Legal Opinion
Teva Pharm. Indus., Ltd. v. United Healthcare Servs., Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 18, 2018No. CIVIL ACTION No. 16-4870PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Goldberg, District Judge.
The question before me is whether a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") pertaining to a $125 million antitrust resolution constitutes a binding settlement agreement.
This dispute arises from several antitrust claims, brought pursuant to FTC v. Actavis, Inc., 570 U.S. 136, 133 S.Ct. 2223, 186 L.Ed.2d 343 (2013), involving reverse settlement payments between the brand name manufacturer of the drug Provigil ® and various generic drug manufacturers. On June 1, 2015, I denied class certification for the end-payor plaintiffs in the case of Vista Healthplan v. Cephalon, Inc.,…
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