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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
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IN RE INSULIN PRICING LITIGATION :
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FRANK BARNETT, ALTHEA BENTELE, :
DIANNA GILMORE, MARK
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GOLDSMITH, RITCH HOARD, and
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TREMAYNE SIMONS,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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NOVO NORDISK INC., et al.,
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Defendants.
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JULIA BOSS, RUTH A. HART, RUTH
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JOHNSON, LEANN RICE, and
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TYPE 1 DIABETES DEFENSE
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FOUNDATION, on behalf of themselves :
and all others similarly situated,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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CVS HEALTH CORPORATION, et al.,
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Defendants.
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Civil Action No. 3:17-cv-0699-BRM-LHG
ORDER

Civil Action No. 3:17-cv-1580-BRM-LHG

Civil Action No. 3:17-cv-1823-BRM-LHG

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SCOTT CHRISTENSEN, GAY DEPUTEE, :
MARY ANN DEVINS, MILDRED FORD, :
EMMA JENSEN, EDWARD JOHNSON, :
ANGELA KRITSELIS, SUSAN LANDIS, :
RUSSELL SCOTT PALMER, WILLIE
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PHILLIPS, JON UGLAND, ANDREW
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VAN HOUZEN,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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NOVO NORDISK INC., et al.,
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Defendants.
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Civil Action No. 3:17-cv-2678-BRM-LHG

THIS MATTER having been open to the Court on letter applications of (1) Steve W.
Berman of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP (“Hagens Berman”) and James E. Cecchi of
Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody & Agnello, P.C. Zelman, LLC (“Carella Byrne”;
collectively with Hagens Berman, “HB/CB”) (ECF No. 49-1) 1; (2) Lynn Lincoln Sarko, Derek W.
Loeser, and Gretchen S. Obrist of Keller Rohrback L.L.P. (“Rohrback”) (ECF No. 50); and (3)
Ellen Relkin of Weitz and Luxenberg and Todd A. Seaver of Berman DeValerio (collectively
“WL/BD”) (ECF No. 51), the Court having reviewed plaintiffs’ request, as well as the submissions
of (1) Linda P. Nussbaum of the Nussbaum Law Group, P.C. (ECF No. 52), (2) Natalie Finkelman
Bennett of Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah, LLP (ECF No. 53), and (3) Roberta D.
Liebenberg of Fine, Kaplan and Black, R.P.C. (ECF No. 54) in support of the HB/CB application,
and good cause having been shown,
IT IS on this 18th day of September 2017,

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All Electronic Case File numbers refer to documents filed in Case No. 17-0699.
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ORDERED that Steve W. Berman of Hagens Berman and James E. Cecchi of Carella
Byrne are appointed as interim lead counsel.

/s/ Brian R. Martinotti
HON. BRIAN R. MARTINOTTI
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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