IN RE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AVE. WHOLESALE PRICE

Civil Action No. 01-12257-PBS. MDL No. 1456. Subcategory Case No. 03-10643-PBS.

685 F.Supp.2d 186 (2010)

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

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

February 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry H. Rossbacher, Rossbacher & Associates, Adam D. Miller, Walter J. Lack, Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack, Los Angeles, CA, Jonathan W. Cuneo, Cuneo Law Group, Justin Draycott, Laurie A. Oberembt, Rebecca A. Ford, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Kevin P. Roddy, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer PA, Woodbridge, NJ, Ann Thompson Uglietta, Office of the Attorney General, Robert B. Carey, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro PLLC, Jorge Franco, Jr., Larry J. Crown, Jennings, Haug, & Cunningham, LLP, Nancy M. Bonnell, Phoenix, AZ, Steve W. Berman, Sean R. Matt, Jeniphr Breckenridge, Robert Lopez, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Robert Taylor-Manning, Law Offices of Robert Taylor-Manning, Seattle, WA, Anthony Bolognese, Bolognese & Associates, Ira N. Richards, Trujillo Rodriguez & Richards LLC, Jonathan Shub, Sheller, Ludwig & Badey, Terrianne Benedetto, Kline & Specter, Jeanne A. Markey, Joy P. Clairmont, Sherrie R. Savett, Susan Schneider Thomas, Gary L. Azorsky, Marjory P. Albee, Roslyn G. Pollack, Sherrie R. Savett, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Blake M. Harper, Kirk B. Hulett, Hulett Harper, Brian V. Frankel, Eliseo Z. Sisneros, Elizabeth S. Voorhies, Erika Hiramatsu, John P. Fisher, Matthew C. Kilman, Nicholas N. Paul, Randal L. Glaser, Raymond J. Liddy, Rita L. Hanscom, Steven U. Ross, Suzanne B. Giorgi, Thomas A. Temmerman, Department of Justice, M. James Lorenz, Lorenz Alhadeff Cannon & Rose, San Diego, CA, Daniel E. Gustafson, David R. Woodward, Samuel D. Heins, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Kent M. Williams, Minneapolis, MN, Dianne M. Nast, Joseph F. Roda, Roda & Nast, P.C., Lancaster, PA, Edward A. Wallace, Elizabeth Fegan Hartweg, Kenneth A. Wexler & Associates, Jonathan D. Karmel, Karmel & Gilden, Robert S. Libman, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, George A. Zeles, Korein Tillery, Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Samuel S. Miller, United States Attorney's Office, Timothy D. Nimrod, Gregory Hooggasian, Esq., Elizabeth A. Fegan, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Jennifer Fountain Connolly, Wexler Wallace LLP, Chicago, IL, Marc H. Edelson, Edelson & Associates, Doylestown, PA, Damon M. Young, Young Pickett & Lee, Texarkana, TX, Mitchell A. Toups, Weller Green Toups & Terrell, Beaumont, TX, M. Jane Brady, Consumer Protection, Jeffrey S. Friedman, Silverman & McDonald, A. Ann Woolfolk, Wilmington, DE, Derek G. Howard, Gilmur R. Murray, Murray & Howard, LLP, Oakland, CA, Daniel Hume, Daniel Kovel, Joanne M. Cicala, Lloyd Donders, Roger W. Kirby, Aaron D. Hovan, James P. Carroll, Jr., Michael Coons, J. Bradley Vatrt, Kathryn Bale, Jocelyn R. Normand, Kirby McInerney & Squire LLP, Ross B. Brooks, David J. Bershad, J. Douglas Richards, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, Paul J. Pennock, Chris Chapman, Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., Stanley J. Levy, Theresa Ann Vitello, Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, John Rudolf Low-Beer, Richard J. Costa, New York City Law Department, Carol Hunt, Assistant Attorney General, Lauren 0. Casazza, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY, Nancy F. Gans, Moulton & Gans, P.C., Wellesley, MA, Peter J. Clines, Mineola, NY, B.J. Wade, William F. Burns, Glassman Edwards Wade & Wyatt, PC, Memphis, TN, C. Gibson Vance, W. Daniel Miles, III, Clinton C. Carter, Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles PC, Montgomery, AL, David S. Nalven, Thomas M. Sobol, Edward Notargiacomo, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Cambridge, MA, Mark D. Fischer, Mark S. Sandmann, Rawlings And Associates, Lagrange, KY, C. David Johnstone, Paula J. Holbrook, Attorney General's Office, Frankfort, KY, Charles Barnhill, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, P. Jeffrey Archibald, Archibald Consumer Law Office, Madison, WI, Jonathan Shapiro, Stern, Shapiro, Weissberg & Garin, Barbara Healy Smith, George B. Henderson, James J. Fauci, United States Attorney's Office, Christopher K. Barry-Smith, Richard C. Heidlage, Office of the Attorney General, Nicole Y. Brumsted, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Boston, MA, Ana Maria Martinez, Mark A. Lavine, United States Attorney's Office, Atlee W. Wampler, III, Wampler Buchanan Walker Chabrow Banciella & Stanley, Miami, FL, Michelle Townes, Georgia Department of Law, Atlanta, GA, Charlie Bridgmon, McCutchen, Balnton, Rhodes & Johnson, Clyde Havird Jones, Jr., Henry Dargan McMaster, John J. McIntosh, John Stephen Schmutz, South Carolina Attorney Generals Office, D. Michael Kelly, Mike Kelly Law Group, Joseph Preston Strom, Jr., Mario A. Pacella, Strom Law Firm, LLC, Susan F. Campbell, William E. Hopkins, Hopkins & Campbell, T. English McCutchen, III, Charlie Bridgmon, McCutchen, Blanton, Rhodes & Johnson, Columbia, SC, Charles Greg Copeland, Joseph L. McNamara, Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, Ridgeland, MS, David Wayne Shelton, David Shelton, Attorney, Stuart McCluer, McCulley McCluer PLLC, Oxford, MS, George W. Neville, Harold Edward Pizzetta, III, Office of the Attorney General, Jackson, MS, Jill Rogers-Manning, John Anthony Bruegger, Kenneth J. Brennan, Randy Scott Cohn, Rosalind M. Robertson, Simmonscooper LLC, East Alton, IL, Paul G. Summers, Tennessee Attorney General, Robert Schlafly, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Nashville, TN, Greg Abbott, W. Rick Copeland, Office of the Attorney General, C. Jarrett Anderson, Anderson LLC, Michael Winget-Hernandez, Winget-Hernandez, LLC, Larry Black, Margaret M. Moore, Raymond C. Winter, Austin, TX, Randall L. Clouse, Jerry Kilgore, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, VA, James A. Donahue, III, Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA, Charles David Ewing, Ewing, McMillin & Willis PLLC, Louisville, KY, Faye Elizabeth Stilz, Robert Heuck, II, Stanley M. Chesley, Waite Schneider Bayless & Chesley Co, LPA, Thomas W. Breidenstein, Barrett & Weber, Wilbert Benjamin Markovits, Markovits & Greiwe, Cincinnati, OH, James Edwin Swaim, Richard Hempfling, Flanagan, Lieberman, Hoffman & Swaim, Dayton, OH, Brett T. Delange, Janet E. Hochberg, Lawrence G. Wasden, Idaho Attorney General's Office, Boise, ID, David Lee Darwin, Goshen, NY, William L. Brauch, Des Moines, IA, David R. Stallard, Utah Attorney Generals Office, Mitchell R. Jensen, Siegfried & Jensen, Murray, UT, Lauren John Udden, Santa Barbara, CA, Mark Allen Kleiman, Law Offices of Mark Allen Kleiman, Venice, CA, James J. Breen, The Breen Law Firm, P.A., Alpharetta, GA, John E. Clark, Rand J. Riklin, Goode Casseb Jones Riklin Choate & Watson, Glenn Grossenbacher, Law Office of Glenn Grossenbacher, Glenn W. MacTaggart, Prichard Hawkins McFarland & Young, San Antonio, TX, Alison W. Simon, James J. Breen, The Breen Law Firm, P.A., Pembroke Pines, FL, Joseph Danis, The David Danis Law Firm, P.C., St. Loius, MO, Joseph R. Saveri, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, James A. Quadra, Rebecca Bedwell-Coll, Robert D. Sanford, Christopher Moscone, G. Scott Emblidge, Mascone, Emblidge & Quadra, San Francisco, CA, Ali Bovingdon, Helena, MT, Frankie Sue Del Papa, L. Timothy Terry, Attorney General's Office, Carson City, NV, Bill Lockyear, Colin Wong, Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, Joseph C. Wilson, V, Philip L. Gregory, Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA, Gregor N. MacMillan, New York State Department of Health, James B. McGowan, Assist. Attorney General, Shoshanah V. Asnis, New York State Office of the Attorney General, Albany, NY, Mary S. Miller, Attorney General's Office, Charlie Crist, Tallahassee, FL, Adam S. Levy, Law Office of Adam S. Levy, Oreland, PA, John J. Pentz, Class Action Fairness Group, Maynard, MA, for Plaintiffs.

Therese Shepley, pro se.

Larry Young, pro se.

Clark V. Vellis, Jones Vargas, Allen J. Wilt, Lionel, Sawyer & Collins, David C. McElhinney, Beckley Singleton, Chtd., Donald A. Lattin, Maupin, Cox & Legoy, Scott A. Glogovac, Burton, Bartlett & Glogvac, Reno, NV, J. Andrew Jackson, Merle M. Delancey, Jr., Alicia C. Insley, Charles V. Mehler, III, Jason Bruno, Jason D. Wallach, Kathryn L. Holloman, Kenneth Wellington Brothers, Lisa A. Hall, Robert J. Higgins, Ruchi Jain, Ruchi Jan, Shamir Patel, Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP, Lasagne A. Wilhite, Andrew L. Hurst, Reed Smith LLP, Geoffrey E. Hobart, Mark H. Lynch, Covington & Burling, Barak Cohen, Edwin John U., Karen N. Walker, Jennifer Gardner Levy, Alexander L. Berg, Crystal R. Brown, Daniel J. Gomez, Jason R. Parish, Laura M. Durity, Michael C. Occhuizzo, Sarah B. Fabian, John K. Crisham, Patrick M. Bryan, Pamela J. Auerbach, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, J. Clayton Everett, Scott A. Stempel, John Clayton Everett, Jr., Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, D. Jacques Smith, Lisa A. Estrada, Arent Fox PLLC, Andrew T. Boone, Paul K. Dueffert, John E. Schmidtlein, Manish K. Mital, Steven M. Umin, Thomas J. Roberts, Williams & Connolly LLP, Simeon E. Schopf, Ann H. Malekzadeh, Augusta Ridley, Grace Rodriguez, John D. Shakow, Kevin R. Sullivan, King & Spalding LLP, Robert Spagnoletti, Susan Kennedy, District of Columbia Attorney's Office, Frank W. Hunger, Office of Immigration and Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Noam B. Fischman, William A. Davis, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, Elizabeth I. Hack, Theodore Reed Stephens, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP, Douglas Farquhar, Michelle L. Butler, James P. Ellison, John R. Fleder, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C., Paul E. Kalb, Sidley Austin LLP, Carl E. Ross, David D. Fauvre, Jonathan L. Stern, Joseph W. Swanson, Ross S. Goldstein, Victor A. Rortvedt, Arnold & Porter LLP, Elizabeth Pugh, Eric Parnes, John M. Townsend, Robert Funkhouser, Robert P. Reznick, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP, Brien T. O'Connor, Daniel J. Maher, John T. Montgomery, Steven A. Kaufman, Daniel J. Bennett, Eric P. Christofferson, Kim B. Nemirow, Securities and Exchange Commission, Jon Steven Baughman, Stacy D. Belf, Ropes & Gray LLP, R. Christopher Cook, Jones Day, Washington, DC, Kimberly A. Dunne, Laci P. Frisbie, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, John J. Quinn, Kelley P. Potter, Lawrence Allen Cox, Arnold & Porter, Robert B. Hubbell, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, Los Angeles, CA, Thomas B. Hamilton, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, C. Michael Moore, Sonnenschein, Nath and Rosenthal LLP, John P. McDonald, Karin B. Torgerson, Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP, Dallas, TX, Tina D. Reynolds, Donahue & Cross, P.C., Springfield, MA, Martin A. Aronson, Morrill & Aronson, Mary G. Pryor, Cavangh Law Firm PA, Dawn L. Dauphine, William J. Maledon, Osborn Maledon PA, Lydia Alyce Jones, Rogers & Theobald LLP, Barry D. Halpern, Joseph G. Adams, Stephanie Vithoulkas Hackett, Adam Elliott Lang, Andrew Foster Halaby, Snell & Wilmer, Robert W. Shely, Rodney Wayne Ott, Bryan Cave LLP, Curtis Bergen, Karl Angelo Fazio, Neil Alden, Vincent John Montell, Bowman and Brooke LLP, Lydia Alyce Jones, Jennings Strouss & Salmon PLC, Martin A. Aronson, Morrill & Aronson, Mandi Jean Karvis, Winn L. Sammons, Sanders & Parks PC, Dale Samuel Coffman, Mariscal Weeks McIntyre & Friedlander PA, James A. Craft, John R. Dacey, Gammage & Burnham PLC, Donald Wayne Bivens, Meyer Hendricks & Bivens PA, Randall Papetti, Lewis & Roca LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Mary Ellen Hennessy, Stephen David Libowsky, Katten Muchin & Zavis, Ashish Shanker Prasad, Jason B. Fliegel, Tyrone C. Fahner, Violeta I. Balan, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Charles John Biro, Scott David Stein, Jordan Samuel Ginsberg, Bruce M. Zessar, David C. Giardina, David F. Graham, Jaime L.M. Jones, Benjamin J. Keith, Gary Feinerman, Michael P. Doss, Brad Robertson, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Alexander L. Karan, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Michael Thomas Layden, Richard J. Prendergast, Richard J. Prendergast, Ltd., Lee Ann Russo, Daniel E. Reidy, Brian J. Murray, Tara A. Fumerton, Jones Day, Christopher B. Essig, Dan K. Webb, Susan Ann Pipal, Winston & Strawn, LLP, Thomas Allen Marrinson, Morgan Lewis Bockius, Jeffrey B. Aaronson, Michael Sennett, Paula W. Render, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, David M. Simon, Michael Lee McCluggage, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Michael David Richman, Sarah R. Wolff, Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd, Chicago, IL, S. Elaine McChesney, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Mark D. Seltzer, Nixon Peabody LLP, Mark D. Smith, Laredo & Smith, LLP, James M. Vant, Gary R. Greenberg, Jonathan D. Cohen, Louis J. Scerra, Jr., Greenberg Traurig LLP, Richard Goldstein, Donoghue, Barrett & Singal, PC, Katy Ellen Koski, James W. Matthews, Robert J. Muldoon, Jr., Courtney Amber Clark, Sara Jane Shanahan, Sherin & Lodgen LLP, Brian K. French, Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, P.C., John P. Bueker, Russell P. Plato, Alfred 0. Rose, Janna J. Hansen, Ropes & Gray LLP, David M. Glynn, K & L Gates LLP, Robert P. Sherman, Zachary N. Coseglia, DLA Piper U.S. LLP, Nicholas C. Theodorou, Catherine N. Karuga, Donald R. Ware, Katherine B. Schmeckpeper, Michael P. Boudett, Sarah E. Cooleybeck, Thomas J. Bone, III, Martin F. Murphy, Foley Hoag LLP, Peter E. Gelhaar, Michael S. D'Orsi, Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, LLP, Terry Klein, Henshon Parker LLP, Jeremy Y. Weltman, Melick, Porter & Shea, LLP, Colleen M. Hennessey, Peabody & Arnold LLP, Karen F. Green, Melissa B. Coffey, Wilmer Hale LLP, Stephen R. Delinsky, Erik J. Frick, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Michael T. Sullivan, Conn, Kavanaugh, Rosenthal, Peisch & Ford, LLP, Boston, MA, Sharon M. Porcellio, Lippes. Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP, Terrence M. Connors, James W. Grable, Connors & Vilardo, Paul K. Stecker, Phillips Lytle LLP, Ann M. Campbell, Jeffrey A. Wieczkowski, Brown & Tarantino, Kevin A. Ricotta, Kevin Ricotta, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, Robert S. Deluca, Undeberg, Kessler, Karen R. Kaczmarski, Kenneth W. Africano, Harter, Secrest Law Firm, Joseph E. Zdarsky, K. Michael Sawicki, Zdarsky Sawicki Law Firm, Richard T. Sullivan, Harris, Beach Law Firm, Vivian M. Quinn, John J. Weinholtz, Nixon Peabody LLP, Daniel E. Sarzynski, Marco Cercone, R. Anthony Rupp, III, Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf & Cunningham, Elizabeth M. Bergen, Gibson, McAskill Law Firm, Buffalo, NY, Robert Alan White, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Princeton, NH, Jeffrey L. Kodroff, Spector & Roseman, David W. Engstrom, Harkins, Cunningham, LLP, Thomas H. Lee, II, Dochert LLP, Ezra Dodd Church, Jennifer B. Jordan, John C. Dodds, Joseph B.G. Fay, Mitchell Edwards, Kimberly K. Heuer, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Jessica Chong Goebeler, Richard L. Scheff, Montgomery McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Frederick G. Herold, Dechert LLP Mountain View, CA, Florence A. Crisp, Kristi T. Prinzo, D. Scott Wise, Arthur F. Golden, Catherine E. Lifeso, Catheryn A. O'Rourke, David B. Toscano, Jared R. Winnick, Joel M. Cohen, Lawrence Evan Jacobs, Melissa Aoyagi, Michael S. Flynn, Monica Lamb, Trisha Lawson, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Andrew D. Schau, Erik Haas, Mark Gregory Young, Niraj J. Parekh, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, Sandra G. Tillotson, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Kevin N. Ainsworth, Stephanie Walsh, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.C., James E. Johnson, Morrison and Foerster LLP, Peter J. Venaglia, William F. Costigan, Dornbush Schaeffer Strongin & Venaglia, LLP, Edwin Baum, Elise M. Bloom, Lloyd B. Chinn, Proskauer, Rose Law Firm, Jay P. Lefkowitz, Jennifer Gardner Levy, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Albert L. Jacobs, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Brendan Cyr, Christopher C. Palermo, Clifford Katz, Michael J. Maloney, Sarah L. Reid, Sung W. Kim, William A. Escobar, Elizabeth A. Quinlan, Neil Merkl, Philip D. Robben, Antonia F. Giuliana, Damon Suden, Douglas E. Julie, Marisa A. Lorenzo, Taraneh Marciano, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Andrew D. Stillufsen, Christine A. Neagle, Elisabeth C. Kann, Kathryn Parente, Laurie J. Sternberg, Nathan Cohen, Samuel Nelson Lonergan, Saul P. Morgenstern, Kaye Scholer LLP, Barry Gerstman, Dawn M. Berhony, David M. Covey, Jennifer Aurora, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP, Brian L. Bank, Catherine R. Castaldo, David L. Kleinman, Dwight A. Healy, Heather K. McDevitt, Joshua Weedman, Lara A. Berwanger, Michael J. Gallagher, Paul B. Carberry, Paul Olszowka, Philip B. Sineneng, Raj Gandesha, Stefan M. Mentzer, Victoria L. Oswald, Wayne A. Cross, White & Case LLP, Marc E. Ackerman, Harris Beach LLP, Bruce S. Kaplan, Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP, Charles W. Cohen, Jeff H. Galloway, Hughes Hubbard Law Firm, Sheila L. Birnbaum, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Toni-Ann Citera, Jones Day, New York, NY, Jack B. Blumenfeld, Morris, Nichols, Arsht, & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE, Carlton W. Reeves, Pigott, Reeves, Johnson & Minor, PA, John B. Clark, Thomas R. Julian, Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, Stephanie M. Rippee, Lee Davis Thames, Mark A. Dreher, P. Ryan Beckett, John Adam Crawford, Jr., Benjamin McRae Watson, J. Kennedy Turner, III, John C. Henegan, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Frank A. Wood, Jr., John G. Corlew, Anastasia G. Jones, Mildred M. Morris, Molly Mitchell Walker, Ronald Edward McMillan, Watkins & Eager, Kathy K. Smith, Corlew Munford & Smith PLLC, Edward J. Peters, Felix Lee Bowie, III, John G. Sims, III, Davidson, Bowie & Sims, PLLC, Michael B. Wallace, Phelps Dunbar, Cable Matthew Frost, David Friederich Maron, Jesse Mitchell, III, Walker W. Jones, III, Amy Lewis Champagne, Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Douglas T. Miracle, Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A., Douglas E. Levanway, Eugene R. Naylor, George Q. Evans, Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway, Yumeka Burt Rushing, Jackson, MS, Jack M. Stover, Buchanan Ingersoll PC, Bridget E. Montgomery, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, Inc., Thomas B. Schmidt, III, Pepper Hamilton, LLP, Harrisburg, PA, Jack E. Fernandez, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Angela Marie Covington, Carey O'Malley Whitaker & Manson, Tampa, FL, Jay Brian Shapiro, Stearns Weaver Miller, Miami, FL, Stephen A. Ecenia, Rutledge Ecenia Underwood, Bill L. Bryant, Jr., Akerman Senterfitt, Kelly Overstreet Johnson, Broad & Cassel, Dana George Toole, Davisson F. Dunlap, Jr., Dunlap Toole Shipman etc, Tallahassee, FL, Andrew C. Rose, Nixon, Peabody Law Firm, Scott A. Barbour, McName, Lochner, Titus & Williams, Jeffrey N. Miller, Lynn M. Blake, Friedman, Hirschen Law Firm, Albany, NY, Gavin G. Jangard, Hall, Jaffe & Clayton, LLP, Michael N. Feder, Beckley Singleton, Chtd., Las Vegas, NV, Robert Alexander Pitcairn, Jr., Katz, Teller, Brant & Hild, Cincinnati, OH, Harriet Thomas Ivy, Lisa W. Borden, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Birmingham, AL, Joshua Tropper, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., Michael T. Mervis, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Atlanta, GA, Robert F. Stacy, Jr., Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, Oxford, MS, John W. Mackay, Mark W. Pugsley, Ray, Quinney & Nebeker, Jill L. Dunyon, Richard A. Vazquez, Terence L. Rooney, Snow Christensen & Martineau, David J. Jordan, David L. Mortensen, Stoel Rives, Alan L. Sullivan, Amber M. Mettler, Snell & Wilmer, Alexander Dushku, R. Willis Orton, Kirton & McConkie, Salt Lake City, UT, Lori A. Schechter, Morrison & Foerster, Matthew Lloyd Larrabee, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, Albert G. Lin, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Francisco, CA, Brooke Ferris, III, Richard O. Burson, Ryan J. Mitchell, Ferris, Burson & Entrekin, PLLC, Laurel, MS, Raymond L. Brown, Brown, Buchanan & Sessoms, PA, Robert W. Wilkinson, Dogan & Wilkinson, PLLC, Pascagoula, MS, Ronald G. Peresich, Page, Mannino, Peresich & McDermott, Biloxi, MS, Adrienne Ehrhardt, Andrew Martin Jacobs, Snell & Wilmer LLP, Tucson, AZ, William P. Flanagan, Hogan & Harston LLP, McLean, VA, Vincent M. Debella, Paravati, Karl Law Firm, Utica, NY, Alan J. Droste, Todd G. Friedland, Pillsbury Winthrop, Costa Mesa, CA, Jennifer B. Rubin, Mintz, Levin Law Firm, Stamford, CT, Timur S. Engin, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Gregory J. McDonald, Harris Beach LLP, Pittsford, NY, Rick A. La Trace, Rick Andrew La Trace, Johnstone, Adams, Bailey, Gordon & Harris, Mobile, AL, Bruce A. Levy, Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJ, Mark A. Berman, Hartmann Doherty Rosa & Berman, LLC, Hackensack, NJ, Steve W. Berman, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA, Michael B. Hewes, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC, Gulfport, MS, Matthew T. Richardson, Wyches Burgess Freeman and Parham, Benjamin Rush Smith, III, Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Columbia, SC, Sam B. Blair, Jr., Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, Memphis, TN, S. Paul Battaglia, Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC, Syracuse, NY, Michael R. Wolford, Wolford & LeClair, LLP, Thomas S. D'Antonio, Kathleen T. Carter, Ward, Norris, Heller & Reidy, LLP, Rochester, NY, Elissa F. Borges, Kelly J. Davidson, M. Hamilton Whitman, Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver A Professional Corporation, Baltimore, MD, James P. Muehlberger, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, MO, Palmer G. Vance, II, Stoll, Keenon & Park, LLP, Lexington, KY, for Defendants.

Thomas E. Dwyer, Jr., Dwyer & Collora, LLP, Boston, MA, for Intervenor Defendant.

Theodore M. Hess-Mahan, Hutchings, Barsamian, Cross and Mandelcorn, LLP, Wellesley Hills, MA, Susan Hughes Banning, Hemenway & Barnes, Jeremy Y. Weltman, Melick, Porter & Shea, LLP, Boston, MA, Mary Karen Maldonado, Denver, CO, for Movants.

Alison W. Simon, The Breen Law Firm, P.A., Pembroke Pines, FL, for Respondents.

Frank D. Remington, Department of Justice, Madison, WI, Richard C. Heidlage, George B. Henderson, James J. Fauci, Mark A. Lavine, Attorney General's Office, Richard J. Riley, Murphy & Riley, John A. Kiernan, Bonner, Kiernan, Trebach & Crociata, LLP, Christopher P. Sullivan, James S. Harrington, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., Brooks A. Ames, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary U.S. LLP, Nathan R. Soucy, Cohn & Whitesell LLP, Robert C. Molvar, James P. Duggan, Boston, MA, Peter D. St. Phillip, Jr., Todd S. Garber, Lowey Dannenberg Bemporad & Selinger, P.C., White Plains, NY, Douglas Farquhar, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C., Theodore Reed Stephens, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Lars C. Golumbic, Thomas F. Fitzgerald, Michael J. Prame, Washington, DC, William C. Saturley, Nelson, Kinder, Mosseau & Saturley, P.C., Manchester, NH, Edwin Godley Winstead, Jr., U.S. Attorney's Office, Denver, CO, Leo V. Gagion, Dewey & Leboeuf LLP, New York, NY, Elizabeth S. Voorhies, Erika Hiramatsu, California Bureau of Medical Fraud and Elder Abuse, San Diego, CA, Lance A. Selfridge, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Julie B. Brennan, Manchel & Brennan, P.C., Newton, MA, Meredith Myers Leconey, Steven E. Bizar, Buchanan Ingersoll PC, Philadelphia, PA, Ronald J. Ranta, Fisette & Ranta, Danvers, MA, for Interested Parties.

Michael L. Koon, Shook, Hardy, & Bacon, Kansas City, MO.

Peter A. Mullin, Office of the Attorney General, Boston, MA.


AMENDED MEMORANDUM AND ORDER1

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-8, and state law, including alleged violations...

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