United States of America et al v. Biogen Idec Inc.
Plaintiff: United States of America, Michael Bawduniak, State of California, State of Colorado, State of Delaware, District of Columbia, State of Florida, State of Georgia, State of Hawaii, State of Illinois, State of Indiana, State of Iowa, State of Louisiana, State of Maryland, Commonwealth of Masachusetts, State of Michigan, State of Minnesota, State of Montana, State of Nevada, State of New Jersey, State of New Mexico, State of New York, State of North Carolina, State of Oklahoma, State of Rhode Island, State of Tennessee, State of Texas, State of Wisconsin and Commonwealth of Virginia
Defendant: Biogen Idec Inc.
Consolidated_plaintiff: RTR Group, LLP, State of Connecticut, State of Washington, Fernando Villegas, Constantine Velentzas, Javier Zambrano, MD and John Cragar
Consolidated_defendant: Elan Corporation, PLC and Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Case Number: 1:2012cv10601
Filed: April 4, 2012
Court: US District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Office: Boston Office
County: Suffolk
Presiding Judge: Indira Talwani
Nature of Suit: Other Statutes: False Claims Act
Cause of Action: 31 U.S.C. ยง 3729
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff

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July 8, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 611 Judge Indira Talwani: ORDER entered. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER. Biogen's Motion to Exclude Testimony of Dr. Samuel Pleasure [Doc. No. 509 ], Motion to Exclude Testimony Dr. Richard Schwartzstein [Doc. No. 510 ], and Motion to Excl ude the Testimony of Margie Kuo [Doc. No. 512 ] are GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. Biogen's Motion to Exclude the Testimony of Dr. Joseph Ross [Doc. No. 511 ], Motion to Exclude the Testimony of Mark Scallon [Doc. No. [5 13]], and Motion to Exclude the Testimony of Janis Crum [Doc. No. 514 ] are GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART and remain under advisement in part. Biogen's Motion to Exclude the Testimony of Dr. Meredith Rosenthal [Doc. No. 515 ] remains under advisement. Relator's Motion to Exclude Portions of the Report and Testimony of Nathan S. Basseen [Doc. No. 498 ] is DENIED. Relator's Motion to Exclude Portions of the Expert Report and Testimony Dr. Eric Gaier [Doc. No. 497 ], Motion to Exclude Portions of Expert Report and Testimony of Dr. Maria Houtchens [Doc. No. 499 ], Motion to Exclude Portions of Expert Report and Testimony of Katherine Norris [Doc. No. 500 ], and Motion to Exclude Portions of Expert Report and Testimony of Dennis Kowalski [Doc. No. 501 ] remain under advisement. IT IS SO ORDERED. Please see attached. (Kelly, Danielle)
July 5, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 608 Judge Indira Talwani: ORDER entered. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER. Please see attached. (Kelly, Danielle)
November 6, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 386 Judge Indira Talwani: ORDER entered adopting 382 Stipulation filed by Biogen Inc. (MacDonald, Gail)
November 13, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 201 Judge Indira Talwani: ELECTRONIC ORDER entered denying 197 Motion to Amend. For the reasons set forth, Relators Motion for Leave to File an Amended Complaint or, Alternatively, for Court to revise its Order Dismissing State False Claims Act Counts 197 is DENIED. (Garvin, Brendan)
April 27, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 179 Judge Indira Talwani: ORDER entered. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER re: 139 Motion to Dismiss Relators Bawduniak and Villegass Third Amended Complaint Pursuant to Rules 8, 9(B), and 12(B)(6). The motion is is ALLOWED as to Counts 2, 4, 6-7, 9, 11-14, 16-19, 21, 24-25, 28-29, and 31, and DENIED as to the remainder of the Complaint.(DaSilva, Carolina)
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Defendant: Biogen Idec Inc.
Represented By: Abra C. Bron
Represented By: Frank E. Correll, Jr.
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