IN RE WELLNX MARKETING AND SALES PRACTICES LITIG.

MDL No. 07-md-1861.

673 F.Supp.2d 43 (2009)

In re WELLNX MARKETING AND SALES PRACTICES LITIGATION.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

December 11, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leah A. Ayala, John R. Bailey, Bailey & Merrill, Las Vegas, NV, David A. Barry, Samuel M. Furgang, Andrew R. Levin, Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, PC, Boston, MA, Douglas S. Lyons, Marsha Lyons, Lyons & Farrar, PA, Tallahassee, FL, Dennis L. Kennedy, Kimberly R. McGhee, Bailey Kennedy, Las Vegas, NV, H. Christian Bode, Natalie D. Collins, Bode & Collins, PLC, Scottsdale, AZ, Rodney E. Loomer, Michael J. Patton, Wallace S. Squibb, Wallace S. Squibb, Turner, Reid, Duncan, Loomer & Patton, Springfield, PC, MO, Amelia G. Helmick, Wade H. Tomlinson, Wade H. Tomlinson, Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood LLP, Alan G. Snipes, Columbus, GA, R. Timothy Morrison, Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood LLP, Corey M. Stern, Atlanta, GA, Craig S. Bloomgarden, Robert A. Zeavin, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Gerald L. Greene, F. Allen Lewis, Greene & Lewis, Pineville, KY, Gary J. Rickner, Gary J. Rickner, Ward & Smith, P.A., New Bern, NC, Steven B. Tannenbaum, Steven B. Tannenbaum, Horowitz, Tannenbaum & Silver, P.C., Lake Success, NY, Amy B. Briggs, Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, San Francisco, CA, Clark H. Cole, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, St. Louis, MO, Michael C. Costello, Ferriter & Costello, Cambridge, MA, Bruce D. Fox, Fox and Farley, Clinton, TN, Craig Hilliard, Stark & Stark, Lawrenceville, NJ, Theresa L.F. Levings, Elizabeth D. Badger, Badger & Levings, Kansas City, MO, John E. Macdonald, Stark & Stark, PC, Princeton, NJ, William J. Murphy, Murphy & Shaffer, LLC, Baltimore, MD, for Consolidated Plaintiffs.

J. Douglas Baldridge, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Washington, DC, Robert J. Behling, Dapper Baldasare Benson Behling & Kane, Pittsburgh, PA, Edward P. Boyle, Michael C. Hartmere, Venable LLP, New York, NY, Robert C. Brand, Jr., William L. Tucker, Columbus, GA, Spencer H. Gunrierson, Mark M. Jones, Harrison, Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, Las Vegas, NV, Charles W. Hatfield, Stinson, Morrison & Hecker, Jefferson City, MO, Melinda Meador, Bass, Berry & Sims, Knoxville, TN, Shane C. Mecham, Stinson, Morrison & Hecker, LLP, Kansas City, MO, Eric Neyman, McCarter & English, LLP, Boston, MA, M. Elizabeth Nillen, Stinson, Morrsison & Hecker, LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Jon A. Santangelo, Stinson & Morrison, St. Louis, MO, Jeffrey M. Tanzer, Los Angeles, CA, for Consolidated Defendants.

Jennifer L. Barnett, Marcus, Errico, Emmer & Brooks, P.C., Braintree, MA, for ThirdParty Plaintiffs.

Christopher A. Bauer, Paul F. Rafferty, Jones Day, Irvine, CA, Darrell Mook, Donovan Hatem, LLP, Amy M. McCallen, Alan K. Posner, Rubin & Rudman, LLP, Boston, MA, Nhan T. Vu, Robinson Pharma, Inc., Santa Ana, CA, for Defendants.

Jessica Block, Block & Roos LLP, Boston, MA, Benjamin G. Chew, Edward G. Gehres, III, Patton & Boggs, LLP, Washington, DC, for ThirdParty Defendants.

Karen S. Crawford, Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland, & Perretti, LLP, Morristown, NJ, for ThirdParty Plaintiffs/Defendants.

Kelly S. Crawford, Anne M. Patterson, Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, LLP, Morristown, NJ, Douglas A. Troyer, Marcus, Errico, Emmer & Brooks, Braintree, MA, for Defendants/ThirdParty Plaintiffs/Consolidated Defendants.

Thomas B.K. Ringe, III, Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiffs/Consolidated Plaintiffs.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS

STEARNS, District Judge.

In these sixteen civil cases, plaintiffs assert fraud-based claims against the moving defendants WellNx Life Sciences, Inc. (WellNx), Swiss Caps USA, Inc. (Swiss Caps), and Robinson Pharma, Inc. (RPI), the inventors, retailers, and manufacturers of the "weight loss" products "Slimquick— the Female Fat Burner" (Slimquick...

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