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FENPHEN MDL-1203

Offical Website for the United States Courts' Multidistrict Litigation,
Action No. 1203, In Re: Diet Drugs



Pretrial Orders

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Big Orders

Important Pretrial Orders that Pertain to all Cases.

 

 

2

 

1-9-98

 

Transfer of Complaint and Docket Sheet only

 

5

 

1-21-98

 

Defense Liaison Counsel

 

6

 

2-5-98

 

PMC Appointments

 

16

 

3-13-98

 

Guidelines for Plaintiff Counsel Time and Expense Reports

 

19

 

3-16-98

 

Service of Complaints and Pleadings; Service List (Subject to Changes within PTO 3370)

 

20

 

3-16-98

 

Preservation of Documents

 

21

 

3-16-98

 

Deposition Guidelines (Subject to Changes within PTO 3370)

 

22

 

3-23-98

 

First Wave Discovery (Subject to Changes within PTO 3370)

 

23

 

3-23-98

 

Motion to Dismiss (Standards for 12(b) Motions )

 

26

 

3-30-98

 

Nomination of Special Master: Gregory Miller, Esq.

 

27

 

3-31-98

 

Confidentiality - Protective Order

 

36

 

4-14-98

 

Appointment of Gregory P. Miller

 

38

 

4-21-98

 

PMC Discovery Committee

 

39

 

4-21-98

 

PMC State Liaison Committee and Technical Advisor

 

41

 

4-22-98

 

Inadvertent production of privileged documents

 

48

 

4-22-98

 

Transferor Stay and Discovery Orders Vacated

 

126

 

5-11-98

 

Defense Liaison Counsel - Retailers

 

127

 

5-11-98

 

Defense Liaison Counsel - Diet Centers

 

128

 

5-11-98

 

Defense Liaison Counsel - Physicians

 

155

 

6-23-98

 

New Authorization Form Which Amends the one in PTO No. 22

 

173

 

7-13-98

 

Internet Address (www.fenphen.verilaw.com)

 

270

 

9-3-98

 

Interneuron Letter of Understanding

 

285

 

9-6-98

 

State Case Attorney=s Reviewing PMC Documents

 

291

 

9-24-98

 

Guidelines for Special Master Fees and Costs

 

292

 

9-24-98

 

Schedule for Non-Expert Witness Deposition Discovery (Vacated pursuant to PTO 3370)

 

297

 

9-25-98

 

Order conditionally certifying a mandatory Class  - preliminary approval for Interneuron

 

297.1

 

11-2-98

 

 Amendment of PTO No. 291

 

308

 

9-29-98

 

Modification of PTO No. 173

 

312

 

10-1-98

 

New Authorization Form

 

316

 

10-5-98

 

Waiver of Formal Service & Acceptance of Service Via the Internet

 

323

 

10-5-98

 

American Home Products Corp., Motion to Intervene

 

325

 

10-9-98

 

Registration form for Interneuron Settlement

 

327

 

10-13-98

 

State Board of Workers=Compensation

 

333

 

10-14-98

 

Lifting PTO No. 270 & 297

 

334

 

10-16-98

 

Publication of Official Court Notice

 

349

 

11-3-98

 

Staying of Interneuron Proceedings

 

373

 

11-13-98

 

Servier - Jurisdiction & Discovery

 

415

 

12-29-98

 

Order for issuance of letter of requests for production of Les Laboratories in France

 

417

 

1-6-99

 

Expert Discovery Schedule (Vacated Pursuant to PTO 3370)

 

418

 

1-6-99

 

Product Identification Discovery (Subject to Changes within PTO 3370)

 

419

 

1-6-99

 

Class Certification

 

420

 

1-6-99

 

Discovery of Ongoing Studies

 

430

 

1-7-99

 

List of three Cases initiating state court actions against Interneuron

 

437

 

1-27-99

 

Protective Order Re: Materials produced with IPI Class Settlement

 

445

 

2-3-99

 

Guidelines on Rules to file Stipulations or Motions on Notices of Dismissal

 

467

 

2-10-99

 

Attorney Fee and Costs / State-Federal Coordination (Per PTO 2622 Federal 9% fee has been lowered to 6%)

 

518

 

3-1-99

 

Appointment of J. Michael Papantonio, Esq. to the PMC

 

522

 

3-23-99

 

Hearing held on March 23, 1999

 

567

 

4-9-99

 

Motion of certain Phentermine Defendants for leave to file substitute memorandum of law ans Contested Findings of Facts

 

574

 

4-20-99

 

Availability of the MDL 1203 Pretrial Order E-mail Notification System (APENS@)

 

580

 

4-23-99

 

Discovery of Ongoing Studies

 

590

 

4-26-99

 

Communication with a physician or health care provider

 

680

 

5-25-99

 

Submission of pleadings, stipulations, dismissals, etc ... to the PMC office. (Subject to Changes within PTO 3370)

 

714

 

6-15-99

 

Stipulations regarding procedure for Establishing the authenticity of documents produced by defendants :   Goldline Labs, Inc.; Zenith Goldline Pharm., Inc.; SmithKline Beecham Corp.; Medeva Pharm., Inc., and Fisons Corp.

 

718

 

6-17-99

 

Order Directing Issuance of a Letter Rogatory

 

807

 

7-20-99

 

Cross-claims or third party claims

 

828

 

7-27-99

 

Stipulation & Order with respect to the April 14, 1999 subpoena served by American Home Products Corp. on Mariane Ewalenko, M.D.

 

865

 

8-26-99

 

Order granting class certification for Medical Monitoring

 

884

 

9-27-99

 

Motion for Limited Fund Class Certification Denied : Sharyn Wish V. Interneuron

 

892

 

9-29-99

 

Appointment of Gregory P. Miller as Escrow Agent

 

989

 

11-10-99

 

Stipulation & PTO deferring, briefing & consideration of Daubert Motions of American Home Products.

 

992

 

11-15-99

 

Rolling Due Dates: PMC & AHP request for an extension of deadlines pertaining to the completion of fact sheet expert discovery.

 

997

 

11-23-99

 

Sheila Brown, et al. V. American Home Products Corp., et al. (99-20593) Conditionally certifying settlement class, preliminarily approving the Settlement Agreement, approving the forms of Notice and Scheduling the Fairness Hearing.

 

1003

 

12-3-99

 

Sheila Brown, et al. V. AHP (99-20593) Hearing held on 11-30-99 - The Court=s opinion as to preliminary approval.

 

1014

 

12-7-99

 

Designation of Jurists in which their states were admitted to the Union as the State Court Judicial Advisory Committee

 

1050

 

1-10-2000

 

Re: the Second Joint Motion - Supplementation to Pretrial Order No. 997

 

1071

 

1-28-2000

 

Special Discovery Court

 

1109

 

2-3-2000

 

Fairness Hearing - Discovery - Pre-Hearing Disclosures

 

1115

 

2-10-2000

 

Confidentiality Agreement re: Proposed Settlement

 

1162

 

2-28-2001

 

Designation of Treating Physicians As Case-Specific Experts (Vacated Pursuant to PTO 3370)

 

1227

 

4-6-2000

 

Joint motion of AHP & Plaintiff for permanent injunction re: class wide opt outs

 

1238

 

4-11-2000

 

Order stating all Opt-Out notices received by the ICA on or before 3/30/00 are timely and valid.

 

1255

 

4-18-2000

 

Case specific Expert discovery relating to AHP & voluntary dismissal procedures

 

1332

 

6-20-2000

 

AHP=s Motions to Limit the Expert Testimony of Jerome L. Avorn, M.D. & to exclude testimony of Lewis J. Rubin, M.D. & responses

 

1351

 

6-28-2000

 

Phentermine defendants & AHP=s motions to exclude Paul Wellman, Ph.D. & Timothy Maher, Ph.D.

 

1374

 

7-20-2000

 

Hearing August 10, 2000 to address the matters included in the 4th Amendment [to nationwide Class Action Settlement Agreement] and any issues presented by the Joint Motion for Approval

 

1391

 

7-20-2000

 

Order Approving Purchase of errors and missions Insurance for the MDL 1203 fee and cost account.

 

1415

 

8-28-2000

 

Approval of AHP Settlement

 

1685

 

2-1-2001

 

AHP=s Motion to exclude the Expert Testimony of certain Expert Reports

 

1719

 

2-14-2001

 

Approved Motion for Subrogation Settlement Agreements

 

1823

 

3-21-2001

 

Joint Motion to require the AHP Settlement Trust to distribute proceeds of the Settlement and the United States Government Statement of Interest

 

2355

 

1-28-2002

 

Order Approving Official Notice of Final Judicial Approval

 

2362

 

1-31-2002

 

AHP Settlement Trust Policies and Procedures for Audit and Disposition of Matrix Compensation Claims in Audit

 

2383

 

2-26-2002

 

Procedures for Resolving Motions to Enforce Paragraph 7 of Pretrial Order No 1415 Against Class Members who Assert Claims Allegedly Based on PPH

 

2457

 

5-31-2002

 

Policies and Procedures for Audit and Disposition of Matrix Compensation Claims in Audit

 

2662

 

11-26-2002

 

100% Audit of Matrix Level Benefits

 

2677

 

12-10-2002

 

Approval of the Fifth Amendment to the AHP Settlement Agreement

 

2778

 

03-12-2003

 

Approval of the Sixth Amendment to the AHP Settlement Agreement

 

2805

 

03-26-2003

 

Procedures Concerning Medical Records Relating to Matrix Claims

 

2806

 

03-26-2006

 

Establishing Credentials Required for an Auditing Cardiologist

 

2807

 

03/26/2003

 

Court Approved Procedure No. 4 concerning Medical Records Relating to Matrix Compensation Claims; Physician ADDR@Acknowledgment Form

 

2930

 

07-23-2003

 

Revised Plaintiffs=Fact Sheet and Medical Authorization. (Revision Made from Fact Sheet attached to PTO No. 22) New Deadlines and Requirements for Purported Intermediate and/or Back End Opt Outs. (Subject to Changes within PTO 3370)

 

 

3370

 

03-24-2004

 

Relates to MDL 1203 administration matters, including the severence of multi-plaintiff cases, the extensions of deadlines and the procedure for remanding cases to the transferor Courts upon completion of discovery.

 

 



















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