Judge Tells Clerk To Process $686,002 Defense Costs Claimed In Diabetes Drug MDL

Mealey's (April 12, 2021, 1:50 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — The California federal judge overseeing the incretin mimetic multidistrict litigation on April 9 ordered the court clerk to proceed with adjudicating the defendants’ bill of costs for $686,002, disagreeing with the plaintiffs that it would be “a waste of the Court’s time” to proceed while the plaintiffs appeal an underlying ruling excluding the plaintiffs’ expert witnesses....