Legal Opinion
In Re Synthroid Marketing Litigation
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 9, 2002No. 97 C 6017PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BUCKLO, District Judge.
This opinion discusses attorneys’ fees and costs in a large class action lawsuit. Synthroid is the brand name of a synthetic version of levothyroxine sodium, a drug used to treat thyroid disorders. In 1990, Betty J. Dong, a pharmacy professor at the University of California, San Francis co, wrote a report for Knoll Pharmaceutical Company concluding that there were cheaper drugs that were bioequivalents. Knoll refused to allow publication of the report, but when Dong’s conclusions were publicized anyway, Knoll, embarrassed, relented, and the…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Daniel Jt Taubenfeld and Raizel Taubenfeld v. Aon Corp., Appeal Of: Hannah FeldmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
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- Vollmer, Thomas v. Selden, LyndeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- Scheibel, Sandra B. v. BASF CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
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