National Prescription Opiate Litigation
MDL 2804 Opiate Litigation - Order Re: Public and Media Logistics
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| Vicky Mizell, Chief Deputy Clerk Carl B. Stokes U.S. Court House 801 West Superior Avenue Cleveland, OH 44113 Telephone: (216) 357-7081 |
| Master Docket Number: | 1:17-MD-2804 |
| Presiding Judge: | Dan Aaron Polster |
| MDL Administrator: | Robert T. Pitts 216-357-7084 |
| Law Clerks: |
Julian Veintimilla 216-357-7197 Carrie Roush |
| Description | Plaintiffs allege that the manufacturers of prescription opioids grossly misrepresented the risks of long-term use of those drugs for persons with chronic pain, and distributors failed to properly monitor suspicious orders of those prescription drugs--all of which contributed to the current opioid epidemic. |
| Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel: | Peter H. Weinberger Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber Ste. 1700 1001 Lakeside Avenue, E Cleveland, OH 44114 Phone: 216-696-3232 Fax: 216-696-3924 Email: pweinberger@spanglaw.com Steven J. Skikos Troy A. Rafferty |
| Manufacturer-Defendants' Liaison Counsel: | Mark S. Cheffo Dechert, LLP Three Bryant Park 1095 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036-6797 Phone: 212-698-3814 Fax: 212-698-3599 Email: mark.cheffo@dechert.com Carole S. Rendon |
| Distributor Defendants' Liaison Counsel: |
Enu Mainigi Shannon E. McClure Geoffrey E. Hobart |
| Physician-Defendants' Liaison Counsel: | Tyler G. Tarney Gordon & Rees - Columbus Ste. 2495 41 South High Street Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: 614-340-5558 Fax: 614-360-2130 Email: ttarney@grsm.com |
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Chain Pharmacy Defendants' Liaison Counsel:
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Kaspar Stoffelmayr Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott 54 West Hubbard Street Ste. 300 Chicago, IL 60654 Phone: 312-494-4434 Email: Kaspar.stoffelmayr@bartlit-beck.com |
| Special Master: | David R. Cohen 24400 Chagrin Blvd. Suite 300 Cleveland, OH 44122 Phone: 216-831-0001 Fax: 866-357-3535 david@specialmaster.law
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Orders Pertaining to MDL 2804
| Doc #1 | Initial Transfer Order from Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation | 12/12/2017 |
| Doc #69 | Order appointing as Special Masters David R. Cohen, Francis McGovern and Cathy Yanni | 1/11/2018 |
| Doc #70 | Minute Order of Initial Pretrial Conference held on 1/9/18 | 1/11/2018 |
| Doc #89 | Order Clarifying 1/11/18 Minute Order Re: Who May Attend the 1/31/18 Conference | 1/24/2018 |
| Doc #94 | Order Clarifying 1/11/18 Minute Order Re: State AG Attendance at the 1/31/18 Conference | 1/24/2018 |
| Doc #111 | Minutes of 1/31/18 Settlement Conference and Scheduling Order | 2/2/2018 |
| Doc #112 | Order Re: ARCOS/DADS Database | 2/2/2018 |
| Doc #116 | Order Re: Confidentiality of Settlement Discussions | 2/6/2018 |
| Doc #118 | Order Re: Settlement Negotiating Teams | 2/6/2018 |
| Doc #123 | Order Extending Deadline for Achieving Service to 5/18/18 | 2/12/2018 |
| Doc #124 | Amended Order Re: Settlement Negotiating Teams | 2/12/2018 |
| Doc #125 | Order Re: Cost of Special Masters | 2/12/2018 |
| Doc #130 | Order Re: Remands | 2/16/2018 |
| Doc #140 | Order Re: Reallocation of the Special Masters' Costs | 2/23/2018 |
| Doc #155 | Minutes of 2/26/18 Hearing and Order | 2/23/2018 |
| Doc #167 | Protective Order Re: DEA's ARCOS/DADS Database | 3/6/2018 |
| Doc #170 | Minutes of 3/6/18 Conference and Order | 3/7/2018 |
| Doc #187 | Order Re: Settlement Negotiating Teams | 3/21/2018 |
| Doc #204 | Order Re: Settlement Discussions | 3/27/2018 |
| Doc #228 | Order Re: Settlement Negotiating Teams | 4/6/2018 |
| Doc #232 | Case Management Order No. 1 | 4/11/2018 |
| Doc #233 | Order Re: ARCOS Data Production | 4/11/2018 |
| Doc #251 | Scheduling Order | 4/24/2018 |
| Doc #358 | Order Re: Plaintiff Attorneys' Fees and Expenses | 5/1/2018 |
| Doc #371 | Order Clarifying Provision Contained in Case Managment Order No. 1 | 5/3/2018 |
| Doc #397 | Second Order Re: ARCOS Data Production | 5/8/2018 |
| Doc #441 | Case Management Order No. 2 Re: Protective Order | 5/15/2018 |
| Doc #443 | Case Management Order No. 3 Re: Document and Electronically Stored Information Protocol | 5/15/2018 |
| Doc #447 | Order Re: Returned, Executed Waivers of Service | 5/15/2018 |
| Doc #462 | Order Re: Defendants' Selection of Third-Party Payor Case for Briefing | 5/17/2018 |
| Doc #469 | Order Re: Notices of Appearances | 5/18/2018 |
| Doc #485 | Case Management Order No. 4 | 5/22/2018 |
| Doc #459 | Order Re: Workload Ressignment | 6/4/2018 |
| Doc #581 | Notice Disclosing Assistants | 6/8/2018 |
| Doc #616 | Order Re: Designating Attorneys Addressing Coordination of State/Federal Discovery | 6/13/2018 |
| Doc #638 | Fact Sheet Implementation Order | 6/19/2018 |
| Doc #642 | Order Clarifying Fact Sheet Implementation Order | 6/20/2018 |
| Doc #643 | Order Establishing Deposition Protocol | 6/20/2018 |
| Doc#666 | Case Management Order No. 5 | 6/26/2018 |
| Doc #668 | Third Order Re: ARCOS Data | 6/26/2018 |
| Doc #676 | Order Re: Referral to Magistrate Judge Ruiz | 6/28/2018 |
| Doc #699 | Order Granting Plaintiff's Motion to Permit Sharing of Alabama's Amended Complaint | 7/3/2018 |
| Doc #739 | Order Re: Motion for Modification of CMO-1: Relation Back and Tolling | 7/13/2018 |
| Doc #770 | Case Management Order No. 6 | 7/23/2018 |
| Doc #800 | Opinion and Order Sustaining Objections to Disclosure of ARCOS Data to the Media | 7/26/2018 |
| Doc #876 | Case Management Order No. 7: Setting New Deadlines for Track One Cases | 8/13/2018 |
| Doc #883 | Order Re: Amicus Briefs | 8/16/2018 |
| Doc #1029 | Order re: Protocol for State and Federal Court Coordination | 10/9/2018 |
| Doc #1106 | Order Modifying 7/13/18 Order Re: PEC ARCOS Reports | 11/8/2018 |
| Doc #1203 | Opinion and Order Adopting Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation and Denying Defendants' Motions to Dismiss (County of Summit v. Purdue Pharma, 18op45090) | 12/19/2018 |
| Doc #1282 | Opinion and Order Granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for Approval of a Short Form Complaint and Incorporation of Sealed Materials by Reference | 1/19/2019 |
| Doc #1306 | Case Management Order No. 8: Setting New Deadlines for Track One Cases | 1/29/2019 |
| Doc. #1598 | Civil Jury Trial Order | 5/1/2019 |
| Doc. #1680 | Opinion and Order Adopting Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation and Denying Defendants' Motions to Dismiss (Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. Purdue Pharma L.P., 1:18op45459; Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation v. AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation, 1:18op45749) | 6/13/2019 |
| Doc #1848 | Order Denying Plaintiffs Motion for Leave to Fiile Joint Motion for Preliminary Injunction Relief | 7/15/2019 |
| Doc #2140 | Notice and Order Re: Electronic Recording Devices as it Relates to All Cases | 8/6/2019 |
| Doc #2140-1 | Media Guidelines | 8/6/2019 |
| Doc #2559 | Order Denying Non-RICO Small Distributors' Motion for Summary Judgment | 9/3/2019 |
| Doc #2561 | Opinion and Order Regaring Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment on Causation | 9/3/2019 |
| Doc #2562 | Order Regarding Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment Civil Conspiracy Claims | 9/3/2019 |
| Doc #2563 | Opinion and Order Denying Mallinckrodt's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment | 9/3/2019 |
| Doc #2564 | Opinion and Order Denying Teva and Actavis Generic Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment | 9/3/2019 |
| Doc #2565 | Opinion and Order Denying Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment Regarding Preemption | 9/3/2019 |
| Doc #2567 | Opinion and Order Denying Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Johnson and Johnson's Motion for Summary Judgment | 9/3/2019 |
| Doc #2568 | Opinion and Order Denying Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment Based on Statutes of Limitations | 9/4/2019 |
| Doc #2569 | Order Denying Walgreens Motion for Summary Judgment | 9/4/2019 |
| Doc #2572 | Opinion and Order Denying Cuyahoga and Summit Counties' Motion for Partial Summary Adjudication of their Equitable Claims for Abatement of an Absolute Public Nuisance | 9/4/2019 |
| Doc #2578 | Opinion and Order Denying Manufacturer Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment on Plaintiffs' Public Nuisance Claims | 9/6/2019 |
| Doc #2580 | Opinion and Order Regaridng Defendants' Summary Judgment Motions on RICO and OCPA | 9/10/2019 |
| Doc #2590 | Memorandum Opinion Certifying Negotiation Class | 9/11/2019 |
| Doc #2591 | Order Certifying Negotiation Class and Approving Notice | 9/11/2019 |
| Doc #2629 | Opinion and Order Regarding Adjudication of Plaintiffs' Public Nuisance Claims | 9/24/2019 |
| Doc #2676 | Opinion and Order Denying Defendants' Motion to Disqualify Judge | 9/26/2019 |
| Doc #2684 | Opinion and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendants' Motion for Access to Jury Selection Records and Information | 9/27/2019 |
| Doc #2702 | Order Denying Defendants' Motion to Stay District Court Proceedings Until Final Resolution of the Mandamus Petitions Currently Pending Before the Court of Appeals | 10/2/2019 |
| Doc #2733 | Order Regarding Trial Transcripts | 10/7/2019 |
| Doc #2755 | Order Clarifying Order Re: Public and Media Logistics | 10/9/2019 |
| Doc #2940 | Track One-B Case Management Order | 11/19/2019 |
| Doc #2941 | Suggestions of Remand | 11/19/2019 |
| Doc #2950 | Order Regarding Track Two Cases | 11/21/2019 |
| Doc #3052 | Evidentiary Order | 12/26/2019 |
| Doc #3098 | Opinion and Order Denying Discount Drug Mart, Inc's Motion for Summary Judgment | 1/27/2020 |
| Doc #3099 | Opinion and Order Denying CVS's Motion for Summary Judgment | 1/27/2020 |
| Doc #3100 | Opinion and Order Denying Rite Aid's Motion for Summary Judgment | 1/27/2020 |
| Doc #3101 | Opinion and Order Denying HBC Service Company's Motion for Summary Judgment | 1/27/2020 |
| Doc #3102 | Opinion and Order Denying Walmart's Motion for Summary Judgment | 1/27/2020 |
| Doc #3116 | Track One-B Case Management Order No. 2 | 1/31/2020 |
| Doc #3177 | Opinion and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendants' Motions to Dismiss (Cleveland Bakers and Teamsters Health and Welfare Fund et al. v. Purdue Pharma et al., 18op45432) | 2/21/2020 |
| Doc #3178 | Order Rregarding Document Production to MDL Repository | 2/21/2020 |
| Doc #3234 | Track One-B Civil Jury Trial Order (revised 5/29/2020, see Doc #3308) | 3/19/2020 |
| Doc #3253 | Opinion and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendants' Motions to Dismiss (West Boca Med. Ctr., Inc. v. AmerisourceBergen Drug Corp., 18op45530) | 4/3/2020 |
| Doc #3261 | Order Regarding Track One-B and Track Three | 4/16/2020 |
| Doc #3274 | Opinion and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendants' Motions to Dismiss (Broward County, Florida v. Purdue Pharma, et al., 18op45332) | 4/27/2020 |
| Doc #3282 | Order Regarding Track Three | 4/30/2020 |
| Doc #3285 | Opinion and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendants' Motions to Dismiss (County of Monroe, Michigan v. Purdue Pharma, et al., 18op45158) | 4/30/2020 |
| Doc #3308 | Revised Track One-B Trial Order | 5/29/2020 |
| Doc #3314 | Order Granting Track Three Planitiffs' Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaints | 6/2/2020 |
| Doc #3315 | Order Granting Track Three Plaintiffs' Motion to Bifurcate Bellwether Claims, Join Bellwether Cases for Trial, and to Stay Remaining Claims | 6/2/2020 |
| Doc #3319 | Report and Recommendation of Professor Rubenstein Addressing Motion for Common Benenfit Fund | 6/3/2020 |
| Doc #3320 | Order Regarding Report and Recommendation fo Professor Rubenstein | 6/3/2020 |
| Doc #3329 | Track Three Case Management Order - Nunc Pro Tunc | 6/8/2020 |
| Doc #3403 | Opinion and Order Denying Pharmacy Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Second Amended Complaints (County of Lake, Ohio v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., et al, 1:18op45032 and County of Trumbull, Ohio v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., et al, 1:18op45079) | 8/6/2020 |
| Doc #3462 | Stipulation and Order Modifying Section III(b)(8) of the Revised Track One-B Civil Jury Trial Order | 9/14/2020 |
| Doc #3472 | Order Modifying Section III(b)(5) of the Revised Track One-B Civil Jury Trial Order | 9/16/2020 |
| Doc #3595 | Revised Case Management Order for Track Three | 1/6//2021 |
| Doc #3688 | Order Designating Five Bellwether Cases for Trial in New Litigation Tracks Against Pharmacy Defendants | 4/9/2021 |