IN RE NEXIUM (ESOMEPRAZOLE) ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Civil Action No. 12-md-02409-WGY.

42 F.Supp.3d 231 (2014)

In re NEXIUM (ESOMEPRAZOLE) ANTITRUST LITIGATION.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

Signed September 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicole M. Acchione , Lisa J. Rodriguez , Trujillo Rodriguez & Richards, LLP, Haddonfield, NJ, Peter A. Barile, III , Bradley J. Demuth , Linda P. Nussbaum , Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Donald A. Broggi , Joseph P. Guglielmo , Scott & Scott LLP, George Farah , J. Douglas Richards , Sharon K. Robertson , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, New York, NY, Natalie Finkelman Bennett , Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah, LLP, Media, PA, John P. Bjork , David P. Germaine , Vanek Vickers & Masini PC, Justin N. Boley , Bethany R. Turke , Edward A. Wallace , Kenneth A. Wexler , Wexler Wallace LLP, Chicago, IL, Christopher M. Burke , Walter W. Noss , Scott & Scott LLP, San Diego, CA, James E. Cecchi , Lindsey H. Taylor , Carella Byrne Cecchi Olstein Brody & Agnello, P.C., Roseland, NJ, Kimberly A. Dougherty , Janet Jenner & Suggs, LLC, Jonathan Shapiro , Stern, Shapiro, Weissberg & Garin, Boston, MA, Anne K. Fornecker , Hilliard & Shadowen LLC, Austin, TX, Daniel C. Girard , Christina C. Sharp , Girard Gibbs & DeBartolomeo LLP, San Francisco, CA, Jayne A. Goldstein , Pomerantz LLP, Weston, FL, Aaron D. Kaufmann , Leonard Carder LLP, Oakland, CA, Christopher Lometti , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC, Brian D. Penny , Goldman Scarlato Karon & Penny PC, Wayne, PA, Kevin P. Roddy , Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer PA, Woodbridge, NJ, Steve D. Shadowen , Hilliard & Shadowen LLC, Mechanicsburg, PA, for Plaintiffs.

Erin Gibson Allen , Moira E. Cain-Mannix , Brian C. Hill , Scott D. Livingston , Bernard D. Marcus , Jonathan D. Marcus , James F. Rosenberg , Marcus & Shapira LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, Virginia E. Anello , Michael A. London , Douglas & London, P.C., Brian D. Brooks , Smith Segura & Raphael LLP, Ephraim R. Gerstein , Garwin Gerstein & Fisher LLP, Michael Aaron Rose, Frank R. Schirripa , Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie, LLP, Archana Tamoshunas , Taus, Cebulash & Landau, LLP, New York, NY, Don Barrett , Barrett Law Office, Lexington, MS, Eric L. Bloom , Monica L. Rebuck , Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Harrisburg, PA, Russell A. Chorush , Heim Payne & Chorush LLP, Houston, TX, Eric L. Cramer , Daniel C. Simons , Yechiel Michael Twersky , Nicholas Urban , Berger & Montague PC, Barry L. Refsin , Hangley, Aronghick, Segal, Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA, James R. Dugan, II , David B. Franco , Douglas R. Plymale , The Dugan Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, Peter Kohn , Joseph T. Lukens , Faruqi & Faruqi LLP, Jenkintown, PA, David S. Nalven , Kristen Johnson Parker , Andrew J. Vasicek , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Cambridge, MA, Anna T. Neill , Douglas H. Patton , Scott E. Perwin , Lauren C. Ravkind , Kenny Nachwalter, P.A., Miami, FL, Peter S. Pearlman , Cohn, Lifland, Pearlman, Herrmann & Knopf, Saddle Brook, NJ, John D. Radice , Radice Law Firm, PC, Long Beach, NJ, Susan C. Segura , Smith Segura & Raphael, LLP, Alexandria, LA, Thomas G. Shapiro , Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP, Boston, MA, for Consolidated Plaintiffs.

Caitlin G. Coslett , David F. Sorensen , Berger & Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA, Glen DeValerio , Nathaniel L. Orenstein , Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo, Boston, MA, Donna M. Evans , Thomas M. Sobol , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Cambridge, MA, for Consolidated Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs.

Bruce E. Gerstein , Joseph Opper , Elena Chan, Garwin, Bronzaft, Gerstein & Fisher, New York, NY, for Consolidated Plaintiffs, Interested Parties and Plaintiffs.

Nicholas W. Allen , William A. Zucker , McCarter & English, LLP, Michael Thomas Marcucci , Jones Day, Laurence A. Schoen , Adam L. Sisitsky , Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, PC, Boston, MA, Sarah Choi , Lisa Jose Fales , Danielle R. Foley , James Douglas Baldridge, Venable LLP, Thea Cohen , Katie Einspanier , Christopher M. Jackson , Rebecca A. Koch , Karen N. Walker , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Stanley E. Fisher , Paul B. Gaffney , Benjamin M. Greenblum , Heidi K. Hubbard , John E. Joiner , Dane H. Butswinkas , Jonathan B. Pitt , John E. Schmidtlein , Kannon K. Shanmugam , James H. Weingarten , Marcie R. Ziegler , Williams & Connolly LLP, Courtney R. Forrest , Jonathan Gimblett , Timothy C. Hester , Thomas A. Isaacson , Andrew D. Lazerow , Enrique D. Longton , Ashley E. Bass , Evie Spanos , Einar Stole , Covington & Burling LLP, John M. Gore , Kevin D. McDonald , Jonathan B. Berman , Stephanie L. Resnik , Jones Day, Washington, DC, Ajay Kayal , Ellen T. Lowenthal , Andrew J. Miller , Budd Larner PC, Short Hills, NJ, Michael P. Kelly , McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE, Jay P. Lefkowitz , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Alan H. Pollack , Hopgood, Calimafde, Kalil, Blaustein & Judlowe, New York, NY, Leslie F. Su , Minerva Law, P.C., Andover, MA, for Defendants.

Donald W. Myers , Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Intervenor Plaintiff.

Nicholas S. Napolitan , Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Interested Party.

Michael J. Rossi , Conn, Kavanaugh, Rosenthal, Peisch & Ford, LLP, Boston, MA, Robert J. Tucker , BakerHostetler, Columbus, OH, for Intervenors.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

I. INTRODUCTION

This case, arising under the federal antitrust laws and state analogues, presents a challenge to the use of reverse payment settlements in patent litigation. Reverse payment settlements are agreements to settle patent...

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