In re Nutramax Cosamin Marketing & Sales Practices Litigation

TRANSFER ORDER

JOHN G. HEYBURN II, Chairman.

Before the Panel:* Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, common defendant Nutramax Laboratories, Inc. (Nutramax) moves to centralize this litigation in the Central District of California, or, in the alternative, the District of Maryland. The litigation consists of the three actions listed on Schedule A, which are pending in the Southern District of California, the Southern District of Florida, and the Northern District of Illinois, respectively. Rite Aid Corporation and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., both of which are defendants in only the Southern District of…