IN RE K-DUR ANTITRUST LITIGATION

No. CIV.A. 01-1652(JAG) MDL No. 1419.

338 F.Supp.2d 517 (2004)

In re K-DUR ANTITRUST LITIGATION.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

September 29, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Nields, Jr., Esq., Alan M. Wiseman, Esq., Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, LLP, Washington, DC, William E. Goydan, Esq., Wolff & Samson, West Orange, NJ, William J. O'Shaughnessy, Esq., Harvey C. Kaish, Esq., McCarter & English, LLP, Newark, NJ, for Defendant Schering-Plough Corporation.

Christopher M. Curran, Esq., Karie Jo Barwind, Esq., White & Case, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc.

Robert Michels, Esq., Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, Brian J. McMahon, Esq., Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, P.C., Newark, NJ, for Defendant Wyeth.

Peter S. Pearlman, Esq., Rebekah R. Conroy, Esq., Cohn, Lifland, Pearlman, Herrmann & Knopf LLP, Saddle Brook, NJ, Barry S. Taus, Esq., Garwin, Bronzaft, Gerstein & Fisher, LLP, New York, NY, Daniel Berger, Esq., David Sorenson, Esq., Peter Kohn, Esq., Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Stuart Des Roches, Esq., John G. Odom, Esq., Andrew Kelly, Esq., Odom & DesRoches, New Orleans, LA, Michael Heim, Esq., Jonathan Pierce, Esq., Conley Rose PC, Houston, TX, Mark S. Armstrong, Esq., Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Houston, TX, David P. Smith, Esq., Percy, Smith, Foote & Gadel, Alexandria, LA, Aubrey Calvin, Esq., The Calvin Law Firm, Houston, TX, for Direct Purchaser Class Plaintiffs Louisiana Wholesale Direct.

Linda P. Nussbaum, Esq., Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, PLLC, New York, NY, J. Douglas Richards, Esq., Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, & Schulman LLP, New York, NY, Eugene A. Spector, Esq., Theodore M. Lieverman, Esq., Jeffrey J. Corrigan, Esq., Spector, Roseman & Kodroff, PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Indirect Purchaser Class Plaintiffs.

Douglas H. Patton, Esq., Dewsnup, King & Olsen, Salt Lake City, UT, Scott E. Perwin, Esq., Kenny Nachwalter, Seymour, Arnold Critchlow & Spector, Miami, FL, for Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs Albertson's Inc., Eckerd Corp., The Kroger Co., Hy-Vee, Inc. Safeway Inc., and Walgreen Co.

James Rosemergy, Esq., Michael J. Flannery, Esq., The David Danis Law Firm, P.C., St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiff Evelyn Barczak.

Donald E. Haviland, Jr., Esq., Kline & Specter, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Allyn Z. Lite, Esq., Lite, DePalma, Greenberg & Rivas, LLC, Newark, NJ, for Plaintiffs.

Barry L. Refsin, Esq., Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Philadelphia, PA, Steve Shadowen, Esq., Gordon A. Einhorn, Esq., Hangley, Aronchick, Segal & Pudlin, Harrisburg, PA, for Opt-Out Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs CVS & Rite Aid.


OPINION

GREENAWAY, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This matter arises from actions brought by private litigants and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania against defendant pharmaceutical manufacturers, Schering-Plough Corp. and its subsidiary Key Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (collectively "Schering"), Wyeth (f/k/a American Home Products, Inc.) and its business unit ESI Lederle (collectively "ESI"), and Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. ("Upsher").

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