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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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Case No. 3:17-cv-04830-JST

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING DEADLINE FOR FILING 

AMENDED COMPLAINT AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR ANTICIPATED MOTION(S) TO 

DISMISS

Adam C. McCall (State Bar No. 302130)

Email: amccall@zlk.com

LEVI & KORSINSKY, LLP

445 South Figueroa Street, 31st Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Telephone: (213) 985-7290

Attorneys for Lead Plaintiff

The Depomed Investor Group and the Class

[Additional Counsel appears on signature page.]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

INCHEN HUANG, Individually and on Behalf of 

All Others Similarly Situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

DEPOMED, INC., ARTHUR JOSEPH HIGGINS, 

JAMES A. SCHOENECK, and AUGUST J. 

MORETTI,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:17-cv-04830-JST

CLASS ACTION

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING DEADLINE FOR 

FILING AMENDED COMPLAINT AND 

BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR 

ANTICIPATED MOTION(S) TO DISMISS

Judge: Hon. Jon S. Tigar

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1 Case No. 3:17-cv-04830-JST

WHEREAS, on August 18, 2017, Inchen Huang filed a federal securities class action lawsuit 

against defendants Depomed, Inc. (“Depomed”), Arthur Higgins, James Schoeneck, and August 

Moretti (collectively, the “Defendants”);

WHEREAS, the Case Management Conference is currently scheduled for January 31, 2018 at 

2:00 p.m. (ECF No. 43);

WHEREAS, on December 8, 2017, the Court entered an Order appointing the Depomed 

Investor Group as Lead Plaintiff, and approving Levi & Korsinsky, LLP to serve as Lead Counsel 

(ECF No. 52);

WHEREAS, Lead Plaintiff anticipates filing an amended complaint and Defendants anticipate 

moving to dismiss the anticipated amended complaint;

WHEREAS, Lead Plaintiff and Defendants have met and conferred regarding a schedule for 

the filing of an amended complaint and a briefing schedule for Defendants’ anticipated motion(s) to 

dismiss.

NOW, THEREFORE, having met and conferred, Lead Plaintiff and Defendants have agreed 

to and respectively submit, for approval by the Court, the following schedule for the filing of and 

responding to an amended complaint:

1. Lead Plaintiff shall file an amended complaint by February 6, 2018;

2. Defendants shall answer or otherwise respond to the amended complaint by April 9, 2018;

3. If Defendants move to dismiss the amended complaint, Lead Plaintiff shall file its

opposition(s) by June 8, 2018;

4. Defendants shall file their replies in support of any motion(s) to dismiss by July 23, 2018;

5. Counsel for the parties shall meet and confer to agree on a proposed hearing date in 

connection with the motion to dismiss the consolidated amended complaint, subject to the 

Court’s availability; and

6. The Case Management Conference shall be postponed until a decision on the anticipated 

motion(s) to dismiss.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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DATED: December 14, 2017 LEVI & KORSINSKY, LLP

/s/ Adam C. McCall

Adam C. McCall (SBN 302130)

Adam M. Apton (SBN 316506)

445 South Figueroa Street, 31st Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Telephone: (213) 985-7290

Email: amccall@zlk.com

aapton@zlk.com

Nicholas I. Porritt (admitted pro hac vice)

LEVI & KORSINSKY, LLP

1101 30th Street NW, Suite 115

Washington, DC 20007

Telephone: (202) 524-4290

Email: nporritt@zlk.com

Rosemary M. Rivas (SBN 209147)

LEVI & KORSINSKY, LLP

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 650

San Francisco, California 94104

Telephone: (415) 291-2420

Facsimile: (415) 484-1294

Email: rrivas@zlk.com

Attorneys for Lead Plaintiff and the Class

DATED: December 14, 2017 WILMER CUTLER PICKERING 

 HALE & DORR LLP

/s/ Michael A. Mugmon

Michael A Mugmon (SBN 251958)

950 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304 

Telephone: 650-858-6000 

Fax: 650-858-6100 

Email: michael.mugmon@wilmerhale.com

Rebecca A. Girolamo (SBN 293422)

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING 

 HALE & DORR LLP

350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2100 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: 213-443-5300 

Fax: 213-443-5400 

Email: rebecca.girolamo@wilmerhale.com

Attorneys for Defendants

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:

HONORABLE JON S. TIGAR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

December 15, 2017

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