MINUTE entry before Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr: Plaintiffs unopposed motion to consolidate and appoint lead plaintiffs, co-lead and co-liason counsel [DE 17, docketed in 11 C 9074 only] is granted. The Clerk is directed to consolidate these cases under 11 C 9074 for all purposes, and terminate case 11 C 9190. The Court appoints the plaintiffs in each case, Robert J. Casey and Lori Ravenscroft Geare, respectively, to serve as Co-Lead Plaintiffs in the consolidated action. The Court designates the firms of Robbins Umeda LLP and the Paskowitz Law Firm, P.C., to serve as Co-Lead Counsel, and the firms of Lasky & Rifkind, Ltd. and the Law Offices of Edward T. Joyce & Associates, P.C., to serve as Co-Lead Liaison Counsel, in the consolidated action.Plaintiffs are granted leave to file a consolidated complaint by September 21, 2012. Defendants responsive pleadings to the consolidated complaint are due November 2, 2012. In the event that Defendants respond to the complaint by motion, Plaintiffs response to the motion(s) are due December 14, 2012. Replies are due on January 11, 2013.Mailed notice(air, ) (Entered: 08/10/2012)
STATUS Report by Irving W. Bailey, II, F. Michael Ball, Christopher B. Begley, Barbara L. Bowles, Connie R. Curran, Lori Ravenscroft Geare, Roger W. Hale, Hospira, Inc., Terrence C. Kearney, Brian J. Smith, Jacque J. Sokolov, John C. Staley, Thomas E. Werner, Mark F. Wheeler, Heino von Prodzynski (Rabinovitz, Joshua) (Entered: 06/22/2012)
MINUTE entry before Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr: This case has been reassigned to the calendar of Judge John J. Tharp, Jr. To assist the Court in acquiring the requisite knowledge of the case, counsel for the parties are directed to confer, and then to prepare and file a joint status report, not to exceed five pages, no later than June 22, 2012. If defendants counsel has not yet filed an appearance, the status report should be prepared by plaintiffs counsel. A template for the Reassignment Status Report, setting forth the information required, is attached to this order and can be found on Judge Tharps home page. The Court hereby strikes any status hearing set on or before August 1, 2012, that the reassigning Judge did not already strike. The Court will re-set status hearings as necessary following its review of the parties joint status reports. Unless otherwise ordered by this Court, all other hearing dates, deadlines, and schedules in effect as of the date of this Order remain in effect. [For further details see attached] Mailed notice (Attachments: # 1 attachment) (air, ) (Entered: 06/08/2012)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ORDER: It appearing that, pursuant to the Executive Committee Order entered on May 18, 2012, the civil cases on the attached list have been selected for reassignment to form the initial calendar of the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr., therefore IT IS HEREBY ORDERED That the attached list of 319 cases be reassigned to the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this order shall become effective on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Case reassigned to the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr. for all further proceedings. Signed by Executive Committee on 6/1/2012. Mailed Notice (ef, ) (Entered: 06/05/2012)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ORDER: Case reassigned to the Honorable James B. Zagel for all further proceedings. Signed by Executive Committee on 4/24/2012.(lp, ) (Entered: 04/25/2012)
MINUTE entry before Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan: Status hearing held and continued to 05/16/12 at 9:00 a.m. Counsel appeared and reported to the Court that we are still awaiting an Executive Committee Order to reassign the action to Judge Zagel. In the event an order reassigning the action is filed prior to the 05/16/12 status hearing, the status hearing will be stricken. Mailed notice (mw, ) (Entered: 04/12/2012)
MINUTE entry before Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan: Status hearing held and continued to 04/12/12 at 9:00 a.m. Counsel appeared and reported to the Court that Judge Zagel has agreed to have this action reassigned to him based upon relatedness. Counsel are directed to confirm with Judge Zagel's Courtroom Deputy and seek to have the appropriate Executive Committee order issued. Mailed notice (mw, ) (Entered: 03/13/2012)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants Irving W. Bailey, II, F. Michael Ball, Christopher B. Begley, Barbara L. Bowles, Connie R. Curran, Roger W. Hale, Hospira, Inc., Terrence C. Kearney, Brian J. Smith, Jacque J. Sokolov, John C. Staley, Thomas E. Werner, Mark F. Wheeler, Heino von Prodzynski by Joshua Z Rabinovitz (Rabinovitz, Joshua) (Entered: 02/28/2012)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants Irving W. Bailey, II, F. Michael Ball, Christopher B. Begley, Barbara L. Bowles, Connie R. Curran, Roger W. Hale, Hospira, Inc., Terrence C. Kearney, Brian J. Smith, Jacque J. Sokolov, John C. Staley, Thomas E. Werner, Mark F. Wheeler, Heino von Prodzynski by Mark Robert Filip (Filip, Mark) (Entered: 02/28/2012)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants Irving W. Bailey, II, F. Michael Ball, Christopher B. Begley, Barbara L. Bowles, Connie R. Curran, Roger W. Hale, Hospira, Inc., Terrence C. Kearney, Brian J. Smith, Jacque J. Sokolov, John C. Staley, Thomas E. Werner, Mark F. Wheeler, Heino von Prodzynski by Robert J. Kopecky (Kopecky, Robert) (Entered: 02/28/2012)
MINUTE entry before Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan:Waivers of service having been filed, Initial status hearing reset to 03/13/12 at 9:00 a.m. Initial status hearing set for 02/28/12 is stricken. Laurence D. Paskowitz's motion for leave to appear pro hac vice for Plaintiff 8 is granted. Mailed notice(lp, ) (lp, ). (Entered: 02/27/2012)
MINUTE entry before Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan: Initial status hearing set for 02/28/12 at 9:00 a.m. At least four working days before the initial status hearing, the parties shall conduct a FRCP 26(f) conference and file a joint written Initial Status Report, not to exceed five pages in length, and file the Court's Joint Jurisdictional Status Report and deliver courtesy copies to this Court's Courtroom Deputy in Room 1908. The Court's standing orders on the Initial Status Report and Joint Jurisdictional Status Report maybe obtained from Judge Der-Yeghiayan's web page or from this Court's Courtroom Deputy. Counsel for the Plaintiff is warned that failure to serve summons and complaint on Defendants will result in a dismissal of the action and/or a dismissal of that Defendant not properly served pursuant to FRCP 4. Counsel for Plaintiff is further directed to file with the Clerk of Court, the appropriate returns of service and/or waivers of service. Mailed notice (mw, ) (Entered: 01/12/2012)
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