INSULIN PRICING LITIGATION Assigned to: Judge Brian R. Martinotti Referred to: Magistrate Judge Leda D. Wettre Cause: 18:1962 Racketeering (RICO) Act
Case Number:
2:23-md-03080
Court:
Nature of Suit:
470 Racketeer/Corrupt Organization
Multi Party Litigation:
Multi-district Litigation
Judge:
Firms
- Garlington Lohn
- Brian K. Balser
- Foulston Siefkin
- Simmons Hanly
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Jones Day
- Morgan Lewis
- Bradley Arant
- Cicala Law Firm
- Brunini Grantham
- Chiesa Shahinian
- Reed Smith
- Edwards Sutarwalla
- McCarter & English
- Forman Watkins
- Robbins Geller
- Brennan Manna
- Dilworth Paxson
- Levin Papantonio
- Law Office of Joseph C. Tann
- Weisman Kennedy
- Bird Marella
- Gibbs Travis
- Brockstedt Mandalas
- Massey & Gail
- Kelley & Ferraro
- Cohn Lifland
- Faegre Drinker
- Barber Law Firm PLLC
- Asher Kelly
- Williams Dirks
- Connell Foley
- NastLaw
- Hall Booth
- Seeger Weiss
- Ferraro Law Firm
- Matovich Keller
- Milberg Coleman
- McConnell Valdes
- Hausfeld LLP
- Lehotsky Keller
- Riggs Abney
- Kaufman & Canoles
- Reichard & Escalera
- Liston & Deas
- Riley Safer
- Spencer Fane
- Mayo Mallette
- Pietrantoni Mendez
- Powell & Majestro
- Irpino Avin
- Husch Blackwell
- Bailey & Glasser
- Roberts Law Firm US
- Motley Rice
- Walsh Pizzi
- O'Toole Scrivo
- Archie Lamb & Associates
- Feldman Shepherd
- Hinkle Law Firm
- Adsuar Muniz
- Napoli Shkolnik
- Carella Byrne
- Williams & Connolly
- Umhofer Mitchell
- Quattlebaum Grooms
- Ron Austin Law
- Keller Rohrback
- Stapleton Segal
- Hilburn & Harper
- Davis Polk
- Alvendia Kelly
- Hangley Aronchick
- Kozyak Tropin
- Wallace Saunders
- Holland & Hart
- Browning Kaleczyc
- Scott&Scott
- Environmental Litigation Group PC
- Watkins & Eager
- Gibbons PC
- Weitz & Luxenberg
- O’Neill & Borges
- Sperling Kenny
- Wright Lindsey
- Susman Godfrey
- Alston & Bird
- Crowley Fleck
- Baron & Budd
Companies
- Medco Health Solutions Inc.
- Olin Corp.
- Cassopolis Public Schools
- Beth Israel Lahey Health
- Nuvance Health
- Cal-Maine Foods Inc.
- State of Franklin Healthcare Associates
- Express Scripts Holding Co.
- Texas Health Resources Inc.
- CVS Health Corp.
- Brookdale Senior Living Inc.
- Norwegian Cruise Line
- Colonial Group Inc.
- Kyocera Corporation
- The Cigna Group
- Salinas Valley Health
- Zinc Health Services LLC
- Eaton Corp. PLC
- Sprouts Farmers Market LLC
- Terex Corp.
- C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.
- Silgan Holdings Inc.
- Novo Nordisk A S
- Cache County School District
- United Food & Commercial Workers International Union
- Compass Lexecon LLC
- OptumRx Inc.
- Axial Networks Inc.
- SummaCare Inc.
- International Longshoremen's Association
- MaineGeneral Health
- Compass Minerals International, Inc.
- International Union Of Operating Engineers
- O'Reilly Automotive Inc.
- Optum Inc.
- Sanofi
- Mass General Brigham Inc.
- Eli Lilly & Co.
- Key Benefit Administrators Inc.
Government Agencies
- Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
- City of Charlottesville, Virginia
- City of Portsmouth, Virginia
- Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida
- Tunica-Biloxi Tribe
- City of Deerfield Beach, Florida
- City of Port St. Lucie, Florida
- City of Lorain, Ohio
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- City of Roanoke, Virginia
- Henrico County, Virginia
- Niagara County, New York
- Alhambra Unified School District
- Utah Division of Consumer Protection
- Kanawha County, West Virginia
Sectors & Industries:
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Conn. Cities' Insulin Pricing Suits Against PBMs Join NJ MDL
Two Connecticut cities' civil racketeering and state trade practices law claims against insulin manufacturers Eli Lilly and Co., Novo Nordisk Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis US LLC, and pharmacy benefit managers CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx, have been rolled into a New Jersey multidistrict litigation proceeding.
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CVS, Drugmakers Illegally Inflated Insulin Prices, City Claims
Drugmakers Eli Lilly and Co., Novo Nordisk Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis US LLC, pharmacy benefit managers CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx, and others have been hit with civil racketeering and state unfair trade practices law claims by the city of Torrington, Connecticut, over an alleged scheme to inflate insulin prices.
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June 04, 2025
Calif. Won't Get Insulin Pricing Case Sent Back To State Court
The New Jersey federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation accusing Express Scripts, CVS Caremark and other pharmacy benefit managers of conspiring to fix the prices of insulin on Wednesday refused to ship a case brought by the state of California back to state court.
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January 02, 2025
1st Private Co. Joins Insulin Price-Fixing MDL
A Florida-based car dealer is the first private company to join a multidistrict litigation accusing Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly and Sanofi-Aventis of fixing the prices of insulin and other drugs to treat diabetes.
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June 10, 2024
Drugmakers Look To Nix Non-Insulin Claims From AG Suit
Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly and Sanofi-Aventis asked the federal judge overseeing a diabetes drug price-fixing multidistrict litigation to rule for drugmakers on Mississippi's claims the pricing for GLP-1s is illegal, saying in a brief that the drugs are under patent and too new to be included in the insulin-pricing suit.
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February 08, 2024
Mich. Counties Sue Drug Giants Over Insulin Prices
Several Michigan counties on Wednesday accused some of the world's largest drugmakers, retailers and pharmacy benefit managers of scheming to inflate insulin prices and costing the municipalities millions of extra dollars in healthcare costs for their employees and retirees.
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December 06, 2023
Judge Orders 3 Case Tracks, Appoints Counsel In Insulin MDL
A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday established three tracks for cases to follow in the multidistrict litigation that accuses drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers of illegally inflating the price of insulin.
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November 29, 2023
Drug Giants Face 3rd RICO Suit In 3 Weeks Over Insulin Prices
A Maryland county south of Washington, D.C., has joined the flood of litigation accusing drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers of violating a federal racketeering law in a scheme to jack up insulin prices.
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November 21, 2023
Drug Giants Face New Racketeering Suit Over Insulin Prices
A second Virginia county in two weeks has sued Eli Lilly and others under a federal racketeering law, alleging drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers illegally schemed to limit competition and artificially inflate the price of insulin drugs.