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

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STIPULATED SCHEDULING ORDER 

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[Submitting Counsel on Signature Page] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

In re LIDODERM ANTITRUST LITIGATION MDL Docket No. C-14-md-02521 WHO

This document relates to ALL CASES STIPULATED SCHEDULING ORDER

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At the January 6, 2015, Case Management Conference, the Court requested that the parties 

confer regarding the case schedule through trial. The parties hereby stipulate to the following schedule, 

which includes dates previously agreed upon by the parties and accepted by the Court: 

Event Date

Deadline for parties to exchange Rule 26(a) disclosures. January 9, 2015

Parties to complete prioritized document productions without the 

necessity of a formal request

January 30, 2015

Deadline for Defendants to file Answers or Motions under Rule 

12(b) to Complaints

January 30, 2015

Parties to submit joint agenda for February 3, 2015, Status 

Conference

January 30, 2015. Repeated 

the Friday before the first 

Tuesday of every month 

hereafter.

Status Conference February 3, 2015 at 3:30 

p.m. PST. Repeated the 

first Tuesday of every 

month at 3:30 p.m. PST 

hereafter.

Deadline for Plaintiffs to file Oppositions to Rule 12(b) Motions March 2, 2015

Parties to answer discovery requests served 30 days or more prior March 16, 2015

Deadline for Plaintiffs to request enlargement of limits on 

discovery

March 16, 2015

Deadline for Defendants to file Replies in Support of Motions to 

Dismiss

March 20, 2015

Deadline to amend pleadings, add parties, claims or defenses 

except upon a showing of good cause

July 17, 2015

Close of fact discovery. All discovery requests must be served to 

be answerable by this date, except for requests for admissions, 

which may be served up to 45 days before Rule 56 and Daubert

motions are filed

October 28, 2015

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Event Date

Plaintiffs to file motions for class certification and class 

certification expert reports.

November 18, 2015

Defendants to file oppositions to motions for class certification and 

opposing class certification expert reports.

January 20, 2016

Plaintiffs file reply briefs in support of motions for class 

certification and rebuttal class certification expert reports.

March 9, 2016

Hearing on motions for class certification March 23, 2016

Parties to serve merits expert reports (party with the burden of 

proof on the issue serves its expert report on that issue)1

April 18, 2016

Parties serve opposing merits expert reports June 27, 2016

Parties serve rebuttal merits expert reports August 11, 2016

Close of expert discovery September 9, 2016

Rule 56 and Daubert motions to be filed September 30, 2016

Rule 56 and Daubert oppositions to be filed November 18, 2016

Rule 56 and Daubert replies to be filed December 23, 2016

Hearing on any Rule 56 and Daubert motions January 12, 2017, 9 a.m. 

Joint final pretrial conference statement and proposed order to be 

filed

February 22, 2017

Final pretrial conference March 13, 2017

Trial April 10, 2017 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, through counsel of record. 

 

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 The parties may disagree as to who has the burden of proof as to particular issues that will be addressed in the merits expert 

reports. In the event the parties cannot resolve this issue between themselves, they will seek guidance from the Court at a 

later date. 

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Dated: January 13, 2015 

Respectfully submitted by: 

For the Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs: 

/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

Email: pkohn@faruqilaw.com

/s/ Thomas M. Sobol

Thomas M. Sobol

David S. Nalven

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO

LLP

55 Cambridge Parkway, Suite 301

Cambridge, MA 02142

Telephone: (617) 482-3700

Email: tom@hbsslaw.com

Email: davidn@hbsslaw.com

/s/ Bruce E. Gerstein

Bruce E. Gerstein

Joseph Opper

Ephraim R. Gerstein

GARWIN GERSTEIN & FISHER LLP

88 Pine Street, 10th Floor

New York, NY 10005

Telephone: (212) 398-0055

Facsimile: (212) 764-6620

Email: bgerstein@garwingerstein.com

Email: jopper@garwingerstein.com

Email: egerstein@garwingerstein.com

Interim Co-Lead Counsel for the proposed

Direct Purchaser Class

For the End-Payor Plaintiffs:

/s/ Dena C. Sharp

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

/s/ J. Douglas Richards

J. Douglas Richards

Sharon K. Robertson

COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL

PLLC

88 Pine Street, 14th Floor

New York, New York 10005

Telephone: (212) 758-3042

Facsimile: (212) 838-7745

Interim Co-Lead Counsel for the proposed EndPayor 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 

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Telephone: (415) 500-6800 

Facsimile: (415) 395-9940 

Email: jsaveri@saverilawfirm.com 

Email: rmcewan@saverilawfirm.com 

Interim Liaison Counsel for the proposed EndPayor Class Plaintiffs

For the Defendants:

SQUIRE SANDERS (US) LLP

/s/ David S. Elkins

David S. Elkins (State Bar No. 148077)

600 Hansen Way

Palo Alto, California 94304

Telephone: (650) 856-6500

Facsimile: (650) 843-8777

David.Elkins@squiresanders.com

Nathan Lane III (State Bar No. 50961)

Noriyuki Shimoda (State Bar No. 176973)

Joseph A. Meckes (State Bar No. 190279)

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.

ARNOLD & PORTER LLP

/s/ Daniel B. Asimow

Daniel B. Asimow (State Bar No. 165661)

10th Floor

Three Embarcadero Center

San Francisco, California 94111-4024

Telephone: (415) 471-3100

Facsimile: (415) 471-3400

Daniel.Asimow@aporter.com

/s/ Todd A. Seaver

Todd A. Seaver

BERMAN DEVALERIO

Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr.

Todd A. Seaver

Sarah Khorasanee McGrath

One California St., Suite 900

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 433-3200

Facsimile: (415) 433-6382

LOWEY DANNENBERG COHEN & HART,

P.C.

Barbara Hart

Peter D. St. Phillip

Noelle Ruggiero

One North Broadway

White Plains, New York 10601

Telephone: (914) 997-0500

Facsimile: (914) 997-0035

RAWLINGS & ASSOCIATES PLLC

Mark D. Fisher

Robert Griffith

One Eden Way

LaGrange, KY 40031-8100

Telephone: (502) 587-1279

Attorneys for Plaintiff Government Employees 

Health Association

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Jonathan L. Stern (admitted pro hac vice)

Ryan Z. Watts (admitted pro hac vice)

555 Twelfth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004-1206

Telephone: (202) 942-5000

Facsimile: (202) 942-4999

Jonathan.Stern@aporter.com

Ryan.Watts@aporter.com

Attorneys for Defendant Endo

Pharmaceuticals Inc.

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER

& FLOM

/s/ Karen Hoffman Lent

Karen Hoffman Lent (admitted pro hac vice)

Four Times Square

New York, New York 10036

Telephone: (212) 735-3000

Facsimile: (917) 777-3000

Steven C. Sunshine

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., Actavis plc., Anda

Inc., Anda Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Valmed

Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

ATTESTATION STATEMENT 

I, Dena C. Sharp, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to file this 

STIPULATED SCHEDULING ORDER. 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/ Dena C. Sharp 

Dena C. Sharp 

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ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, THE FOREGOING IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: January 15, 2015 _________________________________ 

Hon. William Orrick 

United States District Court Judge 

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