Legal Opinion
In re Skelaxin (Metaxalone) Antitrust Litigation
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided June 10, 2013No. 1:12-md-2343PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*546 Order on Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Protective Order [Doc. 177]
WILLIAM B. MITCHELL CARTER, United States Magistrate Judge.
I. Introduction
This putative class action is an anti-trust action brought, in part, under Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act and Section 4 of the Clayton Act against defendants, King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (King) and Mutual Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. (Mutual) alleging they illegally delayed entry of a certain generic drug into the open market, thereby causing wholesalers of the drug to suffer damages. This matter comes before the undersigned on…
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