IN RE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AVE. WHOLESALE PRICE

MDL No. 1456. Civil Action No. 01-12257-PBS.

672 F.Supp.2d 211 (2009)

In re PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE LITIGATION. This Document Relates To: The City of New York, et al., Plaintiff, v. Abbott Laboratories, et al., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

December 4, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa W. Borden, Harriet Thomas Ivy, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Birmingham, AL, Paul B. Carberry, Wayne A. Cross, Johanna B. Fine, Raj Gandesha, David L. Kleinman, Heather K. McDevitt, Joshua Weedman, White & Case LLP, New York, NY, Justin S. Antonipillai, David D. Fauvre, Katherine R. Hendler, Robert S. Litt, Kraig B. Long, Jonathan L. Stern, Arnold & Porter LLP, Richard M. Cooper, Paul K. Dueffert, William & Connolly, LLP, John K. Crisham, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, Stephen R. Delinsky, Erik J. Frick, Anthony M. Moccia, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Katy Ellen Koski, James W. Matthews, Robert J. Muldoon, Jr., Sherin & Lodgen LLP, Andrew R. McConville, Rindler Morgan PC, Boston, MA, Frederick G. Herold, Dechert LLP, Mountain View, CA, for Consolidated Defendants.

Michael M. Buchman, Milbert, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, LLP, New York, NY, Consolidated Plaintiffs/Consolidated Defendants.

James P. Carroll, Jr., Michael Coons, Aaron D. Hovan, Daniel Hume, Roger W. Kirby, Kirby, McInerney & Squire LLP, Richard J. Costa, NYC Law Department, John Rudolf, Low-Beer New York City Law Department, Melvyn I. Weiss, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, Stanley J. Levy, Theresa Ann Vitello, Levy, Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, New York, NY, David Lee Darwin, Orange County Law Department, Goshen, NY, Michael E. Davis, Monroe County Department, Rochester, NY, Nancy F. Gans, Moulton & Gans, Wellesley, MA, for Consolidated Plaintiffs.

Mark A. Berman, Hartmann Doherty Rosa & Berman, LLC, Hackensack, NJ, John P. Bueker, Ropes & Gray LLP, Mark D. Smith, Laredo & Smith, LLP, Boston, MA, Robert Funkhouser, John M. Townsend, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed LLP, Manish K. Mital, Steven M. Umin, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, Bruce S. Kaplan, Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants.

Joanne M. Cicala, Kirby McInerney LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs/Consolidated Plaintiffs.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SARIS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

New York City and forty-two New York counties have brought suit against numerous pharmaceutical manufacturers and subsidiaries alleging Medicaid fraud in violation of the federal Best Prices statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1396r, and state law including alleged violations of New York's consumer protection statute, N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 349.1 Defendant...

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