In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation
Case Number:
1:17-md-02804
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action, Multi-district Litigation
Judge:
Firms
- Patterson Belknap
- King & Spalding
- Hall Booth
- Bowman & Brooke
- Vernick & Associates
- Sidley Austin
- Ellis & Winters
- Hinshaw & Culbertson
- Montgomery Elsner
- Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea
- Shaffer & Shaffer
- Carr Allison
- Jones Walker
- Bonezzi Switzer
- Lewis Roca
- Benesch
- Vorys
- Quarles & Brady
- Lambert Coffin
- Reminger Co.
- Lieff Cabraser
- Theisen Brock
- Lynn Pinker
- Flagel & Papakirk
- Williams & Connolly
- Maurice Wood
- Trent & Taylor
- Skadden Arps
- Hunton Andrews
- Hueston Hennigan
- Taft Stettinius
- Sherrard German
- McGuireWoods
- Axinn Veltrop
- Davis Wright Tremaine
- Simpson & Deardorff
- Penna & Mendicino
- Davis Polk
- Arnold & Porter
- Bressler Amery
- Frazer Greene
- Jones Day
- Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
- Spangenberg Shibley
- Armstrong Teasdale
- Norton Rose
- Phillips Murrah
- Hilgers Graben
- Stastny Law Firm
- Roetzel & Andress
- Friedman Dazzio
- Pray Walker
- Adams & Reese
- Ropes & Gray
- Zuckerman Spaeder
- Fox Rothschild
- Sloane and Walsh
- Weston Hurd
- Yetter Coleman
- Moore & Van Allen
- Capplis Connors
- Levin Papantonio
- Gillam Smith
- McCarthy Leonard
- Atkinson Baker
- Allen & Gooch
- Faruki PLL
- Petruccelli Martin
- Angeli & Calfo
- Weisman Kennedy
- Nixon Peabody
- Smith Gambrell
- Holland & Knight
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Baker Botts
- Goodwin Lewis
- Trombley & Hanes
- Scott Douglass
- McHugh Fuller
- Dughi Hewit
- Zimmer Kunz
- Silva Kettlewell
- Brady Fischel
- Crowe & Dunlevy
- Schneider Wallace
- Gray Ice Higdon
- Collinson Daehnke
- Buckingham Doolittle
- Mitchell McNutt
- Gray Rust
- Walden Macht
- Dickinson Wright
- Madison Mroz
- Miller & Martin
- Dalton & Associates PA
- Atkinson & Polak
- Lewis Gianola
- Skikos Crawford
- Hogan Lovells
- Maynard Nexsen
- Morrison Mahoney
- Murray Murphy
- Cox, Cox & Estes
- Salvatore Prescott
- Barnett Benvenuti
- Hilder & Associates
- Gwin Steinmetz
- Biedermann Hoenig
- Ball Janik
- Eastman & Smith
- Swift Currie
- White Arnold & Dowd
- Clausen Miller
- McDonald Hopkins
- Dowd Bennett
- Offutt Simmons
- McGlinchey Stafford
- Haar & Woods
- Bennett Bigelow
- Wiggins Sewell
- Mintzer Sarowitz
- Seeger Weiss
- Fisher & Phillips
- Best & Sharp
- Stone Pigman
- Huie Fernambucq
- Miles & Stockbridge
- Cox Cox
- Litchfield Cavo
- Sommer Udall
- Spilman Thomas
- Powell & Majestro
- Irpino Avin
- Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP
- Wiggin & Dana
- Marino Tortorella
- Pelini Campbell
- Dann Law Firm
- Maldegen Templeman
- Plevin & Gallucci
- Wegman Hessler
- Perkins Coie
- Saul Ewing
- Norris Keplinger
- Parker Hudson
- Brooks Wilkins
- Tucker Ellis
- Fennemore Craig
- Littler Mendelson
- Foster Garvey
- Porter Wright
- Flaherty Sensabaugh
- Barnes & Thornburg
- Burns White
- Foley Hoag
- Segal McCambridge
- Forsgren Fisher
- Bendin Sumrall
- Madison & Rosan
- Hagens Berman
- Ritchie Davies
- Lightfoot Franklin
- Pullin Fowler
- Keller Rohrback
- Napoli Shkolnik
- Carella Byrne
- Fain Anderson
- Marcus & Shapira
- Motley Rice
- Faegre Drinker
- Blank Rome
- Scharnhorst Ast
- Wiedner & McAuliffe
- Gordon Arata
- Calcagni & Kanefsky
- Davis Bengtson
- Wiener Weiss
- Reed Smith
- Zausmer
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Zeiger Tigges
- Hodges Doughty
- Onda LaBuhn
- Rockwell & Kaufman
- Bailey & Glasser
- Rodey Dickason
- Bertram & Graf
- Rammelkamp Muehlenweg
- Offit Kurman
- Venable LLP
- Adler Cohen
- Gleason Flynn
- Goodell DeVries
- Bowles Rice
- Sherrard Roe
- Orndorff Mowen
- Karr Tuttle
- Del Sole Cavanaugh
- Babst Calland
- Dugan Law Firm
- Armbrecht Jackson
- Baker Sterchi
- Brinker & Doyen
- Pietragallo Gordon
- Brown & James
- Stites & Harbison
- Gallagher Sharp
- Covington & Burling
- Bush Seyferth
- Sugarman Law
- Cipriani & Werner
- Wyrsch Hobbs
- Greenberg Traurig
- Copeland Stair
- Drew Eckl
- UB Greensfelder
- Lashly & Baer
- Gibson Dunn
- Carroll Warren
- Miller Fair
- Owen Gleaton
- Starnes Davis
- Cravath Swaine
- Bullivant Houser
- Mehri & Skalet
- Hyman Phelps
- Bartlit Beck
- Tabet DiVito
- Kelley Drye
- Irwin Fritchie
- Kodner Watkins
- Shook Hardy
- Morgan Lewis
- Critchfield Critchfield
- FordHarrison
- Cotchett Pitre
- Holland & Hart
- Devine Millimet
- Hoguet Newman
- Frost Brown
- Baker McKenzie
- Wharton Levin
- Bryan Cave
- McDermott Weaver
- Weiss Law
- Kobre & Kim
- Wachtell Lipton
- Farrell & Fuller
- Ward and Smith
- Cavitch Familo
- Watkins & Eager
- Quinn Emanuel
- Watkinson Laird
- Stoll Keenon
- Simon Greenstone
- Sonosky Chambers
- Husch Blackwell
- Simmons Hanly
- Sheppard Mullin
- Hughes Hubbard
- Winston & Strawn
- Baker & Hostetler
- Buckley King
- Upshaw Williams
- Weiss Law Office SC
- Weitz & Luxenberg
- Dykema
- Welsh & McGough
- Rath Young
- Calfee Halter
- Butler Snow LLP
- Archer & Greiner
- Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
- Wheeler Trigg
- Childress Ahlheim
- Thompson Hine
- Wadleigh Starr
- Weil Gotshal
- Church Church Hittle & Antrim
- Robbins Geller
- Kay Casto
- Keating Muething
- Breazeale Sachse
- Sperling Kenny
- Clark Hill
- Burr & Forman
- Vinson & Elkins
- Lathrop GPM
- Arnall Golden
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Fishman Haygood
- Kerrick Bachert
- Troutman
- Lewis Brisbois
- Dinsmore & Shohl
- Susman Godfrey
- DLA Piper
- Foley & Lardner
- Brownstein Hyatt
- Alston & Bird
- Nelson Mullins
- Skarzynski Marick
- Baker Donelson
- Bradley Arant
- Thompson Coburn
- Morgan & Morgan
- Ice Miller
- Robinson & McElwee
- Baron & Budd
- Bass Berry
- Anderson & Gilbert
- Greene Ketchum
- Jenner & Block
- Grotefeld Hoffmann
- Haug Partners
- HeplerBroom
- Hinkle Shanor
- Simpson Logback
- Latham & Watkins
Companies
- Mission Pharmacal Co.
- Medco Health Solutions Inc.
- Schnuck Markets Inc.
- Neos Therapeutics Inc.
- Henry Schein Inc.
- Abbott Laboratories
- Warner Chilcott Limited
- Ahold Delhaize USA
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
- J.M. Smith Corp.
- Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC
- Patterson Veterinary Supply Inc.
- Los Angeles Times
- Perrigo Co. PLC
- Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.
- CVS Health Corp.
- Impax Laboratories, Inc.
- Sandoz International GmbH
- The Kroger Co.
- Zogenix Inc.
- Forest Laboratories Inc.
- Meadow
- Medisca Pharmaceutique Inc.
- Bailey Medical Center LLC
- Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc.
- Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.
- Mississippi Hospital Association
- Omnicare Inc.
- Brookshire Brothers Ltd.
- Endo International PLC
- Costco Wholesale Corp.
- Assertio Holdings Inc.
- Pacific Medical Inc.
- Costco
- Covidien PLC
- Hy-Vee
- Express Scripts Holding Co.
- Masters Pharmaceutical Inc.
- Discount Drug Mart Inc.
- The Harvard Drug Group LLC
- Nesher Pharmaceuticals (USA) LLC
- Wakefern Food Corp.
- KVK Tech Inc.
- Lupin Ltd.
- Penn Veterinary Supply Inc.
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Duane Reade Holdings Inc.
- Lannett Company, Inc
- Weis Markets Inc.
- H.D. Smith LLC
- KV Pharmaceutical Co.
- Indivior PLC
- PSS World Medical Inc.
- Ironshore Inc.
- Morris & Dickson Co. LLC
- Publix Super Markets Inc.
- Mutual Drug
- Noramco Inc.
- Olympia Pharmacy
- Walmart Inc.
- Safeway Inc.
- Ahold Delhaize
- NuCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Viatris Inc.
- UnitedHealth Group Inc.
- Anda Inc.
- Albertsons Cos. Inc.
- Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc.
- Supervalu Inc.
- Allergan PLC
- Par Pharmaceutical Cos. Inc.
- Rochester Drug Cooperative Inc.
- Purdue Pharma LP
- Northeastern University
- Longs Drugs
- Alvogen Group Inc.
- Noven Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- West-Ward Pharmaceutical Corp.
- Alpharma Inc.
- Fresenius Kabi AG
- Brookshire Grocery
- Brookshire Brothers Inc.
- OptumRx Inc.
- Baxter International Inc.
- Akorn Inc.
- Target Corp.
- AbbVie Inc.
- Apria Healthcare Group
- Cardinal Health Inc.
- Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
- Paddock Laboratories Inc.
- Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGAA
- Navitus Health Solutions LLC
- Acme Markets Inc.
- UCB SA
- Tris Pharma Inc.
- Sam's Club
- Zydus Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Cencora Inc.
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Cephalon Inc.
- Hospira Inc.
- King Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Mallinckrodt PLC
- Optum Inc.
- Giant Eagle Inc.
- USA Today International Corp.
- McKesson Corp.
- Rite Aid Corp.
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
- Pfizer Inc.
- ICU Medical Inc.
- Kinray Inc.
- Johnson & Johnson
- H‑E‑B LP
- Novartis AG
- Staten Island University Hospital
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Government Agencies
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- City of Portsmouth, Virginia
- State of Tennessee
- State of Nevada
- City of Trenton, New Jersey
- State of Maryland
- State of Michigan
- U.S. Department of Justice
Sectors & Industries:
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January 29, 2019
Bellwether Trial In Opioid MDL Delayed Another 7 Weeks
An Ohio federal judge agreed Tuesday to once again push back the start date of the first bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over the country's opioid epidemic to give the plaintiffs and the opioid makers enough time to resolve ongoing discovery issues.
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January 29, 2019
BakerHostetler Atty Accused Of Misusing Info In Opioid MDL
The city of Cleveland has filed a redacted motion in Ohio federal court laying out its reasons for seeking to disqualify a BakerHostetler partner and former U.S. attorney from representing Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. in a bellwether case over the opioid epidemic, saying that in a deposition she used confidential information she gained while she was a public official.
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January 23, 2019
Endo Slams DQ Bid For BakerHostetler Atty In Opioid MDL
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Wednesday hit back at a motion to disqualify a BakerHostetler partner— and former U.S. attorney who worked on the opioid crisis— from bellwether cases in the opioid multidistrict litigation, saying she hasn't violated any ethical rule.
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January 18, 2019
Drug Distributors Can't Appeal RICO Ruling In Opioid MDL
An Ohio federal judge on Friday blocked drug distributors from trying again to keep racketeering allegations out of a bellwether trial in the opioid multidistrict litigation, rejecting assertions that enormous damages associated with racketeering will hinder settlement talks.
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January 16, 2019
Opioid Distributors Want 6th Circ. RICO Ruling Before Trial
The Sixth Circuit should decide whether Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and nuisance claims in multidistrict litigation over the opioid crisis hold up before the Ohio district court case moves on, drug distributors have told the trial court.
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January 10, 2019
'60 Minutes' Ethics Feud Ends In Opioid MDL
A caustic quarrel over comments by plaintiffs lawyers on CBS News show "60 Minutes" about drug industry responsibility for the opioid crisis has ended, according to a court filing Thursday in multidistrict litigation.
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January 09, 2019
BakerHostetler Atty Faces Disqualification Bid In Opioid MDL
A BakerHostetler partner who represents Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. in multidistrict litigation over the opioid epidemic should be disqualified from the case, according to a motion filed in Ohio federal court Wednesday.
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January 09, 2019
Plaintiffs Attys Rip 'Dishonest' Ethics Complaint In Opioid MDL
Top plaintiffs attorneys in multidistrict litigation over the opioid crisis are savaging an ethics complaint lodged by drug companies, accusing them of meritless and "dishonest" objections to televised criticism of painkiller sellers.
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January 04, 2019
Drug Cos. Decry 'Flagrant' Ethical Lapses In Opioid Cases
Drug manufacturers and distributors late Friday accused plaintiffs attorneys of "a concerted campaign to taint potential jury pools" in litigation over the opioid crisis, urging an Ohio federal judge to issue a gag order and sanctions.