(March 21, 2019, 1:43 PM EDT) -- CLEVELAND — The Ohio federal judge overseeing the opioid multidistrict litigation on March 19 disqualified counsel for manufacturing defendant Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. because the attorney is a former U.S. attorney who had access to confidential, nonpublic information while serving as a prosecutor (In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2804, No. 17-md-2804, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Div., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46065)....