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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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C-04-1511 CW STIPULATION BY PARTIES PROPOSING MODIFIED LITIGATION 

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Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. (75484) 

Christopher T. Heffelfinger (118058) 

BERMAN DEVALERIO PEASE TABACCO 

 BURT & PUCILLO

425 California Street, Suite 2100 

San Francisco, CA 94104-2205 

Telephone: (415) 433-3200 

Facsimile: (415) 433-6382 

Email: jtabacco@bermanesq.com 

Email: cheffelfinger@bermanesq.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

JOHN DOE 1 AND JOHN DOE 2 

[ADDITIONAL PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL 

 ON SIGNATURE PAGE]

Thomas C. Mavrakakis (177927) 

Michael A. Sweet (184345) 

George C. Lombardi (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

James F. Hurst (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

David J. Doyle (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

Samuel S. Park (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 

101 California Street, Suite 3900 

San Francisco, California 94111-5894 

Telephone: (415) 591-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 591-1400 

E:mail: msweet@winston.com; 

glombardi@winston.com; jhurst@winston.com; 

ddoyle@winston.com; spark@winston.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

 

IN RE ABBOTT LABS NORVIR 

ANTITRUST LITIGATION 

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No. C-04-1511 CW 

STIPULATION BY PARTIES PROPOSING 

MODIFIED LITIGATION SCHEDULE 

AND ORDER THEREON AS MODIFIED 

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RECITALS

WHEREAS, pursuant to an earlier Stipulation of the parties dated August 14, 2006, 

approved by an Order of the Court dated August 22, 2006, the parties were to submit a revised 

proposed litigation schedule to the Court no later than August 24, 2006. The parties timely 

submitted a revised proposed litigation schedule, but were subsequently advised by the Court of 

changes that had to be made to the proposed schedule; 

WHEREAS, the Court has also directed that the proposed schedule include identification 

of the patent claims asserted by defendant Abbott Laboratories, Inc. in defense of plaintiffs’ 

claims for relief; 

WHEREAS, defendant Abbott Laboratories, Inc. has identified the patents and claims on 

which it relies as follows: claims 1 to 92 of U.S. Patent No. 6,703,403; claims 1 to 18 of U.S. 

Patent No. 6,037,157; claims 1 to 19 of U.S. Patent No. 5,886,036; and claims 1 to 3 of U.S. 

Patent No. 5,674,882; and 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and have agreed to the proposed litigation 

schedule set forth below. 

STIPULATION

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby stipulated among the parties that, subject to approval by 

the Court, the parties have agreed to the following proposed litigation schedule: 

EVENT DATE 

Plaintiffs to file Class Certification Motion October 6, 2006 

Abbott to propound written (class) discovery to plaintiffs October 16, 2006 

Settlement Conference (Magistrate Judge Larson) November 8, 2006 

Plaintiffs to provide responses to written discovery November 10, 2006 

Depositions of class representatives begin November 17, 2006 

Plaintiffs to make expert(s), if any, available for deposition on 

class certification issues no later than 

December 15, 2006 

Abbott to file Opposition to Class Certification Motion January 16, 2007 

Abbott to make expert(s), if any, available for deposition on February 8, 2007 

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class certification issues no later than 

Plaintiffs to file reply to Class Certification Motion March 16, 2007 

Suggested hearing date for hearing on Class Certification 

Motion 

March 30, 2007 

Case Management conference (following hearing on Class 

Certification Motion) 

March 30, 2007 

Fact discovery cutoff June 1, 2007 

Expert Disclosure: “Opening” July 2, 2007 

Expert Disclosure: “Rebuttal” August 1, 2007 

Complete depositions of experts August 31, 2007 

Last day to file Abbott’s dispositive motions & Abbott’s 

Proposed Claims Construction (contained within one brief) 

September 10, 2007 

Opposition Brief and Cross-Motion (contained within one 

brief) 

October 19, 2007 

Reply Brief 

Reply to Cross-Motion 

November 2, 2007 

November 9, 2007 

Hearing on Summary Judgment & Claims Construction November 30, 2007 

Rule 16 Conference February 29, 2008 

Trial March 10, 2008 

Dated: September 14, 2006 Respectfully submitted, 

 

 BERMAN DEVALERIO PEASE TABACCO

 BURT & PUCILLO 

 

 

 By: /s/ Christopher T. Heffelfinger 

 CHRISTOPHER T. HEFFELFINGER 

 Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. 

 425 California Street, Suite 2100 

 San Francisco, CA 94104-2205 

 Telephone: (415) 433-3200 

 Facsimile: (415) 433-6382 

 R. Scott Palmer 

 BERMAN DEVALERIO PEASE TABACCO 

 BURT & PUCILLO

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 515 North Flager Drive, Suite 1701 

 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 

 Telephone: (561) 835-9400 

 Facsimile: (561) 835-0322 

 Richard R. Wiebe 

 LAW OFFICE OF RICHARD R. WIEBE 

 425 California Street, Suite 2025 

 San Francisco, CA 94104 

 Telephone: (415) 433-3200 

 Facsimile: (415) 433-6382 

 Counsel for Plaintiffs 

JOHN DOE 1 and JOHN DOE 2 

 

Bernard Persky 

 Hollis Salzman 

 Michael W. Stocker 

 LABATON RUDOFF & SUCHAROW LLP 

 100 Park Avenue 

 New York, New York 10017-5563 

Telephone: (212) 907-0700 

Facsimile: (212) 818-0477 

Joseph Lipofsky 

Robert S. Schachter 

Paul Kleidman 

ZWERLING, SCHACHTER 

 & ZWERLING, LLP 

41 Madison Avenue 

New York, NY 10010 

Telephone: (212) 223-3900 

Facsimile: (212) 371-5969 

 Dan Drachler 

ZWERLING, SCHACHTER 

 & ZWERLING, LLP

1904 Third Avenue, Suite 1030

Seattle, WA 98101-1170

Telephone: 206-223-2053 

Facsimile: 206-343-9636 

David S. Nalven 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

One Main Street, 4th Floor 

Cambridge, MA 02142 

Telephone: 617-482-3700 

Facsimile: 617-482-3033 

Counsel for Plaintiff Service Employees 

 International Union Health and Welfare Fund 

 

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Dated: September 14, 2006 Respectfully submitted, 

 

 WINSTON & STRAWN 

 

 By: /s/ David J. Doyle 

 DAVID J. DOYLE 

Thomas C. Mavrakakis 

Michael A. Sweet 

George C. LombardI 

James F. Hurst 

David J. Doyle 

Samuel S. Park 

101 California Street, Suite 3900 

San Francisco, California 94111-5894 

Telephone: (415) 591-1000 

Facsimile: 94150 591-1400 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES 

 ORDER

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September _22, 2006 /s/ CLAUDIA WILKEN 

 

 United States District Judge 

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