MDL 2724 In Re: Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing Antitrust Litigation

The Honorable Cynthia M. Rufe, Presiding

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Pretrial Orders
Hearing Transcripts and Audio Files
Contacts

About

MDL 2724, In re Generic Pharmaceuticals Antitrust Pricing Litigation, encompasses potential class action lawsuits in which: (a) plaintiffs assert claims for price fixing of generic drugs in violation of the Sherman Act and/or state antitrust laws on behalf of overlapping putative nationwide classes of direct or indirect purchasers of generic pharmaceuticals; (b) the average market price of the subject generic pharmaceutical is alleged to have increased between 2012 and the present; (c) defendants are alleged to have effectuated the alleged conspiracy through direct company-to-company contacts and through joint activities undertaken through trade associations, in particular meetings of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association; and (d) the allegations stem from the same government investigation into anticompetitive conduct in the generic pharmaceuticals industry. Currently, there are claims concerning 18 drugs against a number of pharmaceutical manufacturers. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation recently expanded the scope of the MDL to include claims brought by 40 States, proceeding through their Attorneys General.

Pretrial Orders

Order Order Title or Topic Issued  
Pretrial Order No. 1 Setting initial conference, inviting applications for liaison counsel and steering committees, establishing initial filing procedures 08/15/2016
Pretrial Order No. 2 Appointing Roberta Liebenberg, Esquire (on behalf of the End-Payer Plaintiffs) and Dianne Nast, Esquire (on behalf of the Direct-Purchaser Plaintiffs) as Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel 09/08/2016
Pretrial Order No. 3 Appointing Jan Levine, Esquire as Defendants’ Liaison Counsel 09/08/2016
Pretrial Order No. 4 Setting Status Conference 10/19/2016
Pretrial Order No. 5 Initial Scheduling, Discovery Protocols, and Acceptance of Servicel 11/16/2016
Pretrial Order No. 6 Appointing Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) 11/28/2016
Pretrial Order No. 7 Protective Order 01/26/2017
Pretrial Order No. 8 Time and Expense Guidelines and Reports 02/21/2017
Pretrial Order No. 9 Changes to the PSC (Amending PTO 6) 03/20/2017
Pretrial Order No. 10 Duties and Authority of Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel 03/24/2017
Pretrial Order No. 11 Briefing on the Motions to Dismiss 03/28/2017
Pretrial Order No. 12 Procedure for Cases Newly-Filed into MDL 04/10/2017
Pretrial Order No. 13 Submission of Proposals Regarding Structure of Expanded MDL 04/10/2017
Pretrial Order No. 14 Setting Status Conference 04/10/2017
Pretrial Order No. 15 Briefing on the Motions to Dismiss 04/10/2017
Pretrial Order No. 16 ECF Registration and Notice to Counsel 05/03/2017
Pretrial Order No. 17 Submission of Applications for PSC and Defense Liaison Counsel 05/04/2017
Pretrial Order No. 18 Vacating PTO 15; Dismissing Motions to Dismiss 05/04/2017
Pretrial Order No. 19 Deadlines for Responsive Pleadings 05/09/2017
Pretrial Order No. 20 Comment Period for Draft Electronic Case Management Order 05/19/2017
Pretrial Order No. 21 Establishing PSCs and Appointing Counsel (Superseding PTOs 6 and 9) 05/19/2017
Pretrial Order No. 22 Appointing Defense Liaison Counsel (Superseding PTO 3) 05/19/2017
Pretrial Order No. 23 Scheduling: Filing of Amended Proposed Class Action Complaints by August 15, 2017; Stay of Discovery until September 15, 2017 05/22/2017
Pretrial Order No. 24 First Electronic Case Management Protocol Order 05/26/2017
Pretrial Order No. 25 Amending Paragraph 13 of PTO 24 06/01/2017
Pretrial Order No. 26 Interim Protective Order Concerning Protected Information for Use in Consolidated Amended Complaints 06/28/2017
Pretrial Order No. 27 Time and Expense Guidelines and Reports (Supplementing PTO 8) 07/10/2017
Pretrial Order No. 28 Briefing on Motions to Dismiss; First Motions Due October 6, 2017 07/13/2017
Pretrial Order No. 29 Interim Protective Order Concerning ECRM Protected Information for Use in Consolidated Amended Complaints 07/31/2017
Pretrial Order No. 30 Setting Status Conference 08/03/2017
Pretrial Order No. 31 Service of Process: Approval of Stipulation; Proposal to Resolve Disputes 08/07/2017
Pretrial Order No. 32 Extending Stay of Discovery 08/28/2017
Pretrial Order No. 33 Second Electronic Case Management Protocol Order 08/29/2017
Pretrial Order No. 34 Agreement as to Service of Process 08/30/2017
Pretrial Order No. 35 Briefing on Motions to Dismiss in Case Management Groups 2 and 3 09/12/2017
Pretrial Order No. 36 Appointing Liaison Counsel for State Attorneys General Plaintiffs 09/26/2017
Pretrial Order No. 37 Duties and Authority of Lead Counsel (Superseding PTO 10) 09/28/2017
Pretrial Order No. 38 Briefing on Defendants’ Motion to Stay Discovery (Amending PTO 32) 10/16/2017
Pretrial Order No. 39 Briefing on Plaintiff States’ Motion to File a Consolidated Amended Complaint and Motion for a Separate Government Track 11/14/2017
Pretrial Order No. 40 Filing Documents Under Seal for Briefing of Motions to Dismiss in the Private Actions 11/29/2017
Pretrial Order No. 41 Modifying Page Limits for End-Payer Plaintiffs 12/04/2017
Pretrial Order No. 42 Change to the End-Payer Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee 01/25/2018
Pretrial Order No. 43 Setting General Status Conference for February 21, 2018 02/01/2018
Pretrial Order No. 44 Allowing Targeted Discovery to Proceed 02/09/2018
Pretrial Order No. 45 Protective Order 02/13/2018
Pretrial Order No. 46 Staying Briefing on Motions to Dismiss in Case Management Groups 2 and 3 (Amending PTO 35) -
Pretrial Order No. 47 Allowing Additional Targeted Discovery to Proceed 04/19/2018
Pretrial Order No. 48 Third Electronic Case Management Protocol Order 06/05/2018
Pretrial Order No. 49 Appointment of Special Masters 08/06/2018
Pretrial Order No. 50 Parties' Access to Unredacted Complaint 08/14/2018
Pretrial Order No. 51 Amending PTO 46 08/17/2018
Pretrial Order No. 52 Special Masters’ Access to Sealed Documents 08/23/2018
Pretrial Order No. 53 Protective Order (Modifying PTO 45) 09/04/2018
Pretrial Order No. 54 Clarifying Pretrial Order No. 49 09/04/2018
Pretrial Order No. 55 Supplemental Briefing 09/04/2018
Pretrial Order No. 56 General Status Conference 10/17/2018
Pretrial Order No. 57 Special Discovery Master Fees 10/23/2018
Pretrial Order No. 58 Special Master Fees 10/23/2018
Pretrial Order No. 59 Referral of Proposed ESI Protocol 11/19/2018
Pretrial Order No. 60 Allowing Additional Targeted Discovery to Proceed 11/20/2018
Pretrial Order No. 61 Amendments and Motions to Dismiss 11/20/2018
Pretrial Order No. 62 Status Conferences 11/20/2018
Pretrial Order No. 63 Referral to Special Master 11/20/2018
Pretrial Order No. 64 Status Conferences 12/10/2018
Pretrial Order No. 65 Special Discovery Master Fees 12/17/2018
Pretrial Order No. 66 Special Master Fees 12/20/2018
Pretrial Order No. 67 Scheduling Oral Argument 12/20/2018
Pretrial Order No. 68 Special Masters' Protocol 01/04/2019
Pretrial Order No. 69 Referral to Special Discovery Master 01/04/2019
Pretrial Order No. 70 Protocol Regarding Private Plaintiffs’ Motion for Access 01/31/2019
Pretrial Order No. 71 Procedures on Motions to Dismiss 02/08/2019
Pretrial Order No. 72 Briefing on ESI Issues 02/08/2019
Pretrial Order No. 73 Allowing Additional Discovery to Proceed 02/14/2019
Pretrial Order No. 74 Appointment of Special Discovery Master for ESI 02/14/2019
Pretrial Order No. 75 Special Discovery Master Fees 02/15/2019
Pretrial Order No. 76 Referral to Special Master 02/19/2019
Pretrial Order No. 77 Civil Suspense 02/19/2019
Pretrial Order No. 78 Special Master Fees 03/01/2019
Pretrial Order No. 79 Amended Complaints, Answers, and Motions to Dismiss 03/08/2019
Pretrial Order No. 80 Procedure for Filing of Amended Complaints and Other Voluminous Documents Filed Under Seal 03/22/2019
Pretrial Order No. 81 Mylan Response to Plaintiffs’ Interrogatory No. 2 03/28/2019
Pretrial Order No. 82 Resolution of Global Discovery Disputes 04/05/2019
Pretrial Order No. 83 Unsealing Certain Documents 04/08/2019
Pretrial Order No. 84 Changes to the Indirect Reseller Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee 04/08/2019
Pretrial Order No. 85 Applications for Liaison Counsel for Direct Action Plaintiffs 04/08/2019
Pretrial Order No. 86 Status Conferences 04/08/2019
Pretrial Order No. 87 Special Discovery Master Fees 04/17/2019
Pretrial Order No. 88 Special Master Fees 04/29/2019
Pretrial Order No. 89 Direct Action Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel 05/29/2019
Pretrial Order No. 90 Modifying PTO 70 05/31/2019
Pretrial Order No. 91 Time Change for Status Conference of July 12, 2019 06/17/2019
Pretrial Order No. 92 Special Discovery Master Fees 06/17/2019
Pretrial Order No. 93 Special Master Fees 06/27/2019
Pretrial Order No. 94 Supplemental Protective Order Governing Phone Records 07/12/2019
Pretrial Order No. 95 ESI Protocol 07/12/2019
Pretrial Order No. 96 Allowing Written Discovery to Proceed; Limited Stay of Depositions 07/12/2019
Pretrial Order No. 97 Change to the Indirect Resellers Plaintiffs' Steering Committee 07/22/2019
Pretrial Order No. 98 Rescheduling Leadership Status Conference 07/24/2019
Pretrial Order No. 99 Status Conferences 08/09/2019
Pretrial Order No. 100 Special Discovery Master Fees 08/12/2019
Pretrial Order No. 101 Special Master Fees 08/23/2019
Pretrial Order No. 102 Status Conferences 10/02/2019
Pretrial Order No. 103 Special Discovery Master Fees 10/16/2019
Pretrial Order No. 104 Special Discovery Master for ESI Fees 10/23/2019
Pretrial Order No. 105 Case Management Order 10/24/2019
Pretrial Order No. 106 Amending PTO 70 10/25/2019
Pretrial Order No. 107 Special Master Fees 10/25/2019
Pretrial Order No. 108 Extending Terms of PTO 96 11/13/2019
Pretrial Order No. 109 Special Discovery Master Fees 12/15/2019
Pretrial Order No. 110 Amending Certain Dates in PTO 105 12/26/2019
Pretrial Order No. 111 Special Master Fees 12/26/2019
Pretrial Order No. 112 Status Conferences 01/15/2020
Pretrial Order No. 113 Special Discovery Master Fees 02/24/2020
Pretrial Order No. 114 Special Master Fees 03/02/2020
Pretrial Order No. 115 Extending Terms of PTO 96 and PTO 108 03/18/2020
Pretrial Order No. 116 Extending Terms of PTO 96 and PTO 108 03/27/2020
Pretrial Order No. 117 Allowing Written Discovery to Proceed; Limited Stay of Depositions 03/31/2020
Pretrial Order No. 118 Postponement of Status Conference 04/02/2020
Pretrial Order No. 119 Special Discovery Master Fees 04/15/2020
Pretrial Order No. 120 Special Master Fees 04/22/2020
Pretrial Order No. 121 Special Discovery Master for ESI Fees 04/23/2020
Pretrial Order No. 122 Stipulated Order Regarding Non-Disclosure of Certain Expert Witness Information 04/27/2020
Pretrial Order No. 123 Second Amended Case Management Order and Discovery Schedule 04/27/2020
Pretrial Order No. 124 Leadership Status Conference 04/27/2020
Pretrial Order No. 125 Amending Pretrial Order No. 22 as to Defense Liaison Counsel 05/14/2020
Pretrial Order No. 126 Allowing Written Discovery to Proceed; Limited Stay of Depositions 06/05/2020
Pretrial Order No. 127 General Status Conference 06/05/2020
Pretrial Order No. 128 Special Discovery Master Fees 06/22/2020
Pretrial Order No. 129 Special Master Fees 06/22/2020
Pretrial Order No. 130 Procedure for General Status Conference 06/30/2020
Pretrial Order No. 131 Access to General Status Conference 07/06/2020
Pretrial Order No. 132 Bellwether Selection 07/13/2020
Pretrial Order No. 133 Status Conferences 07/15/2020
Pretrial Order No. 134 Special Discovery Master for ESI Fees 08/04/2020
Pretrial Order No. 135 Special Master Fees 08/24/2020
Pretrial Order No. 136 Allowing Written Discovery to Proceed; Limited Stay of Depositions 08/31/2020
Pretrial Order No. 137 Third Amended Case Management Order and Discovery Schedule 09/09/2020
Pretrial Order No. 138 Confidentiality Designation Order as to "Group 3 Defendants" 09/10/2020
Pretrial Order No. 139 New Deadlines for PTO 105 Section 5(c) 09/10/2020
Pretrial Order No. 140 Special Discovery Master Fees 09/11/2029
Pretrial Order No. 141 Confidentiality Designations 10/08/2020
Pretrial Order No. 142 Status Conferences 10/09/2020
Pretrial Order No. 143 Amending Pretrial Order Nos. 70 and 106 10/14/2020
Pretrial Order No. 144 Special Discovery Master Fees 10/20/2020
Pretrial Order No. 145 Special Master Fees 10/20/2020
Pretrial Order No. 146 Cancellation of Status Conference 11/10/2020
Pretrial Order No. 147 Allowing Written Discovery to Proceed; Limited Stay of Depositions 11/25/2020
Pretrial Order No. 148 Central Enforcement of Pretrial Subpoenas 12/08/2020
Pretrial Order No. 149 Setting Certain State-Production Deadlines 12/16/2020
Pretrial Order No. 150 Special Discovery Master Fees 12/23/2020
Pretrial Order No. 151 Special Master Fees 12/23/2020
Pretrial Order No. 152 Oral Argument 12/28/2020
Pretrial Order No. 153 Fourth Case Management Order Governing Phase 2 Discovery 01/07/2021
Pretrial Order No. 154 Vacating Pretrial Order No. 132 02/09/2021
Pretrial Order No. 155 Special Discovery Master for ESI Fees 02/10/2021
Pretrial Order No. 156 Allowing Written Discovery to Proceed: Limited Stay of Depositions 02/11/2021
Pretrial Order No. 157 Briefing on Revised Bellwether Selection 02/12/2021
Pretrial Order No. 158 Fact Deposition Protocol 02/12/2021
Pretrial Order No. 159 Remote Deposition Protocol 02/12/2021
Pretrial Order No. 160 Stipulated HIPAA Qualified Protective Order 02/18/2021
Pretrial Order No. 161 Special Discovery Master Fees 02/22/2021
Pretrial Order No. 162 Special Master Fees 02/22/2021
Pretrial Order No. 163 Revised Special Masters’ Protocol (Superseding PTO No. 68) 03/03/2021
Pretrial Order No. 164 Status Conferences 03/03/2021
Pretrial Order No. 165 Case Management Order Applicable to Certain Defendants 04/05/2021
Pretrial Order No. 166 Allowing Written Discovery to Proceed, Limited Stay of Depositions 04/08/2021
Pretrial Order No. 167 Confidentiality Designations and Clawback Guidelines 04/19/2021
Pretrial Order No. 168 Special Discovery Master Fees 04/21/2021
Pretrial Order No. 169 Special Master Fees 04/26/2021
Pretrial Order No. 170 Oral Argument 04/30/2021
Pretrial Order No. 171 Revised Bellwether Selection; Stay of Certain Discovery 05/07/2021
Pretrial Order No. 172 Fifth Case Management Order 05/28/2021
Pretrial Order No. 173 Allowing Written Discovery to Proceed, Limited Stay of Depositions 06/01/2021
Pretrial Order No. 174 Allowing Written Discovery to Proceed, Limited Stay of Depositions 06/15/2021
Pretrial Order No. 175 Special Discovery Master Fees 06/21/2021
Pretrial Order No. 176 Special Master Fees 06/21/2021
Pretrial Order No. 177 Status Confereces 06/23/2021
Pretrial Order No. 178 Special Discovery Master for ESI Fees 08/02/2021
Pretrial Order No. 179 Special Discovery Master Fees 08/24/2021
Pretrial Order No. 180 Special Master Fees 08/24/2021
Pretrial Order No. 181 Allowing Written Discovery to Proceed, Limited Stay of Depositions 09/09/2021
Pretrial Order No. 182 Supplemental Protective Order Governing Disclosure of Phone Numbers 10/06/2021
Pretrial Order No. 183 Status Conferences 10/15/2021
Pretrial Order No. 184 Special Discovery Master Fees 10/15/2021
Pretrial Order No. 185 Confidentiality Designation Order as to Mallinckrodt 10/18/2021
Pretrial Order No. 186 Special Master Fees 11/04/2021
Pretrial Order No. 187 Extending the Terms of Pretrial Order No. 181 11/18/2021
Pretrial Order No. 188 Schedule of Further Proceedings in Bellwether Cases 12/09/2021
Pretrial Order No. 189 Time Change for Status Conference of January 13, 2022 12/13/2021
Pretrial Order No. 190 Special Discovery Master Fees 12/13/2021
Pretrial Order No. 191 Special Master Fees 12/28/2021
Pretrial Order No. 192 Time Change for Status Conference of January 13, 2022 01/07/2022
Pretrial Order No. 193 Status Conferences 02/08/2022
Pretrial Order No. 194 Special Discovery Master Fees 02/14/2022
Pretrial Order No. 195 Second Modified Protective Order 03/02/2022
Pretrial Order No. 196 Special Master Fees 03/09/2022
Pretrial Order No. 197 Increase to Special Masters’ Billing Rates 03/18/2022
Pretrial Order No. 198 Rescheduling Status Conference 03/24/2022
Pretrial Order No. 199 Amending Pretrial Order No. 125 as to Defense Liaison Counsel 04/04/2022
Pretrial Order No. 200 Continuing Limited Stay of Discovery Until July 17, 2022 04/11/2022
Pretrial Order No. 201 Special Discovery Master Fees 04/13/2022
Pretrial Order No. 202 Plaintiffs’ Steering Committees 04/14/2022
Pretrial Order No. 203 Special Master Fees 04/29/2022
Pretrial Order No. 204 Special Discovery Master for ESI Fees 06/03/2022
Pretrial Order No. 205 Dial-In Information for June 9, 2022 General Status Conference 06/06/2022
Pretrial Order No. 206 Status Conferences 06/08/2022
Pretrial Order No. 207 Special Discovery Master Fees 06/14/2022
Pretrial Order No. 208 Special Master Fees 07/05/2022
Pretrial Order No. 209 Granting Request to Hold July 14, 2022 Leadership Conference Remotely 07/07/2022
Pretrial Order No. 210 Canceling August 11, 2022 General Status Conference 07/14/2022
Pretrial Order No. 211 Amending PTO 202 as to Plaintiffs’ Steering Committees 07/18/2022
Pretrial Order No. 212 Special Discovery Master Fees 08/22/2022
Pretrial Order No. 213 Amending Pretrial Order No. 199 as to Defense Liaison Counsel 08/24/2022
Pretrial Order No. 214 Ruling on Motion to Stay Discovery 09/07/2022
Pretrial Order No. 215 Special Master Fees 09/09/2022
Dial-In Information Special Discovery Master Fees 10/04/2022
Pretrial Order No. 217 Amending PTO 188 10/14/2022
Pretrial Order No. 218 Special Discovery Master Fees 10/31/2022
Pretrial Order No. 219 Special Master Fees 11/07/2022
Pretrial Order No. 220 Co-Lead Counsel for the Indirect Reseller Plaintiffs 11/10/2022
Pretrial Order No. 221 Status Conferences 11/15/2022
Pretrial Order No. 222 Dial-In Information 12/02/2022
Pretrial Order No. 223 Special Discovery Master Fees 12/14/2022
Pretrial Order No. 224 Special Master Fees 01/05/2023
Pretrial Order No. 225 Dial-In Information 02/01/2023
Pretrial Order No. 226 Canceling February 9, 2023 General Status Conference 02/08/2023

Hearing Transcripts and Audio Files

Hearing No. Title or Topic Date Held Docket Entry No. Date Entered  
1 Transcript for First Hearing 09/08/2016 63 10/03/2016 PACER
1 Audio File(s) for First Hearing 09/08/2016 428 08/28/2017 PACER
2 Transcript for Second Hearing 11/16/2016 86 12/05/2016 PACER
2 Audio File(s) for Second Hearing 11/16/2016 429 08/28/2017 PACER
3 Transcript for Third Hearing 05/04/2017 338 05/18/2017 PACER
3 Audio File(s) for Third Hearing 05/04/2017 430 08/28/2017 PACER

Contacts

Co-Lead Class Plaintiffs’ Counsel and Liaison Counsel: Dianne M. Nast, Esq.

NastLaw LLC
1101 Market Street
Suite 2801
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Telephone: (215) 923-9300
E-mail: dnast@nastlaw.com
Co-Lead Class Plaintiffs’ Counsel and Liaison Counsel: Roberta Liebenberg, Esq.

Fine, Kaplan, and Black R.P.C.
One South Broad Street
23rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Telephone: (215) 567-6565
E-mail: rliebenberg@finekaplan.com
State Attorneys General Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel: W. Joseph Nielsen, Esq.

Connecticut Attorney General’s Office
55 Elm St
Hartford, CT 06106
Telephone: (860) 808-5396
E-mail: Joseph.Nielsen@ct.gov
Lead Defense Liaison Counsel: Jan P. Levine, Esq.

Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Eighteenth & Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799
Telephone: (215) 981-4000
E-mail: levinej@pepperlaw.com