County of El Dorado v. McKinsey and Company, Inc.
- Charles Breyer
- 3:22-cv-07176
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
- 2
In County of El Dorado v. McKinsey and Company, Judge Breyer's action was transferred for coordinated pretrial proceedings in opioid litigation.
County of El Dorado and the other parties to the listed tag-along actions, including McKinsey and Company, Inc.; the actions were transferred to the Northern District of California for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings.
What happened
County of El Dorado et al. v. McKinsey and Company, Inc. was one of several actions involving common factual questions related to McKinsey's work as a prescription-opioid consultant.
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred the action to the Northern District of California under federal law so it could be handled with related cases during pretrial proceedings. The order did not decide the parties' underlying claims.
The order assigned the action to Judge Charles R. Breyer. The transfer became effective after the required waiting period because no objection was pending.
The detailed version
- County of El Dorado v. McKinsey and Company, Inc. · No. 3:22-cv-07176
- Charles Breyer
- Nov. 15, 2022
Background
This order concerns a tag-along action in multidistrict litigation involving national prescription-opioid consultant litigation. The action was filed in the Eastern District of California and listed as County of El Dorado et al. v. McKinsey and Company, Inc.
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation had previously transferred related civil actions to the Northern District of California for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 1407. The Panel determined that the actions listed in this order appeared to involve factual questions common to the previously transferred cases.
Ruling
The Panel conditionally transferred the action to the Northern District of California under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 and, with that court's consent, assigned it to Judge Charles R. Breyer. The order stated that it would become effective when filed in the Northern District of California. The seven-day waiting period was lifted because no objection was pending.
Effect
The order addressed venue and coordination of pretrial proceedings only. It did not rule on the merits of the claims against McKinsey and Company, Inc. or otherwise state an outcome for those claims.
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