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STATE EX REL. RUTLEDGE v. PURDUE PHARMA

No. CV-20-682.

624 S.W.3d 106 (2021)

2021 Ark. 133

STATE of Arkansas EX REL. Leslie RUTLEDGE, Attorney General, Appellant v. PURDUE PHARMA L.P.; Purdue Pharma, Inc.; the Purdue Frederick Company, Inc.; Johnson & Johnson; Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc., n/k/a Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., n/k/a Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Endo Health Solutions, Inc.; Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and Does 1 Through 100, Inclusive, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered: June 10, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie Rutledge , Att'y Gen., by: Charles J. Harder , Deputy Att'y Gen.; Dover Dixon Horne, PLLC, Little Rock, by: Gary B. Rogers and Michael G. Smith ; and Baron & Budd, PC, by: Jennifer Fountain Connolly and Michael von Klemperer , pro hac vice, for appellant.

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLLP, by: Anthony J. Franze , pro hac vice; and Kutak Rock LLP, Little Rock, by: Jess Askew III and Andrew King , for separate appellees Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Endo Health Solutions, Inc.; and O'Melveny & Myers LLP, by: Amy J. Laurendeau , pro hac vice; and Friday Eldredge & Clark LLP, Little Rock, by: James M. Simpson and Martin A. Kasten , for separate appellees Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc., n/k/a Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., n/k/a Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and Johnson & Johnson.

The State of Arkansas brings this interlocutory appeal challenging a sanctions order entered by the Pulaski County Circuit Court pursuant to Rule 37 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure. For reversal, the State argues the circuit court's order sanctioning the State for failing to comply with its discovery...

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