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
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