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