Separate MDL Created In Northern California For Opioid Consultant McKinsey

Mealey's (June 8, 2021, 12:53 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) on June 7 granted a motion by consulting firm McKinsey & Co. Inc. to create a new, separate multidistrict litigation for 39 opioid cases pending against it and assigned the docket to U.S. Judge Charles R. Breyer of the Northern District of California....