PACIRA BIOSCIENCES, INC. v. ASA

No. 22-1411.

63 F.4th 240 (2023)

PACIRA BIOSCIENCES, INC., Appellant, v. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS, INC.; Evan D. Kharasch; Nasir Hussain; Richard Brull; Brendan Sheehy; Michael K. Essandoh; David L. Stahl; Tristan E. Weaver; Faraj W. Abdallah; Brian M. Ilfeld; James C. Eisenach; Rodney A. Gabriel; Mary Ellen McCann.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: March 24, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Bern , Allen M. Gardner , Gregory G. Garre [ARGUED], Sarah Gragert , Latham & Watkins, 555 11th Street, NM., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John A. Boyle , Kevin H. Marino , Marino Tortorella & Boyle, 437 Southern Boulevard, Chatham, NJ 07928, Michael B. Carlinsky , Kaitlin P. Sheehan , Ellyde R. Thompson , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, 51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10010, Robert Schwartz , Kathleen M. Sullivan [ARGUED], Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, 865 South Figueroa Street, 10th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017, Counsel for Defendants-Appellees.

David S. Bloomfield, Jr. , Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, 41 South High Street, Suite 2900, Columbus, OH 43215, Counsel for Defendants-Appellees Nasir Hussain, Brendan Sheehy, Michael K. Essandoh, David L. Stahl, and Tristan E. Weaver.

Eugene Volokh , UCLA School of Law, 385 Charles E. Young Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Counsel for Amiens Appellee, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Inc,

Leonard A. Nelson , American Medical Association, Office of General Counsel, 330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 39300, Chicago, IL 60611, Counsel for Amid Appellee, American Medical Association and Medical Society of New Jersey.

Aaron A. Nichols , Steven E. Tiller , Whiteford Taylor & Preston, Seven Saint Paul Street, 19th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202, Counsel for Amicus Appellee, American Society for Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics.

Elizabeth A. McNamara , Alison B. Schary , Davis Wright Tremaine, 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10020, Counsel for Amici Appellee, Association of American Publishers Inc., International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers and Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.

Aaron D. Lindstrom , Barnes & Thornburg, 171 Monroe Avenue N.W., Suite 1000, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, Counsel for Amicus Appellee, Council of Medical Specialty Societies.

Before: SHWARTZ, BIBAS, and AMBRO, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Pacira BioSciences, Inc. ("Pacira") sued the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc. ("ASA"), the editor-in-chief of its medical journal, and the authors of three articles for statements made about one of Pacira's drug products.

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