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

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR THIRD AMENDMENT TO CASE MANAGEMENT 

ORDER NO. 2 TO EXTEND CASE SCHEDULE MDL No. 1761 (JSW) 

[Counsel listed on signature page.]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

IN RE DITROPAN XL ANTITRUST 

LITIGATION 

MDL No. 1761 (JSW) 

This Document Relates to: 

INDIRECT PURCHASER ACTION

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER FOR THIRD 

AMENDMENT TO CASE 

MANAGEMENT ORDER NO. 2 TO 

EXTEND CASE SCHEDULE 

 Hon. Jeffrey S. White 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

1. On October 27, 2006, the Court held an initial case management conference 

pursuant to Local Rule 16-10(a) and Federal Rule 16. As a result of that conference, the Court 

entered Stipulated Case Management Order No. 2 on November 1, 2006. 

2. That Order has since been amended twice. Most recently, on August 28, 2007, 

the Court entered a Stipulation and Order for Second Amendment to Case Management Order 

No. 2 to Extend the Schedule. 

3. On June 26, 2007, the Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs ("Plaintiffs") filed their motion 

for class certification with a supporting expert declaration. Defendant Alza Corporation's 

opposition brief to Plaintiffs' class certification motion is currently due on November 27, 2007. 

4. In response to document requests served by Plaintiffs in December 2006, Alza 

Corporation ("Alza" or "Defendant") produced over 626,000 pages of documents. Alza began 

rolling its production of documents in March 2007 and, pursuant to Paragraph 6 of Magistrate 

Judge Laporte's Order Regarding Discovery Procedures, Alza certified on August 22, 2007 that it 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR THIRD AMENDMENT TO CASE MANAGEMENT 

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had produced to Plaintiffs all of the materials from its initial collection of documents that it 

agreed to produce and that could be located after a diligent search. Alza completed on 

October 19, 2007 its supplemental production of documents pursuant Paragraph 4 of Magistrate 

Judge Laporte's Order Regarding Discovery Procedures. Various non-party corporate affiliates 

of Defendant, in response to third-party subpoenas issued by federal courts outside this District, 

have now produced documents to Plaintiffs totaling in the aggregate over 319,000 pages, and 

several of these third-party productions are still on-going. 

5. Alza served document requests on Plaintiffs in January 2007. After Plaintiffs 

began producing documents in March and April 2007, the parties began to confer about the 

adequacy of Plaintiffs' discovery responses, including Plaintiffs' production of documents and 

data. Following the October 2007 Rule 30(b)(6) depositions of two of the named plaintiffs, Alza 

raised concerns about the completeness of the Plaintiffs' discovery responses. Plaintiffs have 

agreed to review the completeness of their discovery responses, provide any supplemental 

responses or information, and provide a certification under Paragraph 6 of Magistrate Judge 

Laporte's Order Regarding Discovery Procedures. 

6. Alza and Plaintiffs conferred on October 23, 2007, October 29, 2007, and 

November 2, 2007 regarding various discovery and case scheduling issues. Plaintiffs and Alza 

have each taken initial Rule 30(b)(6) depositions and contemplate taking additional depositions 

in the coming months. The parties mutually agree, however, that it is not practicable to proceed 

with certain depositions until relevant document productions have been completed. This is the 

principal impetus for the parties' proposed extension of the schedule. 

7. The schedule originally contemplated by the parties and set forth in the second 

amendment to CMO No. 2 provided several months for Alza to analyze the documents, data, and 

expert reports provided by Plaintiffs relating to class certification issues and to conduct expert 

and fact depositions before being required to submit its opposition to Plaintiffs' motion for class 

certification. The second amendment to CMO No. 2 also assumed that Plaintiffs would have 

several months to complete depositions in advance of the summary judgment briefing regarding 

issues in Paragraphs 3(b), 3(c), and 3(d) of CMO No. 2. Given that document production is still 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR THIRD AMENDMENT TO CASE MANAGEMENT 

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ongoing and that the parties have mutually agreed to postpone certain depositions until such 

productions are complete, the parties mutually agree that a further scheduling extension is 

needed to preserve the time periods contemplated by the second amendment to CMO. 2. 

8. The parties have agreed and hereby stipulate (subject to the Court's order allowing 

them to do so) that the deadlines for Defendant's opposition to Plaintiffs' class certification 

motion and any reply brief to be filed by Plaintiffs each be extended by approximately 90 days. 

In addition, the parties have agreed that the remaining dates and deadlines established by CMO 

No. 2 shall likewise be extended by approximately 120 days (with the exception of the deadline 

for written discovery relating to the issues set forth in Paragraph 3(b)-3(d) of CMO No. 2, as 

discussed in Paragraph 9 below). Specifically, the parties stipulate to the following amendments 

to CMO No. 2: 

CMO No. 2 Amend. #1 Amend #2 Amend #3

Motion For 

Class 

Certification 

and Expert 

Reports in 

Support of 

Class 

Certification 

Deadline 

for 

Defendants 

to depose 

Plaintiffs' 

experts, 

respond to 

motion, and 

file their 

expert 

reports: 

Deadline 

for 

Plaintiffs to 

depose 

Defendants' 

experts and 

file reply: 

Hearing: 

July 27, 2007 

Aug. 24, 2007 

Sept. 14, 2007 

Sept. 25, 2007 

Oct. 23, 2007 

Nov. 16, 2007 

Nov. 27, 2007 

Dec. 21, 2007 

Jan. 11, 2008 

Feb. 29, 2008 

Mar. 28, 2008 

TBD by Court 

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CMO No. 2 Amend. #1 Amend #2 Amend #3

Motion For 

Summary 

Judgment or 

Partial 

Summary 

Judgment 

Regarding 

Issues in 

Paragraphs 

3(b) through 

3(d) of CMO 

No. 2 and 

Expert 

Reports in 

Support of 

Summary 

Judgment 

Opening 

Motion and 

supporting 

expert 

reports: 

Cross 

Motion and 

Opposition 

Motion and 

supporting 

expert 

reports: 

Opposition 

to Cross 

Motion 

(and 

supporting 

expert 

reports) and 

Reply in 

Support of 

Opening 

Motion: 

Reply in 

Support of 

Cross 

Motion: 

Hearing (if 

no Cross 

Motions 

filed): 

Hearing (If 

Cross 

Motions 

Filed): 

October 12, 

2007 

November 21, 

2007 

December 21, 

2007 

January 25, 

2008 

January 11, 

2008 

February 15, 

2008 

December 11, 

2007 

January 18, 

2008 

February 15, 

2008 

March 21, 

2008 

March 21, 

2008 

April 11, 

2008 

February 8, 

2008 

March 20, 

2008 

April 16, 

2008 

May 21, 

2008 

May 9, 

2008 

June 

13, 2008 

June 13, 

2008 

July 25, 

2008 

August 29, 

2008 

October 3, 

2008 

TBD by Court 

TBD by Court 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR THIRD AMENDMENT TO CASE MANAGEMENT 

ORDER NO. 2 TO EXTEND CASE SCHEDULE MDL No. 1761 (JSW) 

CMO No. 2 Amend. #1 Amend #2 Amend #3

Completion 

of Discovery 

Relating to 

Specific 

Issues in 

CMO No. 2 

Paragraph 

3(a): 

Paragraphs 

3(b)-(d) – 

Written 

Discovery 

Paragraphs 

3(b)-(d) – 

Depositions 

July 13, 2007 

September 28, 

2007 

September 28, 

2007 

September 11, 

2007 

Nov. 16, 

2007 

Nov. 16, 

2007 

Nov. 9, 

2007 

Nov. 16, 

2007 

Jan. 25, 

2008 

February 8, 

2008 

Nov. 16, 

2007 

May 23, 

2008 

9. As the schedule above indicates, there is no extension in the deadline for written 

discovery on the specific issues listed in Paragraphs 3(b)-(d) of CMO No. 2, and the extension of 

deposition deadlines imposes no further obligation to supplement written discovery responses on 

issues listed in Paragraphs 3(b)-(d) of CMO No. 2 pursuant to Rule 26(e)(1) or Paragraph 4 of 

Magistrate Judge Laporte's Order Regarding Discovery Procedures. The parties understand that, 

consistent with Local Rule 26-2, any motions to compel based upon written discovery responses 

relating to the issues set forth in Paragraphs 3(b)-(d) must be brought within seven court days of 

November 16, 2007. Parties may take additional written discovery pertaining to the issues set 

forth in Paragraphs 3(b)-(d) of CMO No. 2 only upon a showing of good cause. Nothing in this 

agreement, however, shall modify any party's ordinary duty to supplement its discovery 

responses on issues not listed in Paragraphs 3(b)-(d) under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

26(e). 

10. Nothing in this Stipulation alters or modifies any provision in CMO No. 2 except 

as specifically set forth in this Stipulation. 

11. This stipulation for an extension of time has been brought in good faith and not 

for purposes of undue delay or harassment, and conforms with the requirements of Local Rules 

6-2, 7-12, and 16-2(d), and with Federal Rule 16(b), which requires "a showing of good cause" 

for the modification of a scheduling order. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR THIRD AMENDMENT TO CASE MANAGEMENT 

ORDER NO. 2 TO EXTEND CASE SCHEDULE MDL No. 1761 (JSW) 

12. Pursuant to Local Rule 16-2(d), counsel for Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs (Tim 

Becker, Ed Wallace, and Jason Thompson), and counsel for Defendant (M. Sean Royall and 

Monique Drake) consulted about the positions set forth in this Stipulation and Proposed Order. 

All parties have agreed to this Stipulation. 

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties through their designated 

counsel that the Defendant shall have until February 29, 2008 to file its opposition to Plaintiffs' 

motion for class certification in this matter and that all deadlines contained in the Stipulated Case 

Management Order No. 2 (except the deadline for the completion of written discovery relating to 

the issues set forth in Paragraph 3(b)-(d) of that Order) be extended by the approximately 120 

days, as specified in Paragraph 6 above. 

STIPULATED AND AGREED TO BY:

DATED: November 20, 2007 

 /s/ Timothy J. Becker 

Timothy J. Becker 

ZIMMERMAN REED, P.L.L.P. 

651 Nicollet Mall, Suite 501 

Minneapolis, MN 55402 

Telephone: (612) 341-0400 

Facsimile: (612) 341-0844 

Edward A. Wallace 

WEXLER WALLACE TORISEVA LLP 

One North LaSalle Street, Suite 2000 

Chicago, IL 60602 

Telephone: (312) 346-2222 

Facsimile: (312) 346-0022 

Jason J. Thompson 

J. THOMPSON & ASSOCIATES PLC 

26000 West Twelve Mile Road 

Southfield, MI 48034 

Telephone: (248) 436-8448 

Facsimile: (248) 436-8453 

Jeffrey L. Kodroff 

SPECTOR, ROSEMAN & KODROFF, P.C. 

1818 Market Street, Suite 2500 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 

Telephone: (215) 496-0300 

Facsimile: (215) 496-6611 

Attorneys for Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR THIRD AMENDMENT TO CASE MANAGEMENT 

ORDER NO. 2 TO EXTEND CASE SCHEDULE MDL No. 1761 (JSW) 

DATED: November 20, 2007 

 /s/ Michael A. Sitzman 

M. Sean Royall (admitted pro hac vice) 

Monique Michal Drake, SBN 167188 

Michael A. Sitzman, SBN 156667 

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

One Montgomery Street, Suite 3100 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 393-8200 

Facsimile: (415) 986-5309 

Email: sroyall@gibsondunn.com

Email: mdrake@gibsondunn.com

Email: msitzman@gibsondunn.com

Attorneys for Defendant Alza Corporation 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _______________, 2007 

 The Honorable Jeffrey S. White 

United States District Judge 

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