmed the states position that johnson & johnson has created a public nuisance through its misleading marketing of two drugs costing the state ...

Property. how does this involve nuisance? >> well, thanks, chris. we appreciate all your work. look, we can answer that with two things. one, oklahoma law just doesnt require the use of property when youre talking about nuisance. some states do that, but oklahoma very clearly doesnt. one of the elements of a nuisance in oklahoma is conduct that offends decency. and, you know, weve prosecuted tobacco companies, you name it, weve done it. sexual molesters in the clergy, all kinds of conduct. ive n...

Public nuisance doctrine outside of the context you described, which is the land owner context. but certainly this is a landmark case and an extremely important case, and the law adapts to changes in society. and so where as 100 years ago perhaps public nuisance was limited to the land owner cases, we believe the court, as the court did yesterday, will adapt and apply this appropriately to this circumstance of opioid abuse. >> lets talk about the award. $572 million. the state asked for $17.5 bi...

What your doctor should tell you, if johnson & johnson had told you the truth was look, these companies are claiming theyre not addictive drugs, but we never did the research. we never did studies, despite what our own advisers told us to do. we dont know whether you have a 1 in 10% chance of being addicted or a hundred percent. thats not what they did. they went to every doctor and said, look, there is a less than 1% chance of becoming addicted if you use or drugs every day. that was a lie. >> ...

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