MDL 2804, In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

September 2018 - present

Amy Collins was retained by co-lead counsel as the common benefit time and expense auditor in the multidistrict litigation against manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids. Her responsibilities include consulting with the co-leads on best practices for the process of common benefit review approach; conducting detailed review and analysis of all firm time and expense submissions to identify billing errors and irregularities in order to maintain the integrity of the process; and providing customized data, analysis, and reports to facilitate the common benefit determinations and distribution.

Since beginning her work on this matter in September 2018, Ms. Collins has reviewed and analyzed more than 1 million hours of common benefit time and continues to review and report on time and expenses submitted each month by more than fifty (50) participating law firms.