IN RE RESTASIS ANTITRUST LITIGATION

18-MD-2819 (NG) (LB).

355 F.Supp.3d 145 (2018)

IN RE RESTASIS (CYCLOSPORINE OPHTHALMIC EMULSION) ANTITRUST LITIGATION. This Document Applies to: All End-Payor Plaintiff Cases.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

Filed November 13, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 15 U.S.C. § 2
Cause: 15 U.S.C. § 2 Antitrust Litigation
Nature of Suit: 410 Anti - Trust
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

In re Restasis (Cyclosporine Ophthalmic Emulsion) Antitrust Litigation, In Re, represented by Kathleen Marie Konopka , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP.

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 37 Health & Security Plan, 1199SEIU National Benefit Fund, 1199SEIU Greater New York Benefit Fund, 1199SEIU National Benefit Fund for Home Care Workers & 1199SEIU Licensed Practical Nurses Welfare Fund, Plaintiffs, represented by Adam Gitlin , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, pro hac vice, Bruce Leppla , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, pro hac vice, Dan Drachler , Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP, David Rudolph , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, pro hac vice, Eric B. Fastiff , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, pro hac vice, Jonathan D. Selbin , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Kelly Kristine McNabb , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Robert S. Schachter , Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP, pro hac vice, Sona R. Shah , Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP, Kathleen Marie Konopka , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP & Christina H.C. Sharp , Girard Gibbs LLP.

FWK Holdings, LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Aaron Schwartz , Alfred Luke Smith , Radice Law Firm PC, pro hac vice, David P. Germaine , Vanek Vickers & Masini, P.C., pro hac vice, Elizabeth L. DeRieux , Capshaw DeRieux LLP, Hannah W. Brennan , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, pro hac vice, John Radice , Radice Law Firm PC, pro hac vice, Joseph M. Vanek , Vanek Vickers & Masini PC, pro hac vice, Kristen A. Johnson , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, pro hac vice, Linda P. Nussbaum , Nussbaum Law Group, PC, Matthew Powers McCahill , Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer, LLP, pro hac vice, Robert N. Kaplan , Kaplan, Kilsheimer & Fox, LLP, Sidney Calvin Capshaw, III , Capshaw DeRieux LLP, Hugh Sandler , Nussbaum Law Group, P.C., Jessica R. MacAuley , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, pro hac vice & John P. Bjork , Vanek Vickers & Masini, pro hac vice.

Sergeants Benevolent Association Health & Welfare Fund, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Adam E. Polk , pro hac vice, Christina H.C. Sharp , Girard Gibbs LLP, pro hac vice, Dan Drachler , Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP, Daniel C. Girard , Girard Sharp LLP, pro hac vice, Jordan Elias , Girard Sharp LLP, pro hac vice, Peter G. Safirstein , Safirstein Metcalf LLP & Scott M. Grzenczyk , Girard Sharp LLP, pro hac vice.

Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Health and Welfare Fund, Plaintiff, represented by Marc H. Edelson , Edelson & Associates, LLC.

St. Paul Electrical Workers' Health Plan, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Dan Drachler , Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP, Deborah A. Elman , Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Robert G. Eisler , Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Jessica N. Servais , Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., pro hac vice, Renae D. Steiner , Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., pro hac vice & Christina H.C. Sharp , Girard Gibbs LLP.

International Union of Operating Engineers Local 501 Security Trust Fund, Plaintiff, represented by Frank R. Schirripa , Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP & John Anthony Blyth , Hach and Rose, LLP.

United Food and Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Midwest Health Benefits Fund & Ironworkers Local 383 Health Care Plan, Plaintiffs, represented by Bethany R. Turke , Wexler Wallace LLP, Dan Drachler , Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP, Ellen Meriwether , Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel, pro hac vice, Michelle J. Looby , Gustafson Gluek PLLC, pro hac vice & Christina H.C. Sharp , Girard Gibbs LLP.

Rochester Drug Cooperative, Inc, Plaintiff, represented by Archana Tamoshunas , Garwin Bronzaft Gerstein & Fisher, LLP, Barry Taus , Taus, Cebulash & Landau, LLP, pro hac vice, Daniel John Walker , Berger & Montague, PC, David F. Sorensen , Berger & Montague PC, pro hac vice, Joseph T. Lukens , Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Miles Greaves , Taus Cebulash & Landau LLP, Peter R. Kohn , Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, pro hac vice, Zachary D. Caplan , Berger & Montague PC, pro hac vice, Bradley J. Demuth , Faruqi & Faruqi LLP & Nicholas Urban , Berger Montague, P.C., pro hac vice.

Fraternal Order of Police, Miami Lodge 20, Insurance Trust Fund, On behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Jayne A. Goldstein , Shepherd Finkelman Miller & Shah LLP, pro hac vice, Natalie Finkelman Bennett , Shepherd Finkelman Miller & Shah, LLP, pro hac vice, Robert Christopher Bunt , Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth, P.C. & Christina H.C. Sharp , Girard Gibbs LLP.

Ahold U.S.A. Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Alfred Luke Smith , Radice Law Firm PC, pro hac vice, David S. Nalven , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Elizabeth L. DeRieux , Capshaw DeRieux LLP, Hannah W. Brennan , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, pro hac vice, John Radice , Radice Law Firm PC, pro hac vice, Kristen A. Johnson , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, pro hac vice, Sidney Calvin Capshaw, III , Capshaw DeRieux LLP, Thomas M. Sobol , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, pro hac vice & Jessica R. MacAuley , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, pro hac vice.

Allied Services Division Welfare Fund, Plaintiff, represented by Lanson Leon Bordelon , The Dugan Law Firm, APLC.

Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 178 Health & Welfare Trust Fund, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Gregory B. Linkh , Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, Lee Albert , Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP & Robert Christopher Bunt , Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth, P.C.

Self Insured Schools of California, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Joseph R. Saveri , Kyla Gibboney , Joseph Saveri Law Firm Inc., Nicomedes Sy Herrera , Joseph Saveri Law Firm, Inc., Ryan J McEwan , Joseph Saveri Law Firm Inc, V Chai Oliver Prentice , Joseph Saveri Law Firm Inc, Gaston Kroub , Kroub, Silbersher & Kolmykov PLLC, Steven N. Williams , Joseph Saveri Law Firm, Zachary D. Silbersher , Kroub, Silbersher & Kolmykov PLLC & Christina H.C. Sharp , Girard Gibbs LLP.

Louisiana Health Service and Indemnity Company, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated & HMO Louisiana, Inc, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, represented by Bonnie Adele Kendrick , Dugan Law Firm, PLC, Charles A. O'Brien, III , David S. Scalia , The Dugan Law Firm & Douglas R. Plymale , The Dugan Law Firm, pro hac vice.

KPH Healthcare Services, Inc., a/k/a Kinney Drugs, Inc., Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Dianne M. Nast , NastLaw LLC, pro hac vice, Erin Burns , NastLaw LLC, pro hac vice, Debra G. Josephson , Roberts Law Firm, P.A., pro hac vice, Karen S. Halbert , Roberts Law Firm, pro hac vice, Michael L. Roberts , Roberts Law Firm, P.A., pro hac vice & Stephanie Egner Smith , Roberts Law Firm, P.A., pro hac vice.

Direct Purchaser Class Plaintiffs, Plaintiff, represented by Kristen A. Johnson , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP & Thomas M. Sobol , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

End-Payor Plaintiffs, Plaintiff, represented by Dan Drachler , Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP, Eric B. Fastiff , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, Joseph R. Saveri & Steven N. Williams , Joseph Saveri Law Firm.

Walgreen Co., The Kroger Co., Albertsons Companies, Inc. & HEB Grocery Company L.P., Plaintiffs, represented by Scott E. Perwin , Kenny Nachwalter, P.A., Anna Theresa Neill , Kenny Nachwalter, P.A., pro hac vice, Joshua Barton Gray , Kenny Nachwalter, P.A., Lauren Carol Ravkind , Kenny Nachwalter P.A., pro hac vice & Richard A. Arnold , Kenny Nachwalter, P.A., pro hac vice.

CVS Pharmacy, Inc., Rite AID Corp. & Rite Aid Hdqtrs. Corp., Plaintiffs, represented by Andrew Martin Erdlen , Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller & Eric Bloom , Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller.

Allergan, Inc., Defendant, represented by Jack Wesley Hill , Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, Jason McKenney , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, pro hac vice, M. Sean Royall , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, pro hac vice, Matthew Cameron Parrott , Gibson. Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Michael S. Royall , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Richard Hale Cunningham , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, pro hac vice & Eric J. Stock , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.


OPINION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS CERTAIN OF THE END-PAYOR PLAINTIFFS' STATE LAW CLAIMS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION...150

II. PLAINTIFFS' ALLEGATIONS...150

III. LEGAL STANDARD...51

IV. ANALYSIS...151

A. Plaintiffs' State Law Antitrust...

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