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STATE v. BAYER CORPORATION

DOCKET NOS. A-2731-20 A-2733-20.

312 A.3d 894 (2024)

478 N.J. Super. 184

The STATE of New Jersey EX REL. HEALTH CHOICE GROUP, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BAYER CORPORATION and Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Defendants-Respondents. The State of New Jersey ex rel. Health Choice Alliance, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Eli Lilly and Company, Inc., Defendant-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 1, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Radu A. Lelutiu (McKool Smith PC) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Ruby Khallouf argued the cause for appellant Health Choice Group, LLC, in A-2731-20 and appellant Health Choice Alliance, LLC, in A-2733-20 (Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli Tipton & Taylor, LLC, Radu A. Lelutiu , W. Mark Lanier (The Lanier Law Firm) of the Texas bar, admitted pro hac vice, Zeke DeRose III (The Lanier Law Firm) of the Texas bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Eric B. Halper (McKool Smith PC) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, attorneys; Brian Russell Tipton , Phillipsburg, Ruby Khallouf , W. Mark Lanier , Zeke DeRose III , Eric B. Halper , and Radu A. Lelutiu , of counsel and on the briefs).

Lawrence S. Lustberg , Newark, argued the cause for respondents Bayer Corporation and Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in A-2731-20 (Gibbons PC, Matthew J. O'Connor (Covington & Burling LLP) of the District of Columbia and Massachusetts bars, admitted pro hac vice, Matthew F. Dunn (Covington & Burling LLP) of the District of Columbia and Maryland bars, admitted pro hac vice, and Kristin M. Cobb (Covington & Burling LLP) of the District of Columbia and Virginia bars, admitted pro hac vice, attorneys; Lawrence S. Lustberg , Newark, Matthew J. O'Connor , Matthew F. Dunn , and Kristin M. Cobb , of counsel and on the brief).

Allon Kedem (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP) of the District of Columbia and New York bars, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for respondent Eli Lilly and Company, Inc., in A-2733-20 (Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Michael A. Rogoff (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, Sara L. Shudofsky (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Debra E. Schreck , attorneys; Jeffrey S. Jacobson , Michael Charles Zogby , Morristown, Michael A. Rogoff , Sara L. Shudofsky , and Debra E. Schreck , of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges Gilson, Berdote Byrne, and Bishop-Thompson.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

These two appeals, which we consolidate for purposes of this opinion, arise out of separate, but similar, qui tam lawsuits filed by plaintiffs Health Choice Group, LLC (HCG) and Health Choice Alliance, LLC (HCA) (collectively, plaintiffs or Relators) on behalf of the State of

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