Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada v. AbbVie, Inc.
Plaintiff: Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada
Defendant: AbbVie, Inc.
Case Number: 1:2025cv00615
Filed: January 17, 2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Presiding Judge: Edmond E Chang
Nature of Suit: Anti-Trust
Cause of Action: 15 U.S.C. § 1 Antitrust Litigation
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
March 17, 2025 Filing 45 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: Attorneys Silvie Saltzman's, Aaron J. Marks', and Sharon K. Robertson's motions to appear pro hac vice for the Plaintiff #41 , #42 , #43 are granted. Emailed notice (mw, )
March 15, 2025 Filing 44 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: On review of the Plaintiff's counsel's motion for appointment as Interim Lead Counsel, R. 38, 39, counsel shall file a supplement to the motion setting forth whether counsel is aware of any other pending or impending class actions asserting the same or similar claims against the Defendant. The Defendant (which took no position on the appointment motion) shall file an Information Statement that addresses the same question. The supplement and the Information Statement are due on 03/19/2025. The motion hearing of 03/18/2025 is vacated. Instead, just to track this one issue, a tracking status hearing is set for 03/21/2025 at 8:30 a.m., but there is no need to appear.Emailed notice (Chang, Edmond)
March 14, 2025 Filing 43 receipt number AILNDC-23204631 MOTION by Plaintiff Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada for leave to appear as Pro Hac Vice receipt number AILNDC-23204631 (Robertson, Sharon)
March 14, 2025 Filing 42 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-23208209. (Marks, Aaron)
March 14, 2025 Filing 41 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-23207660. (Saltzman, Silvie)
March 12, 2025 Filing 40 NOTICE of Motion by Joseph Michael Vanek for presentment of before Honorable Edmond E. Chang on 3/18/2025 at 08:30 AM. (Vanek, Joseph)
March 12, 2025 Filing 39 MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF PURCHASER PLAINTIFF SHEET METAL WORKERS HEALTH PLAN OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADAS MOTION TO APPPOINT BERMAN TABACCO, SPERLING, KENNY NACKWALTER, LLC AND HILLIARD SHADOWEN LLP INTERIM CO-LEAD CLASS COUNSEL FOR THE PROPOSED PURCHASER CLASS (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Steve D. Shadowen, #2 Exhibit 1 to Declaration)(Vanek, Joseph)
March 12, 2025 Filing 38 MOTION TO APPOINT BERMAN TABACCO, SPERLING KENNY NACHWALTER, LLC AND HILLIARD SHADOWEN LLP INTERIM CO-LEAD CLASS COUNSEL FOR THE PROPOSED PURCHASER CLASS by Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada (Vanek, Joseph)
March 7, 2025 Filing 37 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: On review of the status report, R. 36, the tracking status hearing of 03/14/2025 is reset to 04/18/2025 at 8:30 a.m., but to track the case only (no appearance is required, the case will not be called). Instead, the Court will review the response to the complaint, which is due on 04/14/2025, R. 33. Emailed notice (mw, )
March 4, 2025 Filing 36 STATUS Report Joint Initial by Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada (Vanek, Joseph)
February 24, 2025 Filing 35 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: Amanda P. Reeves' motion to appear pro hac vice for the Defendant #34 is granted. Emailed notice (mw, )
February 21, 2025 Filing 34 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-23112771. (Reeves, Amanda)
February 18, 2025 Filing 33 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: The Defendant's unopposed extension motion #30 to respond to the complaint is granted to 04/14/2025, given the heft of the 75-page complaint. If the Defendant files a Rule 12 motion, then the Court will set the briefing schedule after reviewing the filing (the proposed schedule, R. 30 at 2, might very well be appropriate). The joint initial status report, R. 10-1, remains due on 03/04/2025, but the parties may skip Section 2 for now. Emailed notice (mw, )
February 18, 2025 Filing 32 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: Jennifer L. Giordano's motion to appear pro hac vice for Defendant #29 is granted. Emailed notice (mw, )
February 13, 2025 Filing 31 NOTICE of Motion by Sean M. Berkowitz for presentment of motion for extension of time to file answer #30 before Honorable Edmond E. Chang on 2/19/2025 at 08:30 AM. (Berkowitz, Sean)
February 13, 2025 Filing 30 MOTION by Defendant AbbVie, Inc. for extension of time to file answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint (Unopposed) (Berkowitz, Sean)
February 13, 2025 Filing 29 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-23085614. (Giordano, Jennifer)
February 13, 2025 Filing 28 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by AbbVie, Inc. (Berkowitz, Sean)
February 13, 2025 Filing 27 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant AbbVie, Inc. by Gary Feinerman (Feinerman, Gary)
February 13, 2025 Filing 26 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant AbbVie, Inc. by Sean M. Berkowitz (Berkowitz, Sean)
February 4, 2025 Filing 25 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada as to AbbVie, Inc. on 1/23/2025, answer due 2/13/2025. (Vanek, Joseph)
January 28, 2025 Filing 24 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada by Sean Micah Akchin (Akchin, Sean)
January 28, 2025 Filing 23 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada by Todd A Seaver (Seaver, Todd)
January 27, 2025 Filing 22 REFUND PROCESSED re REQUEST for Clerk of Court to refund filing fee in the amount of 150.00, receipt no. AILNDC-22985534, regarding motion to appear pro hac vice #12 (Weiner, Matthew) #15 (td, )
January 24, 2025 Filing 21 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada by Matthew Charles Weiner (Weiner, Matthew)
January 24, 2025 Filing 20 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada by Brooke Erin Lowell (Lowell, Brooke)
January 24, 2025 Filing 19 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada by Steven Lev Groopman (Groopman, Steven)
January 24, 2025 Filing 18 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada by Kathryn B. Allen (Allen, Kathryn)
January 24, 2025 Filing 17 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada by Steve D. Shadowen (Shadowen, Steve)
January 23, 2025 Filing 16 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: Brooke Lowell's, Matthew Weiner's, Kathryn Allen's, and Steve Shadowen's motions to appear pro hac vice for the Plaintiff #11 , #12 , #13 , #14 are granted. Emailed notice (mw, )
January 22, 2025 Filing 15 REQUEST for Clerk of Court to refund filing fee in the amount of 150.00, receipt no. AILNDC-22985534, regarding motion to appear pro hac vice #12 (Weiner, Matthew)
January 22, 2025 Filing 14 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-22985866. (Shadowen, Steve)
January 22, 2025 Filing 13 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-22985701. (Allen, Kathryn)
January 22, 2025 Filing 12 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-22985804. (Weiner, Matthew)
January 22, 2025 Filing 11 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-22982173. (Lowell, Brooke)
January 22, 2025 Filing 10 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: Initial tracking status hearing set for 03/14/2025 at 8:30 a.m. to track the case only (no appearance is required, the case will not be called). Instead, the Court will set the case schedule after reviewing the written status report. The parties must file a joint initial status report with the content described in the ***ATTACHED*** status report requirements (do ***not*** use templates from other cases) by 03/04/2025. Plaintiff must still file the report even if Defendant has not responded to requests to craft a joint report. If Defendant has not been served, then Plaintiff must complete the part of the report on the progress of service. Also, counsel must carefully review Judge Chang's Case Management Procedures, available online at ilnd.uscourts.gov (navigate to Judges / District Judges / Judge Edmond E. Chang). Because the Procedures are occasionally revised, counsel must read them anew even if the counsel or the party has appeared before Judge Chang in other cases. Emailed notice (Attachments: #1 Status Report Requirements) (mw, )
January 22, 2025 Filing 9 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang:Todd A Seaver's, Steven Lev Groopman's, and Sean Micah Akchin's motions for leave to appear pro hac vice for the Plaintiff #6 , #7 , #8 are granted. Emailed notice (mw, )
January 22, 2025 SUMMONS Issued as to Defendant AbbVie, Inc. (gmm, )
January 21, 2025 Filing 8 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-22976740. (Akchin, Sean)
January 21, 2025 Filing 7 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-22976715. (Groopman, Steven)
January 21, 2025 Filing 6 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-22976687. (Seaver, Todd)
January 21, 2025 Filing 5 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada by Phillip Frederick Cramer (Cramer, Phillip)
January 21, 2025 Filing 4 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada by Matthew T. Slater (Slater, Matthew)
January 21, 2025 Filing 3 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada by Paul Ethan Slater (Slater, Paul)
January 21, 2025 CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Edmond E. Chang. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Daniel P. McLaughlin. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 1). (khg, )
January 21, 2025 CLERK'S NOTICE: Pursuant to Local Rule 73.1(b), a United States Magistrate Judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action. If all parties consent to have the currently assigned United States Magistrate Judge conduct all proceedings in this case, including trial, the entry of final judgment, and all post-trial proceedings, all parties must sign their names on the attached #Consent To# form. This consent form is eligible for filing only if executed by all parties. The parties can also express their consent to jurisdiction by a magistrate judge in any joint filing, including the Joint Initial Status Report or proposed Case Management Order. (khg, )
January 17, 2025 Filing 2 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada by Joseph Michael Vanek (Vanek, Joseph)
January 17, 2025 Filing 1 COMPLAINT filed by Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada; Jury Demand. Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-22970514. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Vanek, Joseph)

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Plaintiff: Sheet Metal Workers' Health Plan of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada
Represented By: Steven Lev Groopman
Represented By: Steve D. Shadowen
Represented By: Silvie Saltzman
Represented By: Sharon K Robertson
Represented By: Sean Micah Akchin
Represented By: Phillip Frederick Cramer
Represented By: Paul Ethan Slater
Represented By: Matthew Charles Weiner
Represented By: Matthew T. Slater
Represented By: Kathryn B. Allen
Represented By: Brooke Erin Lowell
Represented By: Aaron J. Marks
Represented By: Todd A Seaver
Represented By: Todd A Seaver
Represented By: Joseph Michael Vanek
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Defendant: AbbVie, Inc.
Represented By: Jennifer L. Giordano
Represented By: Gary Feinerman
Represented By: Amanda P. Reeves
Represented By: Sean M. Berkowitz
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