In re: McKinsey & Co., Inc. National Prescription Opiate Consultant Litigation

THIRD JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT
AND [PROPOSED] DISCOVERY ORDER
CASE NO. 3:21-MD-02996-CRB
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Elizabeth J. Cabraser (SBN 083151)
ecabraser@lchb.com
LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN &
BERNSTEIN LLP
275 Battery Street, 29th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3339
Telephone: (415) 956-1000
Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs
Scott R. Bickford (Pro Hac Vice)
srb@mbfirm.com
MARTZELL, BICKFORD &
CENTOLA APC
338 Lafayette Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Telephone: (504) 581-9065
Counsel for NAS Plaintiffs
James L. Bernard (Pro Hac Vice)
james.bernard@hoganlovells.com
Julie G. Matos (Pro Hac Vice)
Julie.matos@hoganlovells.com
HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
390 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Telephone: (212) 918-3000
Mark David McPherson (SBN 307951)
mmcpherson@goodwinlaw.com
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
The New York Times Building
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Telephone: (212) 813-8869
Attorneys for Defendants McKinsey &
Company, Inc.; McKinsey & Company, Inc.
United States; McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Washington D.C.; and McKinsey Holdings,
Inc.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
IN RE: MCKINSEY & CO., INC.
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION OPIATE
CONSULTANT LITIGATION
This Document Relates to:
ALL NAS ACTIONS
Case No. 21-md-02996-CRB (SK)
THIRD JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT
AND [PROPOSED] DISCOVERY ORDER
Judge: Hon. Charles R. Breyer
Courtroom: 6, 17th Floor
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I. 	Cooperation
The parties have agreed to work together to coordinate discovery to the maximum extent
feasible to promote the efficient and speedy resolution of this MDL (ECF No. 786). To that end,
the parties agree to the following modifications to the discovery schedule set forth in ECF No.
786.
II. 	Discovery
a. 	Fact Discovery Cutoff: February 27, 2026; provided, however, that in the
event any dispute arising from any party’s responses and objections to interrogatories or requests
for production is pending at the time the Fact Discovery Cutoff passes, the Cutoff as to the disputed
materials shall be extended 45 days from the date the issue is resolved by the Court, and provided
that the parties may depose, through March 31, 2026, any third-party witness (including former
McKinsey partners) that the parties have already identified for deposition and are in the process of
scheduling with those witnesses.
b. 	Expert Discovery Deadlines:
i. 	Plaintiffs’ Expert Reports: 60 days after Fact Discovery Cutoff.
ii. 	Defendants’ Expert Reports Concerning In-Person Examinations of
Plaintiffs’ Children: 60 days after Fact Discovery Cutoff.
iii. 	Defendants’ Other Expert Reports: 60 days after Plaintiffs’ Expert
Reports.
iv. 	Plaintiffs’ Expert Rebuttal Reports: 30 days after Defendants’ Other
Expert Reports. Defendants reserve the right to respond to any new
opinions offered in Plaintiffs’ Expert Rebuttal Reports via Expert
Sur-Rebuttal Reports or expert testimony. The parties shall meet and
confer within 10 days after service of Plaintiffs’ Expert Rebuttal
Reports should Defendants determine that Expert Sur-Rebuttal
Reports are necessary.
v. 	Expert Discovery Cutoff: 60 days after Plaintiffs’ Expert Rebuttal
Reports.
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Daubert and Dispositive Motions: No later than 60 days after the Expert Discovery
Cutoff, the parties shall file any Daubert motions or dispositive motions.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
By: /s/ Scott Bickford
Scott R. Bickford (Pro Hac Vice)
srb@mbfirm.com
MARTZELL, BICKFORD & CENTOLA, APC
338 Lafayette Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Telephone: (504) 581-9065
Plaintiffs’ NAS Counsel and on behalf of the
Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee
Elizabeth J. Cabraser (SBN 083151)
ecabraser@lchb.com
LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN &
BERNSTEIN, LLP
275 Battery Street, 29th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3339
Telephone: (415) 956-1000
Plaintiffs’ Lead Counsel and on behalf of the
Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee
Dated: February 9, 2026
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By: /s/ Mark David McPherson
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
Mark David McPherson (SBN 307951)
mmcpherson@goodwinlaw.com
The New York Times Building
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Telephone: (212) 813-8869
HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
James L. Bernard (Pro Hac Vice)
james.bernard@hoganlovells.com
Julie G. Matos (Pro Hac Vice)
Julie.matos@hoganlovells.com
390 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Telephone: (212) 918-3000
Attorneys for Defendants McKinsey &
Company, Inc.; McKinsey & Company, Inc.
United States; McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Washington D.C.; and McKinsey Holdings, Inc.
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CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER
The above THIRD JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT & [PROPOSED] DISCOVERY
ORDER is approved as a Case Management Order for this case and all parties shall comply with
its provisions.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: _________________, 2026 	_________________________
CHARLES R. BREYER
United States District Judge
February 10
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ATTORNEY ATTESTATION
Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that all signatories listed, and on
whose behalf the filing is submitted, concur in the filing’s content and have authorized the filing.
Dated: February 9, 2026 	/s/ Mark David McPherson
MARK DAVID McPHERSON
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