`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
` EXHIBIT A
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`Case Pending No. 15 Document 1 Filed 03/05/21 Page 1 of 1Case: 1:21-op-45032-DAP Doc #: 6-1 Filed: 03/08/21 2 of 2. PageID #: 73
`
`BEFORE THE UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL ON
`MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
`______________________________________________________________________________
`
`In re: National Prescription Opiate
`Consultant Litigation
`______________________________________________________________________________
`
`MOTION OF DEFENDANTS FOR TRANSFER OF ACTIONS PURSUANT
`TO 28 U.S.C. § 1407 FOR COORDINATED OR CONSOLIDATED
`PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS
`
`Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407 and Rule 6.2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Judicial Panel
`
`MDL No. ___________
`
`on Multidistrict Litigation (the “Panel”), McKinsey & Company, Inc., McKinsey & Company,
`
`Inc. United States, and McKinsey & Company, Inc. Washington D.C. (collectively,
`
`“McKinsey”) hereby move to transfer all actions identified in the accompanying Schedule of
`
`Actions, as well as any actions subsequently filed against McKinsey or affiliates thereof
`
`involving similar facts or claims, to a single district for all pre-trial proceedings. McKinsey
`
`further requests that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York be
`
`selected for such centralized proceedings.
`
`Dated:
`
`
`
`New York, New York
`March 5, 2021
`
`
`
`STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP
`
`
`By:
`
`
`/s/ James L. Bernard
`James L. Bernard
`David M. Cheifetz
`180 Maiden Lane
`New York, New York 10038
`Phone: (212) 806-5400
`Fax: (212) 806-6006
`jbernard@stroock.com
`dcheifetz@stroock.com
`
`
`Attorneys for McKinsey & Company, Inc.,
`McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States, and
`McKinsey & Company, Inc. Washington D.C.
`
`