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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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[Submitting Counsel on Signature Page] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

IN RE LIDODERM ANTITRUST 

LITIGATION

No. C-14-md-02521-WHO

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

AMENDING SCHEDULE 

(Civil Local Rule 6.2, 7.12)

THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:

ALL ACTIONS

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WHEREAS, the current case schedule calls for Defendants to file oppositions to 

motions for class certification and opposing class certification expert reports on August 19, 

2016; for Plaintiffs to file replies in support of class certification and rebuttal class certification 

reports, if any, on October 7, 2016; and for a hearing on the motions for class certification to 

occur on October 26, 2016.

WHEREAS, the schedule for class certification had been most recently amended on 

May 4, 2016 to afford Plaintiffs additional time after the close of fact discovery to file their 

motions (ECF No. 461), and previous amendments to case schedule occurred on December 9, 

2015 (ECF No. 356) and August 5, 2015 (ECF No. 245).

WHEREAS, as a consequence of the need to coordinate the work of multiple experts to 

file oppositions, as well as the new ownership of certain Actavis Defendant entities, 

Defendants seek, subject to approval of the Court, an additional two weeks for Defendants to 

finalize their oppositions to the motions for class certification and a corresponding alignment

of the remaining class certification schedule, and Plaintiffs are not opposed.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between the undersigned 

parties and/or their respective counsel, that the case schedule shall be amended as follows:

1. Defendants shall file oppositions to motions for class certification and opposing 

class certification expert reports on September 2, 2016.

2. Plaintiffs shall file reply briefs in support of class certification and rebuttal class 

certification expert reports on October 24, 2016.

3. Hearings on Plaintiffs’ class certification motions shall take place on November 

9 or 16, 2016, or another date convenient to the Court’s schedule.

4. Plaintiffs shall serve merits expert reports on December 15, 2016.

5. Although no other dates on the current case schedule (ECF Nos. 356, 461) are 

affected by the modifications, the parties agree that further adjustments to the pre-trial schedule

may be necessary and that following Defendants’ compliance with the Court’s Order of August 

9, 2016 (ECF No. 536) the parties will meet and confer concerning those adjustments.

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Dated: August 12, 2016

Respectfully submitted by:

For Defendants: For Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs:

/s/ Joseph A. Meckes

Noriyuki Shimoda (State Bar No. 176973)

Joseph A. Meckes (State Bar No. 190279)

SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP

275 Battery Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 954-0200

Facsimile: (415) 393-9887

Nathan.Lane@squiresanders.com

Noriyuki.Shimoda@squiresanders.com

Joseph.Meckes@squiresanders.com

Attorneys for Defendants Teikoku Pharma

USA, Inc. and Teikoku Seiyaku Co., Ltd.

/s/ Peter R. Kohn

Peter R. Kohn

Joseph T. Lukens

FARUQI & FARUQI LLP

101 Greenwood Avenue, Suite 600

Jenkintown, PA 19046

Telephone: (215) 277-5770

Facsimile: (215) 277-5771

pkohn@faruqilaw.com

jlukens@faruqilaw.com

Thomas M. Sobol

David S. Nalven

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL 

SHAPIRO LLP

55 Cambridge Parkway, Suite 301

Cambridge, MA 02142

Telephone: (617) 482-3700

tom@hbsslaw.com

davidn@hbsslaw.com

Bruce E. Gerstein

Noah Silverman

Ephraim R. Gerstein

GARWIN GERSTEIN & FISHER LLP

88 Pine Street, 10th Floor

New York, NY 10005

Telephone: (212) 398-0055

Facsimile: (212) 764-6620

bgerstein@garwingerstein.com

nsilverman@garwingerstein.com

egerstein@garwingerstein.com

Interim Co-Lead Counsel for the proposed

Direct Purchaser Class

/s/ Daniel B. Asimow

Daniel B. Asimow (State Bar No. 165661)

ARNOLD & PORTER LLP

Three Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111-4024

Telephone: (415) 471-3100

Facsimile: (415) 471-3400

Daniel.Asimow@aporter.com

Jonathan L. Stern

Steven G. Reade

Ryan Z. Watts 

601 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

Telephone: (202) 942-5000

Facsimile: (202) 942-4999

Jonathan.Stern@aporter.com

Steven.Reade@aporter.com

Ryan.Watts@aporter.com

Attorneys for Defendant Endo 

Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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/s/ Sean M. Tepe

Karen Hoffman Lent 

Four Times Square

New York, New York 10036

Telephone: (212) 735-3000

Facsimile: (917) 777-3000

Karen.Lent@skadden.com

Steven C. Sunshine 

Sean M. Tepe 

1440 New York Ave. NW

Washington DC, 20005

Telephone: (202) 371-7000

Facsimile: (202) 393-5760

Steve.Sunshine@skadden.com

Sean.Tepe@skadden.com

James Schaefer (State Bar No. 250417)

525 University Avenue

Palo Alto, California 94301-1908

Telephone: (650) 470-4500

Facsimile: (650) 470-4570

James.Schaefer@skadden.com

Attorneys for Defendants Actavis, Inc., 

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Watson 

Laboratories, Inc., and Actavis plc.

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For Plaintiff Government Employees 

Health Association:

/s/ Todd A. Seaver

Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr.

Todd A. Seaver

Sarah Khorasanee McGrath

BERMAN DEVALERIO

One California Street, Suite 900

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 433-3200

Facsimile: (415) 433-6382

Barbara Hart

Peter D. St. Phillip

Noelle Ruggiero

LOWEY DANNENBERG COHEN & 

HART, P.C.

One North Broadway

White Plains, New York 10601

Telephone: (914) 997-0500

Facsimile: (914) 997-0035

Mark D. Fisher

Robert Griffith

RAWLINGS & ASSOCIATES PLLC

One Eden Way

LaGrange, KY 40031-8100

Telephone: (502) 587-1279

Attorneys for Plaintiff Government 

Employees Health Association

For the End-Payor Plaintiffs:

Daniel C. Girard (SBN 114826)

Dena C. Sharp (SBN 245869)

GIRARD GIBBS LLP

601 California Street, 14th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94108

Telephone: (415) 981-4800

Facsimile: (415) 981-4846

Email: dcg@girardgibbs.com

Email: chc@girardgibbs.com

/s/ Renae D. Steiner

Renae D. Steiner

HEINS MILLS & OLSON, P.L.C.

310 Clifton Avenue

Minneapolis, MN 55403

Telephone: (612) 338-4605

Facsimile: (612) 338-4692

Email: rsteiner@heinsmills.com

J. Douglas Richards

Sharon K. Robertson

Donna M. Evans

COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & 

TOLL

PLLC

88 Pine Street, 14th Floor

New York, New York 10005

Telephone: (212) 758-3042

Facsimile: (212) 838-7745

Email: drichards@cohenmilstein.com

Email: srobertson@cohenmilstein.com

Email: devans@cohenmilstein.com

Interim Co-Lead Counsel for the proposed 

End-Payor Class

Joseph R. Saveri 

Joshua P. Davis

Andrew M. Purdy

Ryan J. McEwan 

JOSEPH SAVERI LAW FIRM, INC. 

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 625 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 500-6800 

Facsimile: (415) 395-9940 

Email: jsaveri@saverilawfirm.com 

Email: rmcewan@saverilawfirm.com 

Interim Liaison Counsel for the proposed 

End-Payor Class Plaintiffs

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For the CVS and Rite Aid Plaintiffs:

/s/ Barry L. Refsin

Barry L. Refsin

HANGLEY ARONCHICK SEGAL PUDLIN 

& SCHILLER

One Logan Square, 27th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Telephone: (215) 496-7031

Facsimile: (215) 568-0300

brefsin@hangley.com 

Monica L. Rebuck

HANGLEY ARONCHICK SEGAL PUDLIN 

& SCHILLER

4400 Deer Path Road, Suite 200

Harrisburg, PA 17110

Telephone: (717) 364-1007

Facsimile: (717) 234-3982

mrebuck@hangley.com

Attorneys for Rite Aid Plaintiffs

For the Walgreen Plaintiffs:

/s/ Anna T. Neill

Anna T. Neill

Scott E. Perwin

Lauren C. Ravkind

KENNY NACHWALTER P.A.

1100 Miami Center

201 South Biscayne Boulevard

Miami, FL 33131

Telephone: (305) 373-1000

Facsimile: (305) 372-1861

Email: aneill@knpa.com

Attorneys for Walgreen Plaintiffs

ATTESTATION STATEMENT

I, Sean M. Tepe, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to 

file this STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AMENDING SCHEDULE. Pursuant to 

Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I attest under penalty of perjury that concurrence in this filing has been 

obtained from all counsel.

/s/ Sean M. Tepe

Sean M. Tepe

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. The Class Certification hearing 

shall be set on November 16, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

Dated: August 19, 2016 ___________________________________

HON. WILLIAM H. ORRICK, U.S.D.J.

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