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Civil Litigation,
Corporate,
Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Sep. 24, 2018

Classes recover $82 million in attorney fees in two antitrust settlements

A federal judge has awarded plaintiffs $82 million in attorney fees related to the settlement of two pharmaceutical antitrust lawsuits totaling $270 million.

A U.S. judge awarded plaintiffs attorneys $82 million in fees related to the settlements of two pharmaceutical antitrust lawsuits totaling $270 million.

U.S. District Court Judge William H. Orrick in San Francisco also granted final approval of the settlements. Three companies were accused of conspiring in pay-for-delay schemes to keep a generic version of the pain patch Lidoderm off the market.

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