MISSISSIPPI EX REL. FITCH v. ELI LILLY AND CO.

CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:21-CV-674-KHJ-MTP.

620 F.Supp.3d 532 (2022)

The State of MISSISSIPPI, EX REL. Lynn FITCH, Attorney General, Plaintiff v. ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Northern Division, Northern Division.

Signed August 9, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin S. Gault, Jr. , Tanya D. Ellis , Walter G. Watkins, III , Forman Watkins & Krutz, LLP, Jackson, MS, Ta'Shia S. Gordon , Caleb A. Pracht , Mississippi Attorney General's Office, Jackson, MS, Joanne Cicala , Pro Hac Vice, Josh T. Wackerly , Pro Hac Vice, The Cicala Law Firm, PLLC, Dripping Springs, TX, Matthew C. McDonald , David Nutt & Associates, Ridgeland, MS, William Liston, III , Liston & Deas, PLLC, Ridgeland, MS, Patricia LoVerne Beale , Mississippi Attorney General's Office, Biloxi, MS, William Lawrence Deas , Deas & Deas, LLC, Tupelo, MS, for Plaintiff.

Andrew A. Kassof , Pro Hac Vice, Diana M. Watral , Pro Hac Vice, James F. Hurst , Pro Hac Vice, Ryan J. Moorman , Pro Hac Vice, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL, Robert L. Gibbs , Gibbs Travis PLLC, Jackson, MS, for Defendant Eli Lilly and Company.

Andrew Yaphe , Pro Hac Vice, Neal Potischman , Pro Hac Vice, Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP, Menlo Park, CA, David B. Toscano , Pro Hac Vice, James P. Rouhandeh , Pro Hac Vice, Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP, New York, NY, P. Ryan Beckett , Phillip S. Sykes , Christopher D. Morris , Butler Snow LLP, Ridgeland, MS, Robert L. Gibbs , Gibbs Travis PLLC, Jackson, MS, for Defendant Novo Nordisk Inc.

R. David Kaufman , Martin Patrick McDowell , Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC, Jackson, MS, Robert L. Gibbs , Gibbs Travis PLLC, Jackson, MS, Theresa Coughlin Martin , Pro Hac Vice, William Coglianese , Shirlethia V. Franklin , Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Defendant Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC.

Jason R. Scherr , Pro Hac Vice, Patrick A. Harvey , Pro Hac Vice, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Washington, DC, Stephanie M. Rippee , Watkins & Eager, PLLC, Jackson, MS, for Defendants Evernorth Health, Inc., Express Scripts, Inc., Express Scripts Administrators, LLC, ESI Mail Pharmacy Services, Inc., Express Scripts Pharmacy, Inc.

Atticus William DeProspo , Pro Hac Vice, Craig D. Singer , Pro Hac Vice, Daniel Martin Dockery , Pro Hac Vice, Enu Mainigi , R. Kennon Poteat, III — PHV, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, DC, J. Cal Mayo, Jr. , Sarah Katherine Embry , Mayo Mallette PLLC, Oxford, MS, Breanna F.G. Young , Mayo Mallette, PLLC, Jackson, MS, Katherine K. Smith , Watkins & Eager, PLLC, Jackson, MS, for Defendants CVS Health Corporation, Caremark RX, L.L.C., Caremark PCS Health, L.L.C., Caremark, L.L.C.

Brian D. Boone , Pro Hac Vice, Alston & Bird, LLP, Charlotte, NC, D. Andrew Hatchett , Pro Hac Vice, Elizabeth Broadway Brown , Pro Hac Vice, Alston & Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Jean E. Richmann , Pro Hac Vice, Lane Zuraw , Pro Hac Vice, Alston & Bird, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Kelley Connolly Barnaby , Pro Hac Vice, Alston & Bird, LLP, Washington, DC, Roy D. Campbell, III , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Jackson, MS, for Defendant Optumrx Inc.


ORDER

Before the Court are Defendants Eli Lilly and Company ("Eli Lilly"), Novo Nordisk Inc. ("Novo Nordisk"), and Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC.'s ("Sanofi") motions to dismiss. [85], [83]. For the following reasons, the Court denies the motions.

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