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SIGNIFICANT COURT DOCUMENTS

2020-05-01
Champion Pet Foods Amended Complaint – Iowa

2020-04-24
Champion Pet Foods Amended Complaint – New York

2020-04-15
Champion Pet Foods Second Amended Complaint – Minnesota

2020-03-20
Champion Pet Foods Second Amended Complaint – Michigan

2019-10-04
Gravy Train Order regarding Motion to Dismiss

2019-05-29
Schwegmann v Hill’s Pet Nutrition Amended Complaint – KS

2019-04-09
Taste of the Wild Third Amended Complaint

2019-03-21
Taste of the Wild – Order regarding Motion to Dismiss

2019-02-28
Taste of the Wild Complaint – IL

2019-02-26
Hall v Hill’s Pet Nutrition Complaint – CA

2019-02-14
Champion First Amended Complaint – Illinois (cat food)

2019-02-06
Champion Pet Foods – Second Amended Complaint Illinois

2018-11-14
Champion Pet Foods Amended Complaint – Washington

2018-11-12
Champion Pet Food Amended Complaint – Illinois

2018-10-26
Champion Pet Foods Complaint – Washington

2018-10-19
Champion Pet Foods Complaint – Michigan

2018-10-18
Taste of the Wild Second Amended Class Action Complaint (Gros…

2018-10-17
Champion Pet Foods Complaint – MN State Court

2018-10-16
Champion Pet Foods Complaint – New York

2018-10-16
Champion Pet Foods Complaint – Illinois

2018-09-05
Taste of the Wild AMENDED Complaint (Grossman and Classick v …

2018-08-28
Taste of the Wild Complaint (Grossman v Schell & Lampeter, In…

2018-07-02
Wellness Second Amended Complaint Concerning Heavy Metals and…

2018-06-22
Champion Pet Foods Complaint regarding Cat Food

2018-06-14
Big Heart Pet Brands Amended Consolidated Complaint

2018-05-01
Big Heart Pet Brands Master Consolidated Complaint

2018-03-16
Gravy Train Complaint concerning euthanasia drugs (Williamson, et al. v Big Heart Pet Brands)

2018-03-07
Gravy Train Complaint concerning euthanasia drugs (Sebastiano v Big Heart Pet Brands)

2018-02-09
Gravy Train Complaint concerning euthanasia drugs (Sturm v Big Heart Pet Brands)

2018-02-09
Gravy Train Complaint concerning euthanasia drugs (Mullins v Big Heart Pet Brands)

2018-01-18
Wellness Dog Food Order Granting In Part and Denying in Part Motion to Dismiss Complaint (Daniel Zeiger et al. v WellPetLLC, et al.)

2017-11-20
Nutrish Dog Food Order Denying Motion to Dismiss Second Amended Complaint (Christina Grimm v APN Inc., et al.)

2017-10-26
Wellness First Amended Complaint Concerning Heavy Metals and BPA Contaminants (Daniel Zeigler et al. v. WellPet LLC, et al.)

2017-10-02
Nutrish Second Amended Complaint Concerning Misleading Natural Labeling (Grimm v. APN, Inc. et al.)

2017-08-31
Nutrish Dog Food Order Denying Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint (Christina Grimm v APN Inc., et al.)

ZYTIGA® ANTITRUST LITIGATION, LOUISIANA HEALTH SERVICE & INDEMNITY CO

ET AL. V. JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC., ET AL., CASE NO. 19-CV-14146 (D.N.J.)

LGN represents end payor plaintiffs who allege an unlawful scheme by defendants to prolong their monopoly in the market for Zytiga® (abiraterone acetate), a drug used to treat patients with prostate cancer. LGN seeks to recover damages for a proposed class of end payors who purchased Zytiga® indirectly from defendants beginning December 13, 2016 through the present. The case is pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey before the Honorable James B. Clark.

ZETIA (EZETIMIBE) ANTITRUST LITIGATION

CASE NO. 18-MD-02836 (E.D. VA.)

LGN represents end payor plaintiffs who purchased, paid for, and/or provided reimbursement for Zetia, a blockbuster cholesterol drug that counteracts plaque development in arteries. This action is pending in the United States District Court for the District of Virginia before the Honorable Rebecca Beach Smith.

WHEAT ANTITRUST LITIGATION, PLOSS ET AL. V. KRAFT FOODS GROUP, INC. AND MONDELEZ GLOBAL LLC

CASE NO. 1:15-CV-02937 (N.D. ILL.)

LGN represents plaintiffs who allege that Kraft Foods and Mondelez Global manipulated cash wheat prices and wheat futures contracts. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois certified the plaintiff class in January 2020.  The case is pending before the Honorable John F. Ness and is proceeding toward trial.

SEROQUEL XR (EXTENDED RELEASE QUETIAPINE FUMARATE) LITIGATION

CASE NO. 19-CV-08296 (S.D.N.Y.)

LGN represents end payor plaintiffs who allege that a drug company entered into unlawful agreements with two other drug companies not to compete in the market for Seroquel XR and corresponding generic versions.  This action is pending in the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York before the Honorable Colleen McMahon.

PAYMENT CARD INTERCHANGE FEE AND MERCHANT DISCOUNT ANTITRUST LITIGATION

CASE NO. 1:05-MD-01720 (E.D.N.Y.)

LGN represents a class of merchants that accepted Visa and MasterCard credit and debit cards in the United States. Plaintiffs allege that Visa, MasterCard and their member banks conspired to impose and maintain interchange fees, or “swipe fees,” on merchants as a condition of using their cards. In December 2019, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York approved a settlement between the plaintiff monetary relief class and all defendants for over $6 billion. Some members of the monetary relief class have appealed the District Court’s approval of the settlement, and that appeal is pending.

PACKAGED SEAFOOD ANTITRUST LITIGATION

MDL NO. 2670 (S.D. CAL.)

LGN represents end payor plaintiffs who allege that seafood producers colluded for more than a decade to raise prices and restrict supply of packaged tuna across the United States. The cases are pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California before the Honorable Janis L. Sammartino.

HUMIRA (ADALIMUMAB) ANTITRUST LITIGATION, CASE NO. 19-CV-01873 (N.D. ILL.)

LGN represents end payor plaintiffs who allege that drug companies entered into an anticompetitive scheme to restrain competition in the market for Humira and its biosimilar competitors.  This action is pending in the United States District Court of the Northern District of Illinois before the Honorable Manish S. Shah.

GENERIC PHARMACEUTICALS PRICING ANTITRUST LITIGATION,

CASE NO. 2:16-MD-02724 (E.D. PENN.)

LGN serves on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for a class of end payer purchasers of certain generic prescription drugs. We allege that manufacturers conspired to fix the prices of more than 150 different generic drugs. The action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania before the Honorable Cynthia Rufe.

ANTIRETROVIRALS ANTITRUST LITIGATION, STALEY, ET AL. V. GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.,

CASE NO. 3:19-CV-02573 (N.D. CAL.)

LGN serves on the Executive Committee in a proposed class action lawsuit against drug manufacturer Gilead and other major drug manufacturers including Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Meyers Squibb and others. We allege that these drug manufacturers knowingly colluded to raise the price of anti-HIV drugs and as a result, they illegally raised the price of treatment for approximately 1 million people in the U.S. currently living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV) infection. The case is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California before the Honorable Edward M. Chen.