U.S. EX REL. LACORTE v. WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS

CIVIL ACTION NO. 06-11724-DPW.

706 F.Supp.3d 206 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America et al., EX REL. William LACORTE, Plaintiffs, v. WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Defendant. Vezina & Gattuso, LLC, Boone & Stone, Sakla Law Firm, APLC, Sherif K. Sakla, M.D., Intervenor Claimants/Interested Parties.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

Signed December 14, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andy J. Mao, Sanjay M. Bhambhani, Christopher Terranova, Zoila E. Hinson, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Gregg D. Shapiro, Gregg Shapiro Law, LLC, Brookline, MA, Kriss Basil, United States Attorney's Office, Boston, MA, for Plaintiff United States of America.

Silvija A. Strikis, Thomas Bennett, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, David E. Lurie, Karen E. Friedman, Lurie Friedman LLP, Boston, MA, John G. Hofmann, William F. York, Gilman, McLaughlin & Hanrahan, LLP, Boston, MA, Donald L. Hyatt, II, Pro Hac Vice, New Orleans, LA, Stephanie C. Reuther, The Sakla Law Firm, APLC, New Orleans, LA, Sherif K. Sakla, Sakla Law Firm, APLC, for Plaintiff William St. John LaCorte.

Steven T. Sharobem, United States Attorney's Office, Boston, MA, for Plaintiff The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Dawn S. Shigezawa, Pro Hac Vice, Hawaii Attorney General's Offfice, Honolulu, HI, Michael L. Parrish, Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General, Honolulu, HI, for Plaintiff State of Hawaii.

Jane Drummey, Pro Hac Vice, Paul Gallagher, Pro Hac Vice, District of Columbia Attorney General's Office, Washington, DC, fox Plaintiff District of Columbia.

Tiphanie P. Miller, Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Delaware Attorney General, Wilmington, DE, for Plaintiff State of Delaware.

Kathleen Von Hoene, Pro Hac Vice, Jonathan Blake Hunter, Pro Hac Vice, Michael J. Karpinski, Pro Hac Vice, Florida Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Plaintiff State of Florida.

Joseph B. Chervin, Pro Hac Vice, Patrick J. Keenan, Pro Hac Vice, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff State of Illinois.

Jessica L. Harlan-York, Pro Hac Vice, Indiana Attorney General's Office, Indiananpolis, IN, for Plaintiff State of Indiana.

Mary E. Hunley, Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General's Office, Baton Rouge, LA, Nicholas J. Diez, Pro Hac Vice, Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff State of Louisiana.

Deborah J. Harper, Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General's Office, East Lansing, MI, for Plaintiff State of Michigan.

Carolyn T. Ellis, Pro Hac Vice, New York State Attorney General's Office, New York, NY, for Plaintiff State of New York.

George S. Bell, III, Pro Hac Vice, Peter M. Coughlan, Pro Hac Vice, Mary E. McCullohs, Tennessee Attorney General's Office, Medicaid Fraud and Integrity Division, Nashville, TN, for Plaintiff State of Tennessee.

Kerry Muldowney Ascher, Pro Hac Vice, Susan J. Arenella, Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Texas Attorney General, Civil Medicaid Fraud Division, Austin, TX, for Plaintiff State of Texas.

Kimberly M. Bolton, Pro Hac Vice, William Clay Garrett, Pro Hac Vice, Commonwealth of Virginia Attorney General's Office, Richmond, VA, for Plaintiff State of Virginia.

Katie M. Wilson, Pro Hac Vice, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff State of Wisconsin.

Adelina O. Berumen, Brian V. Frankel, Lora Martin, CA Dept. of Justice California Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse, San Diego, CA, Randal L. Glaser, Pro Hac Vice, California Department of Justice, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff State of California.

Mark Kemberling, Pro Hac Vice, Nevada Attorney General's Office, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiff State of Nevada.

George A. Codding, Attorney General's Office, Denver, CO, Joan Elaine Smith, Colorado Dept. of Law — State Services, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff State of Colorado.

Joshua L. Jackson, Connecticut Attorney General's Office, Hartford, CT, Robert B. Teitelman, Pro Hac Vice, West Hartford, CT, for Plaintiff State of Connecticut.

John Hamlet, Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General, Frankfort, KY, Travis Mayo, Pro Hac Vice, Kentucky Atttornery General's Office, Frankfort, KY, Tad Thomas, Thomas & Lyon, LLC, Louisville, KY, for Plaintiff State of Kentucky.

Loren F. Snell, Jr., Attorney General's Offce, Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Division, Topeka, KS, for Plaintiff State of Kansas.

Valerie A. Wright, State of Maine Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, ME, for Plaintiff State of Maine.

Catherine Schuster Pascale, Shelly Martin, Pro Hac Vice, Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Baltimore, MD, for Plaintiff State of Maryland.

Chuck Roehrdanz, Jennifer J. Hasbargen, Peter D. Magnuson, Attorney General's Offce, Medicaid Fraud Unit, St. Paul, MN, for Plaintiff State of Minnesota.

Vicki L. Adams, Pro Hac Vice, Nebraska Department of Justice, Lincoln, NE, for Plaintiff State of Nebraska.

John Krayniak, Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General's Offce, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Trenton, NJ, for Plaintiff State of New Jersey.

F. Edward Kirby, Jr., Steven K. McCallister, Attorney General's Office, Raleigh, NC, for Plaintiff State of North Carolina.

Rodney K. Hopkinson, Attorney General's Office, Portland, OR, for Plaintiff State of Oregon.

Niki S. Batt, Pro Hac Vice, Oklahoma Office of Attorney General, Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff State of Oklahoma.

Genevieve M. AllaireJohnson, Pro Hac Vice, James F. Dube, Rhode Island Attorney General's Office, Providence, RI, for Plaintiff State of Rhode Island.

Charles William Gambrell, Jr., South Carolina Attorney General's Office, Columbia, SC, for Plaintiff State of South Carolina.

Paul Cremer, Attorney General's Office, Pierre, SD, for Plaintiff State of South Dakota.

Robert C. Morton, Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General's Office, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff State of Utah.

Steven J. Monde, Pro Hac Vice, Medicaid Fraud and Residential Abuse Unit, Montpelier, VT, Linda A. Purdy, Attorney General's Offce, Medicaid Fraud Unit-Montpelier, VT, for Plaintiff State of Vermont.

Carrie L. Bashaw, Pro Hac Vice, Washington State Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, for Plaintiff State of Washington.

Melissa R. Theriault, Pro Hac Vice, Wyoming Attorney General's Office, Cheyenne, WY, for Plaintiff State of Wyoming.

Jay Shue, Jeanette L. Hamilton, Arkansas Office of Attorney General, Little Rock, AR, for Plaintiff State of Arkansas.

John A. Freedman, Jeffrey L. Handwerker, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.

Christopher R. O'Hara, Lucia A. Passanisi, Todd & Weld LLP, Boston, MA, for Intervenor Claimants/Interested Parties Vezina & Gattuso, LLC, Boone & Stone.

Issac H. Ryan, Pro Hac Vice, Deutsch Kerrigan, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Matthew J. Paul, Pro Hac Vice, Richard C. Stanley, Pro Hac Vice, William M. Ross, Pro Hac Vice, Stanley, Reuter, Ross, Thornton & Alford, LLC, New Orleans, LA, Kevin T. Peters, Fox Rothschild LLP, Boston, MA, Lisa G. Arrowood, William F. McGonigle, III, Arrowood LLP, Boston, MA, for Intervenor Claimants/Interested Parties Sakla Law Firm, APLC, Sherif K. Sakla, M.D.

Alicia Giglio Suarez, Pro Hac Vice, Colleen A. Conry, Michael S. Casey, Pro Hac Vice, Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, DC, Brien T. O'Connor, David J. Derusha, Emily J. Derr, John P. Bueker, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA, Harvey J. Wolkoff, Quinn Emanuel Trial Lawyers, Boston, MA, John F. Baughman, New York, NY, for Defendant.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW REGARDING ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES, ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS AMONG QUONDOM CO-COUNSEL

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