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In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation
Case Number:
1:17-md-02804
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Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action, Multi-district Litigation
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Firms
- Baker Botts
- Holland & Knight
- Ropes & Gray
- Vernick & Associates
- Ellis & Winters
- Montgomery Elsner
- Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea
- Carr Allison
- Foulston Siefkin
- Bonezzi Switzer
- Lewis Roca
- Wharton Levin
- Simmons Hanly
- Patterson Belknap
- Lambert Coffin
- Reminger Co.
- Theisen Brock
- Lynn Pinker
- Davis Polk
- Flagel & Papakirk
- Maurice Wood
- Trent & Taylor
- Axinn Veltrop
- Simpson & Deardorff
- Penna & Mendicino
- McDermott Will & Schulte
- Kay Casto
- Frazer Greene
- Armstrong Teasdale
- Phillips Murrah
- Stastny Law Firm
- Friedman Dazzio
- Pray Walker
- Adams & Reese
- Sloane and Walsh
- Calcagni & Kanefsky
- Capplis Connors
- Shaffer & Shaffer
- Levin Papantonio
- Gillam Smith
- McCarthy Leonard
- Atkinson Baker
- Allen & Gooch
- Faruki PLL
- Angeli & Calfo
- Weisman Kennedy
- Skadden Arps
- Goodwin Lewis
- Trombley & Hanes
- McHugh Fuller
- Wyrsch Hobbs
- Wiggins Sewell
- Dughi Hewit
- Petruccelli Martin
- Silva Kettlewell
- Dowd Bennett
- McDermott Weaver
- Norris Keplinger
- Crowe & Dunlevy
- Brady Fischel
- Gray Rust
- Sherrard German
- Gray Ice Higdon
- Hyman Phelps
- Collinson Daehnke
- Buckingham Doolittle
- Mitchell McNutt
- Spangenberg Shibley
- Walden Macht
- Dickinson Wright
- Motley Rice
- Litchfield Cavo
- Madison Mroz
- Miller & Martin
- Dalton & Associates PA
- Forsgren Fisher
- Atkinson & Polak
- Lewis Gianola
- Skikos Crawford
- Morrison Mahoney
- Faegre Drinker
- Morgan Lewis
- Murray Murphy
- Cox, Cox & Estes
- Salvatore Prescott
- Seeger Weiss
- Barnett Benvenuti
- Hilder & Associates
- Foster Garvey
- King & Spalding
- Babst Calland
- Nixon Peabody
- Gwin Steinmetz
- Bradley Arant
- Winston & Strawn
- Biedermann Hoenig
- Bowman & Brooke
- Ball Janik
- Eastman & Smith
- Foley Hoag
- Swift Currie
- White Arnold & Dowd
- Clausen Miller
- McDonald Hopkins
- Thompson Hine
- Robbins Geller
- Jones Walker
- Offutt Simmons
- Bennett Bigelow
- Sidley Austin
- Foley & Lardner
- Mintzer Sarowitz
- Fisher & Phillips
- Offit Kurman
- Weston Hurd
- Scott Douglass
- Best & Sharp
- Haar & Woods
- Stone Pigman
- Hunton Andrews
- Huie Fernambucq
- Porter Wright
- Lightfoot Franklin
- Cox Cox
- Greenberg Traurig
- Sommer Udall
- Spilman Thomas
- Powell & Majestro
- Irpino Avin
- Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP
- Wiggin & Dana
- Marino Tortorella
- Dann Law Firm
- Maldegen Templeman
- Plevin & Gallucci
- Husch Blackwell
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Wegman Hessler
- Baker & Hostetler
- Saul Ewing
- Parker Hudson
- Vorys
- Arnold & Porter
- Baker Sterchi
- Tucker Ellis
- Zimmer Kunz
- McGlinchey Stafford
- Bressler Amery
- Flaherty Sensabaugh
- Miles & Stockbridge
- Burns White
- Pelini Campbell
- Brooks Wilkins
- Jones Day
- Bendin Sumrall
- Madison & Rosan
- Hagens Berman
- Ritchie Davies
- Sugarman Law
- Hilgers Graben
- Owen Gleaton
- Kobre & Kim
- Covington & Burling
- Pullin Fowler
- Hueston Hennigan
- Morgan & Morgan
- Napoli Shkolnik
- Carella Byrne
- Lewis Brisbois
- Schneider Wallace
- Fain Anderson
- Cooper Elliott
- Marcus & Shapira
- Benesch
- Venable LLP
- Hogan Lovells
- Norton Rose
- Scharnhorst Ast
- Shook Hardy
- Segal McCambridge
- Smith Gambrell
- Wiedner & McAuliffe
- Gordon Arata
- Cipriani & Werner
- Reed Smith
- Davis Bengtson
- Wiener Weiss
- Davis Wright Tremaine
- Keller Rohrback
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Zeiger Tigges
- Williams & Connolly
- Roetzel & Andress
- Hodges Doughty
- Onda LaBuhn
- Rockwell & Kaufman
- Kerrick Bachert
- Bailey & Glasser
- Rodey Dickason
- Bertram & Graf
- Weil Gotshal
- Rammelkamp Muehlenweg
- Gibson Dunn
- UB Greensfelder
- Lieff Cabraser
- Barnes & Thornburg
- Adler Cohen
- Gleason Flynn
- Perkins Coie
- Goodell DeVries
- Kelley Drye
- Bowles Rice
- Sherrard Roe
- Orndorff Mowen
- Karr Tuttle
- Del Sole Cavanaugh
- Dugan Law Firm
- Armbrecht Jackson
- Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
- Moore & Van Allen
- Archer & Greiner
- Blank Rome
- Nelson Mullins
- DLA Piper
- Brinker & Doyen
- Pietragallo Gordon
- Brown & James
- Stites & Harbison
- Gallagher Sharp
- Bush Seyferth
- Copeland Stair
- Drew Eckl
- Lashly & Baer
- Vinson & Elkins
- Miller Fair
- Starnes Davis
- Cravath Swaine
- Bullivant Houser
- Yetter Coleman
- Mehri & Skalet
- Bryan Cave
- Bartlit Beck
- Tabet DiVito
- Dinsmore & Shohl
- Irwin Fritchie
- Kodner Watkins
- Maynard Nexsen
- Littler Mendelson
- Troutman
- McGuireWoods
- Zuckerman Spaeder
- Critchfield Critchfield
- Fox Rothschild
- FordHarrison
- Cotchett Pitre
- Holland & Hart
- Devine Millimet
- Hoguet Newman
- Frost Brown
- Taft Stettinius
- Wilson Elser
- Baker McKenzie
- Ice Miller
- Hinshaw & Culbertson
- Weiss Law
- Wachtell Lipton
- Farrell & Fuller
- Ward and Smith
- Cavitch Familo
- Watkins & Eager
- Quinn Emanuel
- Watkinson Laird
- Stoll Keenon
- Simon Greenstone
- Sonosky Chambers
- Sheppard Mullin
- Hughes Hubbard
- Buckley King
- Upshaw Williams
- Weiss Law Office SC
- Hall Booth
- Weitz & Luxenberg
- Dykema
- Welsh & McGough
- Rath Young
- Calfee Halter
- Butler Snow LLP
- Wheeler Trigg
- Childress Ahlheim
- Wadleigh Starr
- Church Church Hittle & Antrim
- Keating Muething
- Breazeale Sachse
- Sperling Kenny
- Clark Hill
- Burr & Forman
- Lathrop GPM
- Arnall Golden
- Fishman Haygood
- Susman Godfrey
- Alston & Bird
- Brownstein Hyatt
- Gordon Rees
- Baker Donelson
- Thompson Coburn
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Fennemore
- Robinson & McElwee
- Skarzynski Marick
- Bass Berry
- Baron & Budd
- Anderson & Gilbert
- Quarles & Brady
- Greene Ketchum
- Jenner & Block
- Grotefeld Hoffmann
- Haug Partners
- HeplerBroom
- Hinkle Shanor
- Simpson Logback
- Latham & Watkins
Companies
- Mission Pharmacal Co.
- Johnson & Johnson
- Medco Health Solutions Inc.
- Schnuck Markets Inc.
- Neos Therapeutics Inc.
- Henry Schein Inc.
- Target Corp.
- Warner Chilcott Limited
- Ahold Delhaize USA
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
- J.M. Smith Corp.
- Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC
- Patterson Veterinary Supply Inc.
- Perrigo Co. PLC
- Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.
- Sam's Club
- Impax Laboratories, Inc.
- Hy-Vee
- Abbott Laboratories
- Weis Markets Inc.
- Zogenix Inc.
- Forest Laboratories Inc.
- Los Angeles Times
- McKesson Corp.
- Meadow
- Medisca Pharmaceutique Inc.
- Bailey Medical Center LLC
- Indivior PLC
- Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc.
- Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.
- Mississippi Hospital Association
- Omnicare Inc.
- Brookshire Brothers Ltd.
- Endo International PLC
- Giant Eagle Inc.
- Costco Wholesale Corp.
- Assertio Holdings Inc.
- Pacific Medical Inc.
- Costco
- Covidien PLC
- Sandoz International GmbH
- Cencora Inc.
- Express Scripts Holding Co.
- Walmart Inc.
- Masters Pharmaceutical Inc.
- Discount Drug Mart Inc.
- The Harvard Drug Group LLC
- Nesher Pharmaceuticals (USA) LLC
- KVK Tech Inc.
- Lupin Ltd.
- Penn Veterinary Supply Inc.
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Duane Reade Holdings Inc.
- Lannett Company, Inc
- H.D. Smith LLC
- KV Pharmaceutical Co.
- UnitedHealth Group Inc.
- Safeway Inc.
- PSS World Medical Inc.
- Ironshore Inc.
- Morris & Dickson Co. LLC
- Publix Super Markets Inc.
- Mutual Drug
- Noramco Inc.
- Olympia Pharmacy
- Wakefern Food Corp.
- Ahold Delhaize
- NuCare Pharmaceuticals 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
- CVS Health Corp.
- Longs Drugs
- Alvogen Group Inc.
- Noven Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- West-Ward Pharmaceutical Corp.
- Alpharma Inc.
- Fresenius Kabi AG
- Brookshire Grocery
- Brookshire Brothers Inc.
- Viatris Inc.
- OptumRx Inc.
- Baxter International Inc.
- Akorn 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.
- Zydus Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Cephalon Inc.
- Hospira Inc.
- King Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Mallinckrodt PLC
- The Kroger Co.
- Optum Inc.
- AbbVie Inc.
- USA Today International Corp.
- Rite Aid Corp.
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
- Pfizer Inc.
- ICU Medical Inc.
- Kinray Inc.
- H‑E‑B LP
- Novartis AG
- Staten Island University Hospital
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Government Agencies
- State of Maryland
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- City of Portsmouth, Virginia
- State of Tennessee
- State of Nevada
- State of Michigan
- City of Trenton, New Jersey
- U.S. Department of Justice
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Two UnitedHealth subsidiaries cannot escape claims that they exacerbated the opioid crisis by providing data analytics and consulting services to drugmakers, a federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation ruled on Monday, saying the New York state municipalities have adequately alleged RICO by claiming they were part of the same criminal conspiracy.
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June 03, 2025
6th Circ. Denies PBMs' Privilege Claim In Opioid MDL
A Sixth Circuit panel on Tuesday denied a petition from Cigna's Express Scripts and UnitedHealth's Optum seeking to reverse discovery orders allowing certain personnel files and internal communications into the multidistrict opioid litigation, finding that the two pharmacy benefit managers failed to show extraordinary abuses justifying relief.
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May 01, 2025
Publix Can't Slip 'Zero-Market Share' Opioid Claims
Publix Super Markets Inc. can't slip opioid-related claims from nine municipalities in which the supermarket chain alleges it has no pharmacies, an Ohio federal judge overseeing sprawling national opioid litigation ruled.
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April 29, 2025
Opioid MDL Judge Won't Recuse Over Ex Parte Allegations
An Ohio federal judge will not step aside from multidistrict opioid litigation after the plaintiffs' attorney, who had alleged the judge "regularly communicates" with other lawyers involved in the litigation, testified that there was no such communication after all, the judge ruled Tuesday.
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April 03, 2025
Optum, Express Scripts Want Judge Ousted From Opioid MDL
Pharmacy benefit managers Optum and Express Scripts say the Ohio federal judge overseeing multidistrict opioid litigation should recuse himself because he "regularly communicates" with plaintiffs' attorneys in the litigation and is biased in favor of plaintiffs, according to a motion filed Wednesday.
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March 19, 2025
Ohio Judge Blasts Fla. Atty In Opioid MDL For False Statements
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March 19, 2025
Ohio Opioid Judge Says Texas Court Should Hear Appeal Bid
An Ohio federal judge overseeing multidistrict opioid litigation denied Albertsons Cos.' request to appeal its summary judgment loss in the bellwether case brought by a Texas county, saying Wednesday that since pretrial proceedings are now done, the appeal should head to the appellate court for the Lone Star State.
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Zydus Cuts Deal With States, Tribes In Opioid Nuisance Suit
Zydus Pharmaceuticals Inc. has reached a deal in principle with states and Native American tribes that should quash claims related to the company's alleged role in exasperating the opioid crisis.
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Albertsons Must Face County's Opioid Nuisance Claims
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