In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation
Case Number:
1:17-md-02804
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action, Multi-district Litigation
Judge:
Firms
- Adams & Reese
- Adler Cohen
- Allen & Gooch
- Alston & Bird
- Anderson & Gilbert
- Angeli Law Group
- Archer & Greiner
- Armbrecht Jackson
- Armstrong Teasdale
- Arnall Golden
- Arnold & Porter
- Aston Mathis
- Atkinson Baker
- Atkinson & Polak
- Axinn Veltrop
- Babst Calland
- Bailey & Glasser
- Baker Botts
- Baker Donelson
- Baker & Hostetler
- Baker McKenzie
- Baker Sterchi
- Ball Janik
- Barnes & Thornburg
- Barnett Benvenuti
- Baron & Budd
- Bartlit Beck
- Bass Berry
- Bendin Sumrall
- Benesch
- Bennett Bigelow
- Bertram & Graf
- Best & Sharp
- Biedermann Hoenig
- Blank Rome
- Bonezzi Switzer
- Bowles Rice
- Bowman & Brooke
- Bradley Arant
- Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea
- Brady Fischel
- Breazeale Sachse
- Bressler Amery
- Brinker & Doyen
- Brooks Wilkins
- Brown & James
- Brownstein Hyatt
- Bryan Cave
- Buckingham Doolittle
- Buckley King
- Bullivant Houser
- Burns White
- Burr & Forman
- Bush Seyferth
- Butler Snow LLP
- Calcagni & Kanefsky
- Calfee Halter
- Capplis Connors
- Carella Byrne
- Carr Allison
- Carroll Warren
- Cavitch Familo
- Childress Ahlheim
- Church Church Hittle & Antrim
- Cipriani & Werner
- Clark Hill
- Clausen Miller
- Collinson Daehnke
- Copeland Stair
- Cotchett Pitre
- Covington & Burling
- Cox Cox
- Cox, Cox & Estes
- Critchfield Critchfield
- Crowe & Dunlevy
- Dann Law Firm
- Davis Bengtson
- Davis Polk
- Davis Wright Tremaine
- Del Sole Cavanaugh
- Devine Millimet
- Dickinson Wright
- Dinsmore & Shohl
- DLA Piper
- Dowd Bennett
- Drew Eckl
- Dugan Law Firm
- Dughi Hewit
- Dykema
- Eastman & Smith
- Ellis & Winters
- Faegre Drinker
- Fain Anderson
- Farrell & Fuller
- Faruki PLL
- Fennemore Craig
- Fisher & Phillips
- Fishman Haygood
- Flagel & Papakirk
- Flaherty Sensabaugh
- Foley Hoag
- Foley & Lardner
- FordHarrison
- Forsgren Fisher
- Foster Garvey
- Fox Rothschild
- Frazer Greene
- Friedman Dazzio
- Frost Brown
- Gallagher Sharp
- Gillam Smith
- Gleason Flynn
- Goodell DeVries
- Goodwin Lewis
- Gordon Arata
- Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
- Gray Ice Higdon
- Gray Rust
- Greenberg Traurig
- Greene Ketchum
- Grotefeld Hoffmann
- Gwin Steinmetz
- Haar & Woods
- Hagens Berman
- Hall Booth
- Haug Partners
- HeplerBroom
- Hilder & Associates
- Hilgers Graben
- Hinkle Shanor
- Hinshaw & Culbertson
- Hodges Doughty
- Hogan Lovells
- Hoguet Newman
- Holland & Hart
- Holland & Knight
- Hueston Hennigan
- Hughes Hubbard
- Huie Fernambucq
- Hunton Andrews
- Husch Blackwell
- Hyman Phelps
- Irpino Avin
- Irwin Fritchie
- Johnson Trent
- Jones Day
- Jones Walker
- Karr Tuttle
- Kay Casto
- Keating Muething
- Keller Rohrback
- Kelley Drye
- Kerrick Bachert
- King & Spalding
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Kobre & Kim
- Kodner Watkins
- Lambert Coffin
- Lane Powell
- Lashly & Baer
- Latham & Watkins
- Lathrop GPM
- Levin Papantonio
- Lewis Brisbois
- Lewis Gianola
- Lewis Roca
- Lieff Cabraser
- Lightfoot Franklin
- Litchfield Cavo
- Littler Mendelson
- Locke Lord
- Lynn Pinker
- Madison Mroz
- Madison & Rosan
- Maldegen Templeman
- Marcus & Shapira
- Marino Tortorella
- Maurice Wood
- Maynard Nexsen
- McDermott Weaver
- McDermott Will & Emery
- McDonald Hopkins
- McGlinchey Stafford
- McGuireWoods
- McHugh Fuller
- Mehri & Skalet
- Miles & Stockbridge
- Miller Fair
- Miller & Martin
- Mintzer Sarowitz
- Mitchell McNutt
- Montgomery Elsner
- Moore & Van Allen
- Morgan Lewis
- Morgan & Morgan
- Morrison Mahoney
- Motley Rice
- Murray Murphy
- Napoli Shkolnik
- Nelson Mullins
- Nixon Peabody
- Norris Keplinger
- Norton Rose
- Offit Kurman
- Offutt Simmons
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Onda LaBuhn
- Orndorff Mowen
- Owen Gleaton
- Parker Hudson
- Patterson Belknap
- Pelini Campbell
- Penna & Mendicino
- Perkins Coie
- Petruccelli Martin
- Phillips Murrah
- Pietragallo Gordon
- Plevin & Gallucci
- Porter Wright
- Powell & Majestro
- Pullin Fowler
- Quarles & Brady
- Quinn Emanuel
- Rammelkamp Muehlenweg
- Rath Young
- Reed Smith
- Reminger Co.
- Ritchie Davies
- Robbins Geller
- Robinson & McElwee
- Rockwell & Kaufman
- Rodey Dickason
- Roetzel & Andress
- Ropes & Gray
- Salvatore Prescott
- Saul Ewing
- Scharnhorst Ast
- Scott Douglass
- Seeger Weiss
- Segal McCambridge
- Shaffer & Shaffer
- Sheppard Mullin
- Sherrard German
- Sherrard Roe
- Shook Hardy
- Sidley Austin
- Silva Kettlewell
- Simmons Hanly
- Simon Greenstone
- Simpson & Deardorff
- Simpson Logback
- Skadden Arps
- Skarzynski Marick
- Skikos Crawford
- Sloane & Walsh
- Smith Gambrell
- Sommer Udall
- Sonosky Chambers
- Spangenberg Shibley
- Sperling & Slater
- Spilman Thomas
- Starnes Davis
- Stastny Law Firm
- Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
- Stites & Harbison
- Stoll Keenon
- Stone Pigman
- Sugarman Law
- Susman Godfrey
- Swift Currie
- Tabet DiVito
- Taft Stettinius
- Theisen Brock
- Thompson Coburn
- Thompson Hine
- Trombley & Hanes
- Troutman Pepper
- Tucker Ellis
- UB Greensfelder
- Upshaw Williams
- Venable LLP
- Vernick & Associates
- Vinson & Elkins
- Vorys
- Wachtell Lipton
- Wadleigh Starr
- Walden Macht
- Ward & Smith
- Watkins & Eager
- Watkinson Laird
- Weil Gotshal
- Weisman Kennedy
- Weiss Law Office SC
- Weitz & Luxenberg
- Welsh & McGough
- Weston Hurd
- Wharton Levin
- Wheeler Trigg
- White Arnold & Dowd
- Wiedner & McAuliffe
- Wiener Weiss
- Wiggin & Dana
- Wiggins Sewell
- Williams & Connolly
- Winston & Strawn
- Wyrsch Hobbs
- Yetter Coleman
- Zausmer
- Zeiger Tigges
- Zimmer Kunz
- Zuckerman Spaeder
Companies
- Abbott Laboratories
- AbbVie Inc.
- Acme Markets Inc.
- Ahold Delhaize
- Akorn Inc.
- Albertsons Cos. Inc.
- Allergan PLC
- Alpharma Inc.
- Alvogen Group Inc.
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Anda Inc.
- Apria Healthcare Group
- Assertio Holdings Inc.
- Bailey Medical Center LLC
- Baxter International Inc.
- Brookshire Brothers Inc.
- Brookshire Brothers Ltd.
- Brookshire Grocery
- Cardinal Health Inc.
- Cencora Inc.
- Cephalon Inc.
- Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc.
- Costco Wholesale Corp.
- Covidien PLC
- CVS Health Corp.
- Discount Drug Mart Inc.
- Duane Reade Holdings Inc.
- Endo International PLC
- Express Scripts Holding Co.
- Forest Laboratories Inc.
- Fresenius Kabi AG
- Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGAA
- Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
- Giant Eagle Inc.
- Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.
- H.D. Smith LLC
- H‑E‑B LP
- Henry Schein Inc.
- Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC
- Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc.
- Hospira Inc.
- Hy-Vee
- ICU Medical Inc.
- Impax Laboratories, Inc.
- Indivior PLC
- Ironshore Inc.
- J.M. Smith Corp.
- Johnson & Johnson
- King Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Kinray Inc.
- KVK Tech Inc.
- KV Pharmaceutical Co.
- Lannett Company, Inc
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Los Angeles Times
- Lupin Ltd.
- Mallinckrodt PLC
- Masters Pharmaceutical Inc.
- McKesson Corp.
- Meadow
- Medco Health Solutions Inc.
- Medisca Pharmaceutique Inc.
- Mission Pharmacal Co.
- Mississippi Hospital Association
- Morris & Dickson Co. LLC
- Mutual Drug
- Navitus Health Solutions LLC
- Neos Therapeutics Inc.
- Nesher Pharmaceuticals (USA) LLC
- Noramco Inc.
- Northeastern University
- Novartis AG
- Noven Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- NuCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Omnicare Inc.
- Optum Inc.
- OptumRx Inc.
- Paddock Laboratories Inc.
- Par Pharmaceutical Cos. Inc.
- Patterson Veterinary Supply Inc.
- Perrigo Co. PLC
- Pfizer Inc.
- PSS World Medical Inc.
- Publix Super Markets Inc.
- Purdue Pharma LP
- Rite Aid Corp.
- Rochester Drug Cooperative Inc.
- Safeway Inc.
- Sam's Club
- Sandoz International GmbH
- Schnuck Markets Inc.
- Staten Island University Hospital
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
- Supervalu Inc.
- Target Corp.
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
- The Harvard Drug Group LLC
- The Kroger Co.
- Tris Pharma Inc.
- UCB SA
- UnitedHealth Group Inc.
- USA Today International Corp.
- Viatris Inc.
- Wakefern Food Corp.
- Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.
- Walmart Inc.
- Warner Chilcott Limited
- Weis Markets Inc.
- West-Ward Pharmaceutical Corp.
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
- Zogenix Inc.
- Zydus Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Government Agencies
- City of Portsmouth, Virginia
- City of Trenton, New Jersey
- State of Maryland
- State of Michigan
- State of Nevada
- State of Tennessee
- U.S. Department of Justice
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