Legal Opinion
In re Rotavirus Vaccines Antitrust Litig.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 22, 2019No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 18-CV-1734 (Consolidated)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJoyner, District Judge
This consolidated putative antitrust class action has been brought before the Court on Motion of Defendant Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. ("Merck") to compel each individual plaintiff to arbitration and to *259stay these proceedings pending such arbitrations. For the reasons which we explain in the pages which follow, the motion shall be denied.
Factual Background
As averred in the Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint filed by Sugartown Pediatrics, LLC and Schwartz Pediatrics S.C.,1 this lawsuit "challenges Merck's anticompetitive vaccine bundling scheme whereby Merck leverages its monopoly power…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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