Firms Appeal Opioid MDL Attorney Fees Awards To 6th Circuit

(August 19, 2024, 3:53 PM EDT) -- CLEVELAND — Two law firms in the opioid XE "opioid"  multidistrict litigation centralized in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio filed notice of an appeal to the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals after the judge overseeing the MDL rejected their objections to the final recommendations made by a fee panel to allocate $2.13 billion in attorney fees in connection with various settlements reached by the parties....