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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT 

SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF DETROIT,

Plaintiff,

v.

ROSEMARY A. CRANE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 13-cv-00945-VC 

REQUEST FOR FURTHER BRIEFING

The Court invites the parties to file supplemental briefs that address the following 

questions: 

Paragraphs 54 and 55 of the TAC allege that Epocrates' practice before the IPO was to 

extend the terms of pharmaceutical customers' contracts in response to delays by the 

pharmaceutical companies in producing or approving DocAlerts. The TAC further alleges that, 

around the time of the IPO, Epocrates changed this practice and began convincing pharmaceutical 

companies to agree to cancel their contracts prematurely, to allow Epocrates to recognize revenue 

from the unused DocAlerts immediately upon cancellation. Was Epocrates required to disclose 

this change to the investing public, regardless of the content of the "replacement contracts" that 

were part of the alleged "repapering scheme?" If so, why, and under what authority?

The plaintiff should file its supplemental brief, which should not exceed 10 double-spaced 

pages, by February 13, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. The defendant's response, of the same length, should be 

filed by February 20, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. The plaintiff may file a reply, not to exceed five pages, 

by 3:00 p.m. on February 27, 2015.

The parties should limit their discussion to these questions and should not reargue any of 

the other issues. 

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Northern District of California

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 3, 2014

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VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

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