City Of Rockford v. Mallinckrodt ARD, Inc., et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

3:17-cv-50107

Court:

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit:

410 Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Honorable Iain D. Johnston

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May 28, 2020
Express Scripts Loses Bid To Probe Emails In Antitrust Case

Express Scripts Inc. may not use an "overbroad" discovery request to dig through years of emails belonging to a consultant for an Illinois city that filed a proposed class action over drugmaker Mallinckrodt's purported scheme to drive up the cost of a hormone treatment, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.
May 07, 2020
No Privilege Shield For Firm Consultant, Express Scripts Says

Communications between a benefits consultant and lawyers for an Illinois city in a drug price suit aren't protected by work-product privilege because he was never hired as an expert in the case, Express Scripts Inc. has told an Illinois federal court.
April 22, 2020
Ill. City Fights Express Scripts' Probe Of Firm In Antitrust Case

Express Scripts is using discovery to try to find out information on the law firm representing an Illinois city in antitrust litigation over drugmaker Mallinckrodt's purported scheme to drive up the cost of a hormone treatment, the community told an Illinois federal court.
April 07, 2020
Mallinckrodt CEO Must Face Deposition In City's Acthar Fight

Mallinckrodt has lost its battle to bar an Illinois city from deposing its top brass over allegations that the Irish pharmaceutical company used illegal tactics to send the cost of one vial of hormone drug Acthar beyond $40,000.
February 28, 2020
Mallinckrodt, Express Scripts Can't Get Ill. City's Atty Fee Info

A "speculative" argument about possible conflicts between lawyers suing Mallinckrodt ARD Inc. and Express Scripts Inc. over allegedly inflated prices for hormone drugs doesn't justify the handover of information from an Illinois city about how it's paying its legal bills, a federal judge has ruled.
February 07, 2020
Ill. City Says Its Counsel Fees Are Off-Limits In Drug Price Suit

Lawyers for the Illinois city of Rockford have told a federal court that the "prurient" interests of a drugmaker-defendant were behind a request for information about how the city is paying its legal team, not a valid concern about conflicts of interest from related representations.
October 18, 2019
Ill. City Ran To Court In Discovery Row, Express Scripts Says

Express Scripts accused the city of Rockford, Illinois, of evading the discovery process Thursday in the city's pursuit of an antitrust suit alleging the pharmacy services company and drugmaker Mallinckrodt conspired to raise the price of the drug Acthar.
May 03, 2019
Rockford, Ill., Drug Antitrust Suit Beats Renewed Challenge

The city of Rockford, Illinois, can continue with drug-related antitrust claims against pharmacy services company Express Scripts and drugmaker Mallinckrodt after an Illinois federal judge rejected a bid by Express Scripts to undo an earlier order allowing the case to proceed.
February 25, 2019
Don't Advance Drug Antitrust Claims, Express Scripts Urges

Express Scripts on Friday urged an Illinois federal judge to reconsider his order allowing antitrust claims concerning a therapeutic hormone drug to proceed against it and related companies, saying he based his ruling on conduct not alleged in the lawsuit.
January 28, 2019
Mallinckrodt, Express Scripts Must Face Antitrust Suit In Ill.

An Illinois federal judge on Friday allowed the city of Rockford to move ahead with its antitrust suit on behalf of a class of insurance payors accusing Mallinckrodt ARD Inc. and Express Scripts of monopolizing a therapeutic hormone drug, saying the city had demonstrated antitrust violations.