In re Multidistrict Civil Antitrust Actions Involving Antibiotic Drugs

OPINION AND ORDER

The Panel, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, previously assigned the pretrial proceedings of the non-settling actions in this litigation to the Honorable Miles W. Lord, sitting by designation, in the Southern District of New York.1 Subsequently, Judge Lord transferred most of the non-settling actions for all purposes to the District of Minnesota under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a).2 Since the above-captioned actions appeared to involve factual issues common to the litigation before Judge Lord, the Panel issued an order conditionally transferring them3 to the District of Minnesota for…