Welcome to the official website of (1) the Fee Panel, which administers the Attorney Fee Funds (and their sub funds the Contingency Fee Funds and Common Benefit Funds) and (2) the Cost Fund Administrator, which administers the Litigating Subdivision Cost Funds. This website has been established to provide information to eligible Participating Litigating Subdivisions, Participating Tribal Governments, and their counsel regarding application procedures for awards from the Attorney Fee Funds and the Cost Funds created by Exhibit R of each of the following National Opioid Settlements:
- Distributor Settlement Agreement (McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., and AmerisourceBergen Corporation) (“Distributor Agreement”)
- Janssen Master Settlement Agreement (“Janssen Agreement”)
- Allergan Public Global Opioid Settlement Agreement (“Allergan Agreement”)
- Teva Global Opioid Settlement Agreement (“Teva Agreement”)
- CVS Global Opioid Settlement Agreement (“CVS Agreement”)
- Walgreens Global Opioid Settlement Agreement (“Walgreens Agreement”)
- Walmart Global Opioid Settlement Agreement (“Walmart Agreement”)
- Endo Public Opioid Trust Agreement (“Endo Agreement”)
- Kroger Multistate Settlement Agreement (“Kroger Agreement”)
Click on the following link to access Orders issued by the Fee Panel – Fee Panel Orders
Click on the links below to access the application and other information about applying to each of the Contingency Fee Funds, the Common Benefit Funds, and the Cost Funds.
CONTINGENCY FEE FUNDS – Click HERE for the Contingent Fee Funds Application Information
COMMON BENEFIT FUNDS – Click HERE for the Common Benefit Funds Application
COST FUNDS – Click HERE for Cost Funds Application Information
On this website you will find: (1) relevant Orders entered by the MDL Court overseeing the National Prescription Opiate Litigation and the Fee Panel governing the process and procedures for applying to each of the Contingency Fee Funds, the Common Benefit Funds, and the Cost Funds (including deadlines); (2) the required Time Report and Expense Report applicants must submit when applying to the Common Benefit Funds and to the Cost Funds, respectively; and (3) instructions and training materials to assist applicants in preparing and submitting all information required to apply for an award from each of the three funds.
About The Fee Panel and Cost Fund Administrator
The Fee Panel and the Cost Fund Administrator are appointed by the MDL Court and are responsible, respectively, for the allocation of fees and costs from the Attorney Fee Funds and Cost Funds consistent with the MDL Court’s Order and the agreements on attorneys’ fees, expenses, and costs contained in each of the National Opioid Settlements. The MDL Court Order appointing the Fee Panel and Cost Fund Administrator and the agreements on attorneys’ fees, expenses and costs can be found at the links below.
Opioid Fee Panel 