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.
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
Transcripts and Audio
Hearing Transcripts and Audio Files
Title or Topic | Date Held | Docket Entry No. |
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Transcript for First Hearing | 09/08/2016 | 63 |
Audio File(s) for First Hearing | 09/08/2016 | 428 |
Transcript for Second Hearing | 11/16/2016 | 86 |
Audio File(s) for Second Hearing | 11/16/2016 | 429 |
Transcript for Third Hearing | 05/04/2017 | 338 |
Audio File(s) for Third Hearing | 05/04/2017 | 430 |