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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 31:3729 False Claims Act

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STIPULATION, No. C 05-3004 CRB

TONY WEST

Assistant Attorney General

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO (CA Bar No. 44332)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (CA Bar No. 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

SARA WINSLOW (DC Bar No. 457643)

JULIE A. ARBUCKLE (CA Bar No. 193425)

Assistant United States Attorneys

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-6925 (Winslow)

 (415) 436-7102 (Arbuckle)

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

sara.winslow@usdoj.gov

julie.arbuckle@usdoj.gov

JOYCE R. BRANDA

PATRICIA R. DAVIS

RENÉE S. ORLEANS

KIMBERLY I. FRIDAY

Attorneys

Civil Division

United States Department of Justice

 P.O. Box 261

Ben Franklin Station

Washington, D.C. 20044

Telephone: (202) 514-4504

 Facsimile: (202) 305-4117

renee.orleans@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for the United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

UNITED STATES ex rel. STROM,

Plaintiffs,

v.

SCIOS, INC. and 

JOHNSON & JOHNSON,

Defendants.

 

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No. C 05-3004 CRB

STIPULATION AND REQUEST TO

VACATE CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER

CMC Date: April 9, 2010

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Courtroom 8, 19 Floor th

Plaintiffs, the United States of America and Relator Joe Strom, and Defendants,

Scios, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, through their undersigned counsel of record, hereby stipulate 

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and agree as follows:

1. At the March 12, 2010 case management conference, the Court ordered a phased

discovery schedule, with the first phase limited to two issues: (1) Defendants’ affirmative

defense of reliance on advice of counsel; and (2) Johnson & Johnson’s liability as a corporate

entity.

2. Defendants have filed a Second Amended Answer that withdraws and waives any

right to assert the defense of reliance on advice of counsel.

3. Defendant Johnson & Johnson hereby agrees to guarantee and indemnify any

judgment against Defendant Scios, Inc. or any settlement amount agreed to between Plaintiffs

and Defendant Scios, Inc. in the above-captioned case.

4. Plaintiffs will continue to pursue discovery regarding Johnson & Johnson’s alleged

direct liability under the False Claims Act and the common law theory of unjust enrichment.

5. Given the withdrawal of the advice of counsel defense and the payment guarantee by

Johnson & Johnson, the parties agree that phased discovery is no longer necessary.

6. The parties agree that all parties may take discovery on all issues in the case beginning

on the date of this Order.

7. The parties agree that each side (Plaintiffs and Defendants) may take up to 60

depositions of fact witnesses.

8. The parties request the following discovery schedule:

Fact discovery cut-off: Sept. 30, 2011

Designation of experts: October 31, 2011 

Designation of rebuttal experts: November 30, 2011 

 

Expert discovery cut-off: January 31, 2012

Dispositive motions - last day for hearing: April 6, 2012

 9. Defendants requested, and the Court scheduled, a further case management conference

on April 9, 2010 to discuss revising the discovery plan. Given the parties’ agreement on a new

discovery plan, we now request that, if the Court agrees with the parties’ stipulated discovery

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plan, the April 9 case management conference be vacated. Should the Court disagree with the

parties’ stipulated discovery plan, we request that the case management conference be held as

scheduled in order for the parties and the Court to discuss the plan.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Respectfully submitted,

TONY WEST

Assistant Attorney General

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO

United States Attorney

Dated: April 2, 2010 By: /s/ signature on file 

SARA WINSLOW

JULIE A. ARBUCKLE

Assistant United States Attorneys

Dated: April 2, 2010 By: /s/ signature on file 

JOYCE R. BRANDA

PATRICIA R. DAVIS

RENÉE S. ORLEANS

KIMBERLY I. FRIDAY

Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice

Attorneys for the United States

NOLAN & AUERBACH, P.A.

LAW OFFICES OF MATTHEW PAVONE

Dated: April 2, 2010 By: /s/ signature on file 

KENNETH J. NOLAN, Esq.

MARCELLA AUERBACH, Esq.

MATTHEW B. PAVONE, Esq.

Attorneys for Qui Tam Plaintiff Joe Strom

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART OLIVER &

HEDGES, LLP

Dated: April 2, 2010 By: /s/ signature on file 

CHRISTOPHER TAYBACK, Esq.

Attorneys for Defendants Scios, Inc. and 

Johnson & Johnson Inc.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, the discovery plan for this case shall be as set out above, and

the case management conference scheduled for April 9, 2010 is hereby vacated. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: __________________________ _________________________________

HONORABLE CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

April 2, 2010

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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