STATE OF LOUISIANA BY AND THROUGH ITS ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRILL v. ABBVIE INC ET AL (2025)

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

STATE OF LOUISIANA, BY AND THROUGH ITS ATTORNEY GENERAL, LIZ MURRILL v. ABBVIE, INC., ET AL.

25-124

Decided: March 24, 2025

Court composed of Sharon Darville Wilson, Charles G. Fitzgerald, and Ledricka J. Thierry, Judges.

Nicole A. Eichberger Margaret Frohn Swetman Proskauer Rose LLP 650 Poydras Street, Suite 1800 New Orleans, LA 70130-6146 (504) 310-4088 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. David A. Mukittrick Bradley R. Ruskin Proskauer Rose LLP Eleven Times Square New York, NY 10036 (212) 969-3000 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Colin R. Kass Proskauer Rose LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 600 South Washington, DC 20004 (202) 416-6800 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Joseph L. Mcreynolds Deutsch Kerrigan, L.L.P. 755 Magazine Street New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 377-7865 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Charles M. Jarrell Gina Bradley Tuttle Guglielmo, Lopez, Tuttle, Hunter & Jarrell 306 E. North Street Opelousas, LA 70571 (337) 948-8201 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS: Abbvie, Inc., Warner Chilcott, Ltd, Warner Chilcott Sales (US), LLC, Warner Chilcott, PLC, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Allergan, PLC, Actavis, Inc., and Actavis, PLC Eugene E. Hutchinson White & Case LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 (212) 819-8520 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS: Abbvie, Inc., Warner Chilcott, Ltd, Warner Chilcott Sales (US), LLC, Warner Chilcott, PLC, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Allergan, PLC, Actavis, Inc., and Actavis, PLC C. Kelly Newman White & Case LLP 75 State Street Boston, MA 02109 (617) 979-9300 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS: Abbvie, Inc., Warner Chilcott, Ltd, Warner Chilcott Sales (US), LLC, Warner Chilcott, PLC, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Allergan, PLC, Actavis, Inc., and Actavis, PLC J. Mark Gidley Kathryn J. Mims White & Case LLP 701 13th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 (202) 626-3600 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS: Abbvie, Inc., Warner Chilcott, Ltd, Warner Chilcott Sales (US), LLC, Warner Chilcott, PLC, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Allergan, PLC, Actavis, Inc., and Actavis, PLC Liz Murrill, Attorney General for the State of Louisiana Mike Dupree, Public Protection Division Mario Guadamud, Complex Litigation Unit Matthew P. Stafford, Jr., Medicaid Fraud Control Unit John J. Kelley, Office of the Attorney General Ryan McNeil, Office of the Attorney General 1885 North 3rd Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802 (225) 326-6468 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE: State of Louisiana John Alden Meade Meade Young, LLC 400 Poydras Street, Suite 1680 New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 382-6283 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE: State of Louisiana Robert L. Salim Salim-Beasley LLC 1901 Texas Street, Suite 1680 Natchitoches, LA 71457 (337) 352-5999 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE: State of Louisiana Patrick C. Morrow Richard T. Haik, Jr. Morrow, Morrow, Ryan & Bassett P.O. Drawer 1787 324 W. Landry Street Opelousas, LA 71571 (337) 948-4483 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE: State of Louisiana