Painkiller: How true is Netflix series? Real extent of America’s opioid crisis explained
EXCLUSIVE: Attorney Jeffrey B. Simon has spoken about how accurately the Netflix series Painkiller depicts the opioid crisis and Purdue Pharma’s role in the national healthcare epidemic.
On Air: Law & Crime Network- 2nd Jury Deadlocks on Murder Charge
A judge sentenced Austin Ford for concealing the death of Tori Lang, but not for murdering her. Jurors deadlocked on the murder case. Jeffrey B. Simon discuss the case and the sentencing after two sets of jurors deadlocked.
Semafor- Net-Zero- “One Good Text”
Jeffrey B. Simon, attorney representing Multnomah County, Oregon, in a recent lawsuit officials there filed to hold oil and gas companies liable for a heat wave last year that killed 69 people in the county. Simon is the author of the forthcoming book Last Rights, about corporate influence on the justice system.
Multnomah County is suing fossil fuel companies for $50B. Here’s the county’s argument.
A county lawyer says the “heat dome of June 2021 is entirely different because it is irrefutably, scientifically caused by carbon pollution.”
