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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
1
230686
Name:
Settlement of Lawsuit - Walgreen Co. - City to
Receive $229,610,002 Over 15 Years
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Passed
File created:
In control:
6/13/2023
Clerk of the Board
On agenda:
Final action:
6/13/2023
9/15/2023
Enactment date:
9/15/2023
190-23
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco and the
People of the State of California against Walgreen Co. for $229,610,002 (the City to be paid
$200,000,002 over 15 years, the City’s outside counsel to be paid $29,610,000); the lawsuit was filed
on December 18, 2018, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Case
No. 3:18-cv-7591-CRB-JSC; entitled The City and County of San Francisco and the People of the
State of California v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Richard S. Sackler, Jonathan D. Sackler, Mortimer D.A.
Sackler, Kathe A. Sackler, Ilene Sackler Lefcourt, Beverly Sackler, Theresa Sackler, David A. Sackler,
Trust for the Benefit of Members of the Raymond Sackler Family, Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.P.,
Cephalon, Inc., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Endo
International Plc, Endo Health Solutions Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Janssen Pharmaceuticals,
Inc., Insys Therapeutics, Inc., Mallinckrodt Plc, Mallinckrodt LLC, Allergan Plc f/k/a Actavis Plc,
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. n/k/a Actavis, Inc., Watson Laboratories, Inc., Actavis LLC, Actavis
Pharma, Inc. f/k/a Watson Pharma, Inc., AmerisourceBergen Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., and
McKesson Corporation; the lawsuit involves Walgreen Co.’s improper and unlawful dispensing of
prescription opioids at its pharmacies, which contributed to the epidemic of opioid abuse and misuse
and caused a public nuisance in San Francisco.
Sponsors:
Attachments:
1. Leg Ver1, 2. Comm Pkt 072023, 3. Board Pkt 090523, 4. Board Pkt 091223, 5. Leg Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
RECEIVED FROM DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
5/26/2023
1
RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
President
6/13/2023
1
RECOMMENDED
Government Audit and Oversight
Committee
7/20/2023
1
Pass
PASSED ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors
9/5/2023
1
Pass
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors
9/12/2023
1
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
9/15/2023
1