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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 EXPEDITING BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND HEARING FOR ALZA’S MOTION TO 

COMPEL THE PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND WRITTEN DISCOVERY FROM AMERICAN SALES COMPANY 

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GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

M. SEAN ROYALL (admitted pro hac vice)

MONIQUE MICHAL DRAKE (SBN 167188) 

MICHAEL A. SITZMAN (SBN 156667) 

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 Defendants 

ALZA CORPORATION and 

ORTHO-MCNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE: DITROPAN XL ANTITRUST 

LITIGATION 

CASE No. MDL Docket No. 1761 (JSW) (EDL) 

THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: 

THE DIRECT PURCHASER ACTION 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

EXPEDITING BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND 

HEARING FOR ALZA’S MOTION TO 

COMPEL THE PRODUCTION OF 

DOCUMENTS AND WRITTEN 

DISCOVERY FROM AMERICAN SALES 

COMPANY 

This stipulation is entered into by and between the Direct Purchaser Plaintiff American Sales 

Company (“ASC”) and Defendant Alza Corporation (“Alza”), through their counsel of record and 

without prejudice to the parties’ respective positions taken and asserted in connection with the 

pending motion to dismiss. For the reasons explained below, this Stipulation between ASC and Alza 

establishes an agreed-upon expedited briefing schedule for Alza’s motion to compel the production of 

documents and written discovery from ASC. 

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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 (“CMO”) on November 1, 2006. 

2. On January 9, 2007, Alza served its First Request for Production of Documents 

(“RFPs”) and First Set of Interrogatories (“Interrogatories”) on ASC. On February 21, 2007, ASC 

served its First Request for the Production of Documents and First Set of Interrogatories on Alza. 

3. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 37 and Civil L.R. 37-1(a), the parties have met and 

conferred regarding ASC’s responses to Alza’s RFPs and Interrogatories, but have been unable to 

resolve certain of the discovery disputes. 

4. On June 26, 2007, ASC filed a motion class certification. Pursuant to the CMO, the 

deadline for Defendants Alza and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”) 

to respond to ASC’s motion for class certification is September 25, 2007. 

5. In view of the impending deadlines and the outstanding procedural issues that remain 

unresolved between the parties and under consideration by the Court, on August 27, 2007, the 

parties agreed to continue the dates and deadlines in the CMO and jointly requested that the Court 

enter an amended CMO with new dates and deadlines by way of stipulation and order. The new 

agreed-upon deadline for Defendants to respond to ASC’s motion for class certification is 

November 27, 2007. 

6. Notwithstanding the parties’ stipulation that the Court continue the dates and 

deadlines in the CMO, Defendants believe that they will not be able to respond to ASC’s motion for 

class certification without adequate responses to the RFPs and Interrogatories which Alza will be 

moving to compel. In order for Defendants to have time to prepare their briefs and expert reports in 

opposition to the pending class certification motion and to avoid any further continuation of the 

class certification deadlines, an expedited briefing and hearing schedule on Alza’s motion to compel 

is necessary. 

WHEREFORE, based on the foregoing facts and circumstances, the parties have met, 

conferred and agreed to jointly request an expedited briefing and hearing schedule for Alza’s 

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motion to compel the production of documents and written discovery from ASC. Pursuant to Civil 

L. R. 6-2 and 7-12, the parties hereby agree and stipulate to the following briefing and hearing 

schedule and request the Court’s approval thereto: 

a. Alza’s motion to compel will be filed and served on or before September 6, 2007; 

b. Plaintiff’s opposition brief will be filed and served on or before September 13, 2007; 

c. Alza’s reply brief will be filed and served on or before September 20, 2007; and 

d. The hearing date on the motion to compel will be set for 9:00 am, October 2, 2007 in 

Courtroom E. 

STIPULATED AND AGREED TO BY:

Dated: August 28, 2007 

By: /s/ Edward Notargiacomo 

Thomas M. Sobol 

Edward Notargiacomo 

Debra Gaw 

Gregory Matthews 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO, LLP 

One Main Street, 4th Floor 

Cambridge, MA 02142 

Telephone: (617) 482-3700 

Facsimile: (617) 482-3003 

Dianne M. Nast 

RODANAST, PC 

801 Estelle Drive 

Lancaster, PA 17601 

Telephone: (717) 892-3000 

Facsimile: (717) 892-1200 

Attorneys for Direct Purchaser Plaintiff 

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Dated: August 28, 2007 By: /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 Defendants Alza Corporation 

and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August _____, 2007 ___________________________________

 Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte 

 United States District Court Magistrate 

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

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