IN RE ZETIA (EZETIMIBE) ANTITRUST LITIGATION

MDL No. 2:18md2836.

655 F.Supp.3d 406 (2023)

IN RE: ZETIA (EZETIMIBE) ANTITRUST LITIGATION.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

Signed February 10, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel for Plaintiff: FWK Holdings, LLC, Michael Andrew Glasser, Esquire , William Hanes Monroe, Jr., Esquire , Kip Andrew Harbison, Esquire , Marc Christian Greco, Esquire , Glasser & Glasser PLC, 580 E. Main Street, Suite 600, Norfolk, VA 23510, Ethan Janus Barlieb, Esquire , Joseph Howard Meltzer, Esquire , Terrence Scott Ziegler, Esquire , Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP, 280 King of Prussia Road, Radnor, PA 19087, Joseph Michael Vanek, Esquire , Alberto Rodriguez, Esquire , David Paul Germaine, Esquire , John Paul Bjork, Esquire , Sperling & Slater, P.C., 55 W. Monroe Street, Suite 3200, Chicago, IL 60603, Steve Shadowen, Esquire , Matthew Charles Weiner, Esquire , Hilliard & Shadowen LLP, 1135 W. 6th Street, Suite 125, Austin, TX 78703, Hannah Schwarzschild, Esquire , Kristen Anne Johnson, Esquire , Thomas Matthew Sobol, Esquire , Erin Cathleen Burns, Esquire , Rachel Downey, Esquire , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, (MA-NA), 55 Cambridge Parkway, Suite 301, Cambridge, MA 02142, Jeffrey Robert Moran, Esquire , Vanek, Vickers & Masini, P.C., 55 W. Monroe, Suite 3500, Chicago, IL 60603, Sharon Robertson, Esquire , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, (NY-NA), 88 Pine Street, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10005, Daniel Evan Rubenstein, Esquire , John Radice, Esquire , April Dawn LamBert, Esquire , Radice Law Firm, P.C., 475 Wall Street, Princeton, NJ 08540, Debra Josephson, Esquire , Karen Sharp Halbert, Esquire , Sarah Elizabeth DeLoach, Esquire , Stephanie Smith, Esquire , Roberts Law Firm, P.A., (AR-NA), P. O. Box 241790, Little Rock, AR 72223.

Counsel for Plaintiff: CESAR CASTILLO, INC., Individually and on behalf of all those similarly situated, Linda Phyllis Nussbaum, Esquire , Nussbaum Law Group P.C., 1211 Avenue of the Americas, Floor 40, New York, NY 10036, Jayne Arnold Goldstein, Esquire , Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah, LLP, 1625 North Commerce Parkway, Suite 320, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33326, Michael Andrew Glasser, Esquire , William Hanes Monroe, Jr., Esquire , Kip Andrew Harbison, Esquire , Marc Christian Greco, Esquire , Glasser & Glasser PLC, 580 E. Main Street, Suite 600, Norfolk, VA 23510.

Counsel for Plaintiff: Rochester Drug Cooperative, Inc., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Barry Steven Taus, Esquire , Archana Tamoshunas, Esquire , Kevin Landau, Esquire , Taus, Cebulash & Landau LLP, 123 William Street, Suite 1900a, New York, NY 10038, David Francis Sorensen, Esquire , Zachary David Caplan, Esquire , Berger & Montague, PC, (PA-NA), 1622 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Ellen Toporoff Noteware, Esquire , Karissa Joelle Sauder, Esquire , Berger Montague, PC, (PA-NA), 1818 Market Street, Suite 3600, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Peter Russell Kohn, Esquire , Joseph Thomas Lukens, Esquire , Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, (PA-NA), One Penn Center, Suite 1550, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Bradley Joseph Demuth, Esquire , Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, (NA-NY), 685 Third Avenue, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10017, Michael Andrew Glasser, Esquire , William Hanes Monroe, Jr., Esquire , Kip Andrew Harbison, Esquire , Marc Christian Greco, Esquire , Glasser & Glasser PLC, 580 E. Main Street, Suite 600, Norfolk, VA 23510.

Counsel for Plaintiff: Sergeants Benevolent Association Health & Welfare Fund, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Christine A. Williams, Esquire , Kevin Jermone Funk, Esquire , Wyatt B. Durrette, Jr., Esquire , Durrette Arkema Gerson & Gill PC, 1111 East Main Street, 16th Floor, Richmond, VA 23219, Adam Eric Polk, Esquire , Christina Hildegard Connolly Sharp, Esquire , Girard Sharp LLP, 601 California Street, Suite 1400, San Francisco, CA 94108, James Arthur Cales III, Esquire , Furniss Davis Rashkind & Saunders PC, 6160 Kempsville Circle, Suite 341B, Norfolk, VA 23502.

Counsel for Plaintiff: UFCW Local 1500 Welfare Fund, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Susan Rebecca Podolsky, Esquire , The Law Offices of Susan R. Podolsky, 1800 Diagnal Road, Suite 600, Alexandria, VA 22314, Gregory Scott Asciolla, Esquire , Robin Ann van der Meulen, Esquire , Labaton Sucharow LLP, 140 Broadway, New York, NY 10005, James Arthur Cales III, Esquire , Furniss Davis Rashkind & Saunders PC, 6160 Kempsville Circle, Suite 341B, Norfolk, VA 23502.

Counsel for Plaintiff: Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Health and Welfare Fund, Joshua Heath Grabar, Esquire , Grabar Law Office, 1735 Market Street, Suite 3750, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Marc Howard Edelson, Esquire , Edelson & Associates LLC, 3 Terry Drive, Suite 205, Newtown, PA 18940, Susan Rebecca Podolsky, Esquire , The Law Offices of Susan R. Podolsky, 1800 Diagnal Road, Suite 600, Alexandria, VA 22314, Wyatt B. Durrette, Jr., Esquire , Durrette Arkema Gerson & Gill PC, 1111 East Main Street, 16th Floor, Richmond, VA 23219, James Arthur Cales III, Esquire , Furniss Davis Rashkind & Saunders PC, 6160 Kempsville Circle, Suite 341B, Norfolk, VA 23502.

Counsel for Plaintiff: City of Providence, Rhode Island on its own behalf of all others similarly situated, Alan Brody Rashkind, Esquire , James Arthur Cales III, Esquire , Furniss Davis Rashkind & Saunders PC, 6160 Kempsville Circle, Suite 341B, Norfolk, VA 23502, Michael M. Buchman, Esquire , Jacob Olawale Onile-Ere, Esquire , John Maxwell Shaw, Esquire , Motley Rice, LLC, (NY-NA), 777 Third Avenue, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10017, Lance Victor Oliver, Esquire , Motley Rice LLC, (SC-NA), 28 Bridgeside Boulevard, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464.

Counsel for Plaintiff: Law Enforcement Health Benefits Inc., Wyatt B. Durrette, Jr., Esquire , Durrette Arkema Gerson & Gill PC, 1111 East Main Street, 16th Floor, Richmond, VA 23219.

Counsel for Plaintiff: Painters District Council No. 30 Health and Welfare Fund, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Alan Brody Rashkind, Esquire , James Arthur Cales III, Esquire , Furniss Davis Rashkind & Saunders PC, 6160 Kempsville Circle, Suite 341B, Norfolk, VA 23502, Kathleen Ellen Boychuck, Esquire , Lori Ann Fanning, Esquire , Marvin Alan Miller, Esquire , Matthew Eric Van Tine, Esquire , Miller Law LLC, 115 South LaSalle Street, Suite 2910, Chicago, IL 60603.

Counsel for Plaintiff: International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49 Health and Welfare Fund on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Christine A. Williams, Esquire , Kevin Jermone Funk, Esquire , Wyatt B. Durrette, Jr., Esquire , Durrette Arkema Gerson & Gill PC, 1111 East Main Street, 16th Floor, Richmond, VA 23219, Heidi Marie Silton, Esquire , Karen Hanson Riebel, Esquire , Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, (MN-NA), 100 Washington Ave. S., Suite 2200, Minneapolis, MN 55401, James Arthur Cales III, Esquire , Furniss Davis Rashkind & Saunders PC, 6160 Kempsville Circle, Suite 341B, Norfolk, VA 23502.

Counsel for Plaintiffs: Walgreen Co., The Kroger Co., Albertsons Companies, Inc., HEB Grocery Company L.P., John Frederick Sawyer, Esquire , Wolcott Rivers Gates P.C., Convergence Center IV, 200 Bendix Road, Suite 300, Virginia Beach, VA 23452, Anna Theresa Neill, Esquire , Lauren Carol Ravkind, Esquire , Richard Alan Arnold, Esquire , Scott Eliot Perwin, Esquire , Kenny Nachwalter, P.A., 1441 Brickell Ave., Suite 1100, Miami, FL 33131, Joshua Barton Gray, Esquire , Kenny Nachwalter, P.A., (DC-NA), 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20004.

Counsel for Plaintiff: Turlock Irrigation District, Individually and on behalf of and on behalf of all those similarly situated, Ashley Marie Bond, Esquire , John Peter Coyle, Esquire , Jon Robert Stickman, Esquire , Kenneth Matthew Holmboe, Esquire , Duncan & Allen, 1730 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036, Jason Scott Hartley, Esquire , Hartley LLP, 550 West C St., Suite 1750, San Diego, CA 92101, Wyatt B. Durrette, Jr., Esquire , Durrette Arkema Gerson & Gill PC, 1111 East Main Street, 16th Floor, Richmond, VA 23219.

Counsel for Plaintiff: The Uniformed Firefighters' Association of Greater New York Security Benefit Fund, Alan Brody Rashkind, Esquire , James Arthur Cales III, Esquire , Furniss Davis Rashkind & Saunders PC, 6160 Kempsville Circle, Suite 341B, Norfolk, VA 23502, Brian Brooks, Esquire , Brian Murray, Esquire , Gregory Linkh, Esquire , Lee Albert, Esquire , Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, 230 Park Avenue, Suite 530, New York, NY 10169.

Counsel for Plaintiff: The Retired Firefighters' Association Security Benefit Fund of the Uniformed Firefighters' Association on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Alan Brody Rashkind, Esquire , James Arthur Cales III, Esquire , Furniss Davis Rashkind & Saunders PC, 6160 Kempsville Circle, Suite 341B, Norfolk, VA 23502, Brian Murray, Esquire , Gregory Linkh, Esquire , Lee Albert, Esquire , Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, 230 Park Avenue, Suite 530, New York, NY 10169.

Counsel for Plaintiffs: Rite Aid Corporation, Rite Aid Hdqtrs. Corp., John Frederick Sawyer, Esquire , Wolcott Rivers Gates P.C., Convergence Center IV, 200 Bendix Road, Suite 300, Virginia Beach, VA 23452, Alexander John Egervary, Esquire , Barry Lee Refsin, Esquire , Caitlin Violet Dobbs McHugh, Esquire , Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, One Logan Square, 27th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Eric Lawrence Bloom, Esquire , Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, 2805 Old Post Road, Suite 100, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

Counsel for Plaintiff: CVS Pharmacy, Inc., John Frederick Sawyer, Esquire , Wolcott Rivers Gates P.C., Convergence Center IV, 200 Bendix Road, Suite 300, Virginia Beach, VA 23452, Caitlin Violet Dobbs McHugh, Esquire , Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, One Logan Square, 27th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

Counsel for Plaintiff: All End Payer Plaintiffs, Alan Brody Rashkind, Esquire , James Arthur Cales III, Esquire , Furniss Davis Rashkind & Saunders PC, 6160 Kempsville Circle, Suite 341B, Norfolk, VA 23502.

Counsel for Plaintiff: United Healthcare Services, Inc., Amy Lynn Neuhardt, Esquire , Hamish Hume, Esquire , Michael Scott Mitchell, Esquire , Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP, (DC), 1401 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005, Eric Buetzow, Esquire , Judith A. Zahid, Esquire , Zelle LLP, (CA-NA), 555 12th Street, Suite 1230, Oakland, CA 94607, James Robertson Martin, Esquire , Jennifer Duncan Hackett, Esquire, Zelle LLP, (DC-NA), 1775 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 375, Washington, DC 20006, William Bornstein, Esquire , Zelle LLP, (MN-NA), 500 Washington Ave South, Suite 4000, Minneapolis, MN 55415.

Counsel for Plaintiff: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Bethany Jean Fogerty, Esquire , Brett Alexander Spain, Esquire , Willcox & Savage PC, Wells Fargo Center, 440 Monticello Avenue, Suite 2200, Norfolk, VA 23510, Kent A. Gardiner, Esquire , Mark M. Supko, Esquire , Vincent Galluzzo, Esquire , Crowell & Moring LLP, (DCNA), 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004, Daniel Allen Sasse, Esquire , Tiffanie L. McDowell, Esquire , Crowell & Moring LLP, (CA-NA), 3 Park Plaza, 20th Floor, Irvine, CA 92614.

Counsel for Plaintiffs: Humana Inc., Centene Corporation, Wellcare Health Plans, Inc., New York Quality, Healthcare Corporation, doing business as Fidelis Care, Health Net, LLC, Bethany Jean Fogerty, Esquire , Brett Alexander Spain, Esquire , Willcox & Savage PC, Wells Fargo Center, 440 Monticello Avenue, Suite 2200, Norfolk, VA 23510, Preetha Chakrabarti, Esquire , Crowell & Moring LLP, 590 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10022, Mark M. Supko, Esquire , Vincent Galluzzo, Esquire , Crowell & Moring LLP, (DC-NA), 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004, Daniel Allen Sasse, Esquire , Tiffanie L. McDowell, Esquire , Crowell & Moring LLP, (CA-NA), 3 Park Plaza, 20th Floor, Irvine, CA 92614.

Counsel for Defendants: Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Schering-Plough Corporation, Schering Corporation, MSP Singapore Co. LLC, Stephen Edward Noona, Esquire , Kaufman & Canoles, P.C., 150 W. Main Street, Suite 2100, Norfolk, VA 23510, Christopher Dean Dusseault, Esquire , Deborah Lynn Stein, Esquire , Marissa Blair Moshell, Esquire , Samuel Grant Liversidge, Esquire , Timothy Patrick Best, Esquire , Sarah Margaret Kushner, Esquire , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, (CA-NA) 333 South Grand Avenue, 46th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071, Eric Jonathan Stock, Esquire , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, (NY-NA), 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166-0193, Veronica Smith Lewis, Esquire , Ashley Elizabeth Johnson, Esquire , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, (TX-NA), 2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1100, Dallas, TX 75201, Caeli Anne Higney, Esquire , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, (CA-NA), 555 Mission Street, Suite 3000, San Francisco, CA 94105-0921, Jennifer Kirsten Bracht, Esquire , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, (CONA), 1801 California Street, Suite 4200, Denver, CO 80202, Jennifer Laura Greenblatt, Esquire , Tarek Ismail, Esquire , Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Breenan & Baum LLP, 200 South Wacker Drive, 22nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60606.

Counsel for Defendants: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., Glenmark Generics Inc., USA, Jay Phillip Lefkowitz, Esquire , Devora Whitman Allon, Esquire , Kevin Michael Neylan, Jr., Esquire , Patrick James Gallagher, Esquire , Ahson T. Azmat, Esquire , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, (NYNA), 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, Nolan M. Leuthauser, Esquire , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, (IL-NA), 300 North LaSalle St., Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60654, Dustin Mitchell Paul, Esquire , Richard Hooper Ottinger, Esquire , Edward James Powers, Esquire , Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black, 101 W. Main Street, Suite 500, Norfolk, VA 23510, Dustin Mitchell Paul, Esquire , Richard Hooper Ottinger, Esquire , Vandeventer Black LLP (Norfolk), 101 West Main St., Suite 500, Norfolk, VA 23510, Samantha Maxfield Lerner, Esquire , Winston & Strawn LLP, 35 W. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601-9703.

Consolidated Plaintiff: Giant Eagle, Inc., Bernard Marcus, Esquire , Brian Hill, Esquire , Erin Gibson Allen, Esquire , Moira Cain-Mannix, Esquire , Lauren Alexis Melfa Catanzarite, Esquire , Marcus & Shapira LLP, 301 Grant Street, One Oxford Centre, 35th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-6401.

Consolidated Plaintiffs: Burlington Drug Company, Inc. Dakota Drug, Inc. J M Smith Corporation, Louisiana Wholesale Drug Co., Inc. North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company Prescription Supply, Inc. Value Drug Company, Bruce E. Gerstein, Esquire , David Barry Rochelson, Esquire , Kimberly M. Hennings, Esquire , Garwin Gerstein & Fisher LLP, 88 Pine Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10005, John Frederick Sawyer, Esquire , Wolcott Rivers Gates P.C., Convergence Center IV, 200 Bendix Road, Suite 300, Virginia Beach, VA 23452, William H. Monroe, Jr., Esquire , Glasser & Glasser PLC, 580 E. Main Street, Suite 600, Norfolk, VA 23510.


OPINION

This matter comes before the court on Defendants'1 Objections, ECF No. 1732, ("Objections" or "Def. Obj.") to Magistrate Judge Douglas E. Miller's Report and Recommendation...

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