UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT In re: BARD IVC FILTERS No. 22-15872 PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION, D.C. No. 2:15- md-02641-DGC ------------------------------ DORIS JONES; et al *, OPINION

Plaintiffs, and LAW OFFICES OF BEN C. MARTIN; MARTIN BAUGHMAN PLLC,

Appellants,

v. BABBITT & JOHNSON PA; BARON & BUD, PC; COMMON BENEFIT FEE AND COST COMMITTEE; BEUS GILBERT MCGRODER PLLC; BOSSIER & ASSOCIATES

* The court is not listing all approximately 8,600 plaintiffs. 2 LAW OFFICES OF BEN C. MARTIN V. BABBITT & JOHNSON PA

PLLC; BRANCH LAW FIRM; BRENES LAW GROUP, P.C; DALIMONTE RUEB STOLLER LLP; FARACI LANGE LLP; FARRIS RILEY & PITT LLP; FEARS NACHAWATI PLLC; FREESE & GOSS PLLC; GALLAGHER & KENNEDY PA; GOLDENBERG LAW PLLC; HAUSFELD LLP; HEAVISIDE REED ZAIC; LEVIN PAPANTONIO THOMAS MITCHELL RAFFERTY & PROCTOR PA; LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN LLP; LOPEZ MCHUGH LLP; MATTHEWS & ASSOCIATES; MOTLEY RICE LLC; NATIONS LAW FIRM; BABBITT JOHNSON OSBORNE & LECLAINCHE PA; PROVOST & UMPHREY LAW FIRM LLP; GALLAGHER LAW FIRM; TORHOERMAN LAW LLC; WAGSTAFF & CARTMELL LLP; WALKUP MELODIA KELLY & SCHOENBERGER; WATKINS LOURIE ROLL & CHANCE PC,

Appellees, C. R. BARD, INC., a New Jersey corporation, BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC., a subsidiary and/or Division of defendant C.R. LAW OFFICES OF BEN C. MARTIN V. BABBITT & JOHNSON PA 3

Bard, Inc., an Arizona corporation,

Defendants-Appellees, and CHRISTIAN MOTTAS, CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES, INC., CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.; THOMAS BAUER, M.D.; CYNTHIA HELDT, M.D.; CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER; LAWRENCE L. SCHMETTERER, M.D.; REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA; BARD MEDICAL DIVISION; MCKESSON CORPORATION; PAUL M. KIPROFF, M.D.; RAYMOND L. BENZA, M.D.; ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL; NEOMETRICS, INC.; WESTCHESTER COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER; KENNETH COLLINS; JAMES H. DYER, Jr.; JAMES W. MCLEOD, Jr.; DAMON PAGE,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona David G. Campbell, District Judge, Presiding 4 LAW OFFICES OF BEN C. MARTIN V. BABBITT & JOHNSON PA

Argued and Submitted April 18, 2023 Phoenix, Arizona

Filed August 24, 2023

Before: John B. Owens and Bridget S. Bade, Circuit Judges, and M. Miller Baker, ** International Trade Judge.

Opinion by Judge Bade

SUMMARY ***

Multidistrict Litigation

The panel affirmed the district court’s order in this multidistrict litigation (MDL), In re Bard IVC Filters Products Liability Litigation, requiring common benefit fund assessments against the recoveries of claimants who were not involved in cases that were part of the MDL (non- MDL cases). The panel held that the district court’s order requiring common benefit fund assessments in the non-MDL cases was within the scope of the district court’s authority to regulate the conduct of the MDL counsel and parties. A district court properly exercises its authority to order ** The Honorable M. Miller Baker, Judge for the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation. *** This summary constitutes no part of the opinion of the court. It has been prepared by court staff for the convenience of the reader. LAW OFFICES OF BEN C. MARTIN V. BABBITT & JOHNSON PA 5

common benefit fund holdback assessments from claimants’ recoveries in non-MDL cases when (1) counsel for claimants voluntarily consents to the district court’s authority by signing, or otherwise entering into, a participation agreement requiring contributions in exchange for access to common benefit work prod