FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. VYERA PHARMACEUTICALS

20cv706 (DLC).

479 F.Supp.3d 31 (2020)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, State of New York, State of California, State of Ohio, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State of Illinois, State of North Carolina, and Commonwealth of Virginia, Plaintiffs, v. VYERA PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC, and Phoenixus AG, Martin Shkreli, individually, as an owner and former director of Phoenixus AG and a former executive of Vyera Pharmaceuticals, LLC, and Kevin Mulleady, individually, as an owner and former director of Phoenixus AG and a former executive of Vyera Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Defendants.

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

Signed August 18, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For plaintiff Federal Trade Commission: Markus H. Meier , Bradley S. Albert , Armine Black Daniel W. Butrymowicz , D. Patrick Huyett , Neal J. Perlman , J. Maren Schmidt , James H. Weingarten , Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-3748.

For plaintiff State of New York: Letitia James , Christopher D'Angelo , Elinor R. Hoffman , Saami Zain , Amy McFarlane , Jeremy Kasha , Bryan Bloom , Office of the New York Attorney General, Antitrust Bureau, 28 Liberty Street, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10005, (212) 416-8262.

For plaintiff State of California: Michael D. Battaglia , Office of the Attorney General of California, 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000, San Francisco, CA 94102, (415) 510-3769.

For plaintiff State of Ohio: David Yost , Beth Finnerty , Elizebeth M. Maag , Office of the Ohio Attorney General, 150 E. Gay Street, 22nd Floor, Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 466-4328.

For plaintiff Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Josh Shapiro , Tracy W. Wertz , Joseph Betsko , Stephen Scannell , Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Strawberry Square, 14th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17120.

For plaintiff State of Illinois: Richard S. Schultz , Office of the Attorney General of Illinois, 100 W. Randolph Street, 11th Floor, Chicago, IL 60601, (312) 814-3000.

For plaintiff State of North Carolina: Joshua H. Stein , K.D. Sturgis , Jessica V. Sutton , North Carolina Dept. of Justice, Consumer Protection Division, 114 West Edenton Street, Raleigh, NC 27603, (919) 716-6000.

For plaintiff Commonwealth of Virginia: Mark R. Herring , Sarah Oxenham Allen , Tyler T. Henry , Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, 202 North Ninth Street, Richmond, VA 23219.

For defendants Vyera Pharmaceuticals, LLC and Phoenixus AG: Stacey Anne Mahoney , Sarah E. Hsu Wilbur , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 101 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10178, (212) 309-6000, Scott A. Stempel , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20004, Steven A. Reed , Francis A. DeSimone , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 1701 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 963-5000, Noah J. Kaufman , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, One Federal Street, Boston, MA 02210, (617) 341-7700.

For defendant Martin Shkreli: Christopher H. Casey, Esq. , A.J. Rudowitz, Esq. , Duane Morris LLP, 30 South 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196, (215) 979-1155, Edward T. Kang , Kandis L. Kovalsky , Kang, Haggerty & Fetbroyt LLC, 123 S. Broad St. #1670, Philadelphia, PA 19109, (215) 525-5852.

For defendant Kevin Mulleady: Kevin J. Arquit , Albert Shemmy Mishaan , Kenneth R. David , Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10023, (212) 506-1700.


OPINION AND ORDER

The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and seven states bring claims for violations of §§ 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1, 2; § 5(a) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(a); and various state statutes. They allege that Vyera Pharmaceuticals, LLC ("Vyera"),...

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