Legal Opinion
Howe v. Townsend
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 19, 2009No. 09-1196PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
One unhappy named plaintiff appeals from an order approving a $24 million class action settlement in one multidistrict litigation, in which class members allege that AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP (AstraZeneca) published artificially inflated prescription drug prices. In re Pharm. Indus. Average Wholesale Price Litig., MDL No. 1456, Civ. A. No. 01-12257, 2008 WL 7085766 (D.Mass. Dec. 15, 2008) (order approving final settlement) (In re Pharm. Final Settlement Approval). The settlement is between AstraZeneca and a class of consumer plaintiffs who claimed they overpaid…
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