Judge John F. Keenan’s Individual Practice Requirements

08/16/06

JPML Transfer Order re MDL No. 1789

08/16/06

CMO 1: Order Establishing Pro Hac Vice Procedures (superseded by CMO 3)

09/15/06

CMO 2: Order Appointing Plaintiffs Executive Committee and Plaintiffs Steering Committee

09/25/06

Original Preservation Order (superseded)

10/26/06

Order Modifying Preservation Order (superseded by CMO 4)

10/26/06

CMO 3: Order re: position statements, direct filing, ECF, pro hac vice waiver, non-filing of discovery, remand stipulations, initial case selection process, class action schedule, fact discovery procedures

11/01/06

CMO 4: Initial Preservation Order

11/02/06

CMO 5: Pro Hac Vice Waiver/Attorney Admission Procedure Superseded by CMO 20

11/08/06

CMO 6: Order Directing PEC to Notify Merck re Personal Injury Class Certification Issues

12/06/06

CMO 7: Order Denying Amendment to CMO 3

12/06/06

CMO 8: Order Directing Revision and Adoption of Plaintiff Profile Forms

12/18/06

CMO 9: Confidentiality Order

01/03/07

CMO 10 (incorrectly marked as 9): Early Trial Selection Procedure

01/30/07

Amended CMO 10: identification of early trial-eligible cases

03/09/07

CMO 11: Cases Selected for Early Trial Discovery

06/18/07

Order Permitting Filing of Hard Copy Class Cert Brief by Merck

09/12/07

CMO 2A: Revision of PSC Member List

09/12/07

Order Pertaining to 09/11/07 Status Conf pertaining to master complaint, Merck CPF, Evidentiary Hearing, and Cost-Sharing

09/12/07

CMO 12: Common Benefit Time and Expense Submissions

09/18/07

Order Denying Request for Evidentiary Hearing on Class Certification Motion

10/31/07

Order Waiving Pre-Motion Conference Rule for Motions to Remand to State Court

11/14/07

CMO 13: Order Regarding Document Production Format

11/14/07

Letter Order Regarding Conduct of 11/30 Class Certification Hearing

11/14/07

CMO 14: Setting Deadlines for State Court Remand Motions

12/26/07

Order Denying Certification of 3 Medical Monitoring Classes (PA, FL, LA)

01/03/08

Order Dismissing Class Claims Pursuant to 01/03/08 Denial of Class Certification

01//28/08

Order Transferring 29 SDNY Cases to MDL

02/20/08

Amendment to CMO 11: Amending Cases Selected for Early Trial/Discovery

04/03/08

Order Assigning to Judge Keenan PSC’s Motion to Compel and Setting Briefing Schedule

04/25/08

Order Granting in Part PSC’s Motion to Compel Discovery

06/06/08

Order Limiting Cases Subject to Case-Specific Depositions

07/01/08

Order Remanding Cases to State Courts in Florida, Illinois, and California

07/28/08

Order on Discovery Issues Raised at 07/25/08 Status Conference (Causality Assessments and DePapp depo)

08/12/08

Order Denying Merck’s Request for Early Summary Judgment Motions on 3 Yr Exposure Cases

09/09/08

CMO 15: Setting Expert Discovery Deadlines, Dispositive Motion Deadlines, and Early Trial Schedule

10/24/08

Order Dismissing Without Prejudice Early Trial Pool Case Karen Greene

12/10/08

CMO 16 re Expert Discovery Protocol

12/18/08

Order Amending CMO 15 (substitution of Merck’s early trial case)

12/22/08

Order Extending Discovery to 03/20/09

1/23/09

Endorsed Letter Order Extending Discovery to 03/31/09

2/06/09

Stipulated Order Extending Case-Specific Expert Disclosure Deadline in Maley and Flemings Trial Cases

2/06/09

Order Denying Merck’s Motion to Compel Dr. Goss Deposition in USA

3/04/09

Wyeth v. Levine (S.Ct.): no preemption of state-law failure-to-warn claims

3/04/09

Order Denying Merck’s Request to Modify CMO 15

4/06/09

Order Setting Page Limit for Daubert Briefing

4/29/09

Boles v. Merck & Co.: Judge Keenan’s Pretrial Requirements

5/01/09

Order Pertaining to Briefing of Summary Judgment on Generic Duration Issue

5/14/09

Order Extending Daubert and MSJ Briefing Deadline

5/28/09

Order Setting Hearing Date for Motion for Summary Judgment inBoles Trial Case

6/02/09

CMO 2B, Revision of PSC Member List

6/02/09

Order Amending CMO 15 regarding Fleming Trial Date

5/15/09

Order of JPML Transferring Third Party Motion to Quash to MDL

6/09/09

Boles v. Merck & Co.: Order Setting Motion in Limine Briefing Deadlines and Page Limits

6/15/09

Order Incorporating into Individual Cases the PSC’s Opposition Brief to Merck’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Three-year Duration Cases

6/15/09

Boles v. Merck & Co.: Order Setting Daubert Hearing Witness Scheduling

6/24/09

Boles v. Merck & Co.: Order Setting Pretrial Deadlines

7/08/09

Order Addressing Scope of Daubert Witness Testimony

7/08/09

Boles v. Merck & Co.: Order Setting Limits on Dr. Mills Deposition

7/10/09

Order Extending Confidentiality Designations

7/10/09

Daubert Ruling

7/27/09

Order Quashing Dr. Brucy Psaty Subpoena

8/04/09

Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Merck’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Boles

8/05/09

Order Changing Trial Dates for Fleming and Maley MDL Trials

9/02/09

Order Denying Merck’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Three-Year Duration Issue

9/09/09

Order Setting Deadlines in Flemings Trial

11/09/09

Order Regarding Name Change of Merck

11/19/09

Order Granting Summary Judgment in Fleming Case

11/23/09

Amendment to CMO 15: Resetting Boles trial for June 2, 2010

12/07/09

CMO 17: Establishing Plaintiffs’ Common Benefit Fund

01/05/10

Louise Maley v. Merck & Co.
Order Denying Merck’s Motion for Summary Judgment

01/27/10

Louise Maley v. Merck & Co.: Pretrial Scheduling Order

02/08/10

Order Postponing Maley Trial to April 26, 2010

03/15/10

Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Merck’s Rule 50(b) Motion in Boles v. Merck

03/26/10

Shirley Boles v. Merck & Co.: 2010 Pretrial Scheduling Order

05/04/10

Order Rescheduling Graves Trial to November 1, 2010

05/13/10

Order Moving Boles II Trial Date to June 7, 2010

05/13/10

Graves v. Merck & Co. Pretrial Scheduling Order

07/07/10

Order Directing Parties to Select Bellwether Trials # 4 and #5

09/09/10

Boles v. Merck: Order Denying Merck’s Motion for New Trial and Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law

10/04/10

CMO 18: Exchange of Demonstrative Exhibits & Use of Prior Testimony

10/18/10

Order Regarding Selection of Post-2005 Bellwether Trials

02/04/11

Order Adjourning Secrest Trial Until 09/07/11

03/01/11

Notice of Proposed Case Management Order Granting PSC Access to MDL Plaintiff Profile Forms and Records

04/18/11

Notice of Proposed Case Management Order Granting PSC Access to MDL Plaintiff Profile Forms and Records

04/18/11

Order Setting Raber Case for Trial

04/27/11

Amendment to CMO 17: Appointing Escrow Agent for Plaintiffs’ Common Benefit Fund

04/28/11

CMO 19: Granting the PSC Access to MDL Plaintiff Profile Forms & Records

05/19/11

CMO 20: Order Establishing Pro Hac Vice Procedures

06/23/11

Order Identifying Cases Eligible for 2012 Bellwether Trials

06/29/11

Boles v. Merck & Co.: District Court Order Certifying Case for Interlocutory Appeal

06/29/11

Order Selecting 2012 Bellwether Trial Cases

06/30/11

Linda Secrest v. Merck & Co.: Daubert and Summary Judgment Order

08/30/11

Boles v. Merck & Co.: 2nd Circuit Order Denying Merck’s Petition for Interlocutory Appeal

09/20/11

Order Scheduling Boles Re-trial, Jellema Trial, and Spano Trial

10/20/11

Order Exempting Fosamax MDL from Pilot Project Regarding Case Management Techniques for Complex Civil Cases in SDNY

11/14/11

Order Appointing Dean Emeritus John Feerick as Special Settlement Master

11/22/11

Order Amending Paragraph 2.a of CMO 17 (amended)

12/08/11

Order Setting Boles Case for Retrial

12/08/11

Order Setting Scheinberg Case for Trial

03/29/12

Lone Pine Order

11/21/12

Order re Lone Pine Batch 1 Non-Compliance List

2/21/13

Order Denying Merck’s Rule 50 Motion for Judgment as Matter of Law in Scheinberg trial

7/01/13

Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Generic Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss on Preemption Grounds

8/15/13

Order Denying Merck’s Motion for Second Lone Pine Order

8/22/13

Order Terminating MDL Proceedings and Setting Procedure for Remand/Transfer of Cases

8/29/13

Order Staying Remand/Transfer Order for 30 Days

10/03/13

Order Staying 08/29/13 Remand Order

1/21/14

Order Appointing General Special Master; Allocation Special Master; Mass Tort Settlement Ethics Advisor; Settlement Fund Escrow Agent; and Lien Resolution Administrator.

4/10/14

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Order Setting forth Lone Pine Motion Deadlines

6/9/14

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Order Granting Defendant’s Post-Settlement Lone Pine Motion

7/30/14

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Case Management Order No. 21 (authorizing release of common benefit funds)

11/16/15

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