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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:1 Antitrust Litigation

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR A

STAY OF DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO ANSWER COMPLAINT

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Daniel J. Mogin (SBN 95624)

Jodie M. Williams (SBN 247848)

THE MOGIN LAW FIRM, P.C.

707 Broadway, Suite 1000

San Diego, CA 92101

Telephone: (619) 687-6611

Facsimile: (619) 687-6610

dmogin@moginlaw.com

jwilliams@moginlaw.com

Counsel for Plaintiffs

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

STEPHEN MANGUM, on behalf of himself and 

all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs,

v.

COOPERVISION, INC.; ALCON 

LABORATORIES, INC.; BAUSCH + LOMB; 

JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC.; 

and ABB/CON-CISE OPTICAL GROUP LLC,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:15-cv-01064-HSG

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

DEFERRING DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO 

ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND 

TO THE COMPLAINT PENDING 

ACTION BY JUDICIAL PANEL ON 

MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION

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WHEREAS, on March 6, 2015, Plaintiff Stephen Mangum (“Plaintiff”), on behalf of 

himself and all others similarly situated, filed a complaint (“Complaint”) in this action against 

Defendants CooperVision, Inc., Alcon Laboratories, Inc., Bausch + Lomb Incorporated,

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Johnson 

& Johnson Vision Care, Inc., and ABB/ Con-Cise Optical Group LLC (“Defendants”) 

(collectively referred to as the “Parties”); 

WHEREAS, the following related putative class actions are currently pending against 

some or all Defendants in judicial districts around the country:

 Tracy L. Gray et al. v. Alcon Laboratories, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-02642 (D. Kan.);

 Rachel Miller et al. v. Alcon Laboratories, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-01028 (N.D. Cal.);

 Suneeta D. Fernandes v. Alcon Laboratories, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-01045 (N.D. 

Cal.);

 Machikawa, et al. v. CooperVision, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-01001 (N.D. Cal.);

 Clemente Cesare v. CooperVision, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-60466 (S.D. Fla.);

 Kimberly Martin v. Alcon Laboratories, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-01090 (N.D. Cal.);

 Susan G. Gordon v. CooperVision, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-01092 (N.D. Cal.);

 Matthew J. Cardamone v. Alcon Laboratories, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-01093 (N.D. 

Cal.);

 Gloria Goldblatt v. Alcon Laboratories, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-01095 (N.D. Cal.);

 Serge Pentsak et al. v. CooperVision, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-01097(N.D. Cal.);

 Juliana Brodsky v. CooperVision, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-01123 (N.D. Cal.); 

 Dusty Price et al. v. Alcon Laboratories, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-01124 (N.D. Cal.); 

 Benjamin W. Hewitt et al. v. Alcon Laboratories, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-01196 (N.D. 

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Bausch + Lomb Incorporated is referred to in the Complaint as Bausch + Lomb.

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 Joanne Buckley et al. v. CooperVision, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-01212 (N.D. Cal.); 

 Krysta Loera v. CooperVision, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-21033 (S.D. Fla.);

 James Sendzik v. ABB/ Con-Cise Optical Group LLC et al., Case No. 15-cv-60534 (S.D. 

Fla.); 

 Mallory L. Grossman v. Novartis Corp. et al., Case No. 15-cv-01930 (D.N.J.); 

 Cora B. Smith v. CooperVision, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-21069 (S.D. Fla.); 

 Brett Watson v. CooperVision, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-01276 (N.D. Cal.); 

 Ben Hawkins v. Alcon Laboratories, et al., Case No. 15-cv-01297 (N.D. Cal.);

 Debra Denton v. CooperVision, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-00117 (E.D. Tenn.);

 Marilyn M. Dedivanaj v. CooperVision, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-01281 (N.D. Cal.); 

 Lana Ohmes et al. v. Alcon Laboratories, et al., Case No. 15-cv-01301 (N.D. Cal); and

 Kevin Moy v. Alcon Laboratories, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-01340 (N.D. Cal).

WHEREAS, on March 6, 2015, Rachel Miller, Caitlin O’Neill, and Tyler Brandafino (the 

“Miller Plaintiffs”) filed a motion before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (the “MDL 

Panel”) to transfer the actions against Defendants to the Northern District of California for 

coordination or consolidation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407; 

WHEREAS, on March 9, 2015, Clemente Cesare (the “Cesare Plaintiff”) filed a motion 

before the MDL Panel to transfer the actions against Defendants to the Southern District of 

Florida for coordination or consolidation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407; 

WHEREAS the transfer motions were docketed by the MDL Panel under In re:

Disposable Contact Lens Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2626;

WHEREAS, Defendants’ responses to the transfer motions are due to be completed on or 

before March 30, 2015;

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WHEREAS, to conserve the resources of this Court and the Parties, the Parties agree that 

it is appropriate to defer Defendants’ time to respond to the Complaint in this action until the 

MDL Panel rules on the pending motions for transfer, given the typical practice of filing

consolidated master complaint in the transferee court following the grant of a 28 U.S.C. § 1407 

motion; 

NOW, THEREFORE, AND SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION BY OR 

FURTHER ORDERS OF THE COURT, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND 

AGREED by the Parties that:

1. The undersigned counsel accept service of the Complaint for their respective 

clients named in the Complaint without waiver of any defenses;

2. Defendants are not required to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiffs’

complaint in this action until 60 days after a consolidated amended complaint is 

filed in In re: Disposable Contact Lens Litigation (MDL No. 2626) in a transferee 

court (the “Response Date”).

3. If Defendants are required to answer or otherwise respond to any other class 

action complaint in a related action on a date prior to the Response Date, 

Defendants will answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this action on 

the same date as in the related class action.

4. If Defendants respond to any formal or informal discovery requests or make any

initial disclosures in a related class action, Defendants will provide the same 

response and/or initial disclosures to Plaintiffs in this action on the same date as in 

the related class action (without prejudice to the position of any party about when 

discovery should begin).

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Authority for and concurrence in the filing of this stipulated request has been obtained 

from each of the signatories, pursuant to General Order 45(X)(B).

Dated: March 25, 2015

By:

_ s/ Daniel J. Mogin______________

Daniel J. Mogin 

Jodie M. Williams 

THE MOGIN LAW FIRM, P.C.

707 Broadway, Suite 1000

San Diego, California 92101

Telephone: (619) 687-6611

Facsimile: (619) 687-6610

Email: dmogin@moginlaw.com

Email: jwilliams@moginlaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Stephen Mangum

By:

__ s/ William F. Cavanaugh, Jr._____

William F. Cavanaugh, Jr.

PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & 

TYLER LLP

1133 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

Tel: (212) 336-2000

Fax: (212) 336-2222

Email: wfcavanaugh@pbwt.com

Attorneys for Johnson & Johnson Vision 

Care, Inc.

By:

___s/ Elizabeth L. Deeley________

Elizabeth L. Deeley

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP

555 California Street

San Francisco, California 94104

Telephone: (415) 439-1400

Facsimile: (415) 439-1500

Email: elizabeth.deeley@kirkland.com

Attorneys for ABB/ Con-Cise Optical Group

LLC

By:

___s/ David R. Marriott____________

Evan R. Chesler

David R. Marriott

CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE LLP

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Worldwide Plaza

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10019-7475

Tel: (212) 474-1000

Fax: (212) 474-4700

Email: echesler@cravath.com

Email: dmarriott@cravath.com

Thomas B. Mayhew

FARELLA BRAUN & MARTEL LLP

Russ Building

235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

Tel: (415) 954-4400

Fax: (415) 954-4480

Email: tmayhew@fbm.com

Attorneys for Alcon Laboratories, Inc.

By:

___s/ James P. Schaefer____________

James P. Schaefer

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & 

FLOM LLP

525 University Avenue, Suite 1400

Palo Alto, California 94301

Tel: (650) 470-4500

Fax: (650) 470-4570

Email: james.schaefer@skadden.com

Attorneys for Bausch + Lomb Incorporated

By:

___s/ Daniel M. Wall______________

Daniel M. Wall

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 

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San Francisco, CA 94111

Tel: (415) 391-0600

Fax: (415) 395-8095

Email: dan.wall@lw.com

Attorneys for CooperVision, Inc.

SO ORDERED on this 26th day of March, 2015:

 _________________________________

 Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE CASE NO. 15-CV-01064-HSG

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on March 25, 2015, a copy of the foregoing was filed and served electronically in the 

ECF system. Notice of this filing will be sent to the parties of record by operation of the Court’s 

electronic filing system. Parties may access this filing through the Court’s system. 

DATED: March 25, 2015 PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & TYLER LLP

By /s/ William F. Cavanaugh, Jr.

William F. Cavanaugh, Jr.

Attorneys for Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.

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