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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AMENDING SCHEDULE MDL No. 14-md-02521-WHO

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[Submitting Counsel on Signature Page] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

In re LIDODERM ANTITRUST LITIGATION MDL Docket No. C-14-md-02521 WHO

STIPULATION AND ORDER AMENDING 

SCHEDULE 

(Civil Local Rule 6.2, 7.12)

This document relates to ALL CASES

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The parties stipulate, subject to this Court’s approval, and hereby jointly move to extend the 

date for close of fact discovery by 90 days, from January 28, 2016 to April 27, 2016, and to advance all 

dates accordingly. The reasons are as follows:

1. This multi-party antitrust case requires the production and review of hundreds of 

thousands of documents, and the taking of many depositions – the parties have allocated up to 40 

depositions for each side. Discovery in this action has been particularly complex because of the 

substantial number of documents withheld by the parties on grounds of privilege, and the responsibility 

of counsel to evaluate and meet and confer concerning the claims of privilege, and to seek to resolve 

privilege issues before taking depositions. In addition, the parties have encountered challenges in 

scheduling depositions, which require the coordination of the calendars of multiple counsel as well as 

witnesses, some of whom are former employees of the defendants.

2. On January 15, 2015, prior to the opening of discovery, the Court entered a Stipulated 

Scheduling Order setting forth a case schedule through trial, including a fact discovery cutoff of 

October 28, 2015. [Doc. No. 134]. On August 5, 2015, the Court entered an Order, at the request of the 

parties, amending the case schedule by extending the fact discovery cut-off date by 90 days and 

extending subsequent dates. [Doc. No. 245].

3. The parties have diligently pursued their document production and review obligations, 

seeking to obtain and produce documents in a timely fashion, and to address disputes concerning 

privilege claims cooperatively or, when necessary, with the assistance of the Court, before beginning 

depositions. 

4. While the parties’ efforts to address privilege issues are ongoing, the parties have also 

scheduled certain depositions. The parties currently have firm dates for 12 depositions to be taken in 

December and January, and are continuing to work on scheduling others.

5. The parties have met and conferred and believe, subject to the Court’s approval, that 

permitting the parties to continue their work on privilege issues, while at the same time taking

depositions in an orderly manner, with sufficient time between depositions to evaluate the testimony, 

will promote the efficient use of resources. The parties believe an additional 90 days of fact discovery 

is necessary to permit the fair and efficient completion of discovery in preparation for trial. 

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Accordingly, the parties stipulate, subject to approval of the Court, that the schedule for the close 

of fact discovery and remaining dates on the case schedule, should be amended as follows:

Event Current Date Amended Date

Close of fact discovery. All discovery requests 

must be served to be answerable by this date, 

except for requests for admissions, which may be 

served up to 45 days before Rule 56 and Daubert 

motions are filed

January 28, 2016 April 27, 2016

Plaintiffs to file motions for class certification and 

class certification expert reports.

February 18, 2016 May 18, 2016

Defendants to file oppositions to motions for class 

certification and opposing class certification expert 

reports.

April 20, 2016 July 19, 2016

Plaintiffs file reply briefs in support of motions for 

class certification and rebuttal class certification 

expert reports.

June 9, 2016 September 9, 2016

Hearing on motions for class certification June 22, 2016 September 21, 2016

Parties to serve merits expert reports (party with 

the burden of proof on the issue serves its expert 

report on that issue)1

July 18, 2016 October 28, 2016

Parties serve opposing merits expert reports September 27, 2016 January 6, 2017

Parties serve rebuttal merits expert reports November 10, 2016 February 20, 2017

Close of expert discovery December 9, 2016 March 17, 2017

Rule 56 and Daubert motions to be filed January 6, 2017 April 14, 2017

Rule 56 and Daubert oppositions to be filed February 24, 2017 June 2, 2017

Rule 56 and Daubert replies to be filed March 30, 2017 July 7, 2017

Hearing on any Rule 56 and Daubert motions April 19, 2017, 9 a.m. July 27, 2017, 9 a.m.

Joint final pretrial conference statement and 

proposed order to be filed

May 29, 2017 September 6, 2017

Final pretrial conference June 26, 2017 October 2, 2017

 

1 The parties may disagree as to who has the burden of proof as to particular issues that will be addressed in the merits 

expert reports. In the event the parties cannot resolve this issue between themselves, they will seek guidance from the 

Court at a later date. 

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Event Current Date Amended Date

Trial August 21, 2017 October 30, 2017

Dated: December 4, 2015

Respectfully submitted by:

For the Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs: For the End-Payor Plaintiffs:

/s/ Peter R. Kohn

Peter R. Kohn

Joseph T. Lukens

FARUQI & FARUQI LLP

101 Greenwood Avenue, Suite 600

Jenkintown, PA 19046

Telephone: (215) 277-5770

Facsimile: (215) 277-5771

pkohn@faruqilaw.com

jlukens@faruqilaw.com

/s/ David S. Nalven

Thomas M. Sobol

David S. Nalven

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

55 Cambridge Parkway, Suite 301

Cambridge, MA 02142

Telephone: (617) 482-3700

tom@hbsslaw.com

davidn@hbsslaw.com

/s/ Bruce E. Gerstein

Bruce E. Gerstein

Noah Silverman

Ephraim R. Gerstein

GARWIN GERSTEIN & FISHER LLP

88 Pine Street, 10th Floor

New York, NY 10005

Telephone: (212) 398-0055

Facsimile: (212) 764-6620

bgerstein@garwingerstein.com

nsilverman@garwingerstein.com

egerstein@garwingerstein.com

Interim Co-Lead Counsel for the proposed

Direct Purchaser Class

For the Rite Aid Plaintiffs:

/s/ Barry L. Refsin

Barry L. Refsin

HANGLEY ARONCHICK SEGAL PUDLIN

& SCHILLER

One Logan Square, 27th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Telephone: (215) 496-7031

/s/ Dena C. Sharp

Daniel C. Girard (SBN 114826)

Dena C. Sharp (SBN 245869)

GIRARD GIBBS LLP

601 California Street, 14th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94108

Telephone: (415) 981-4800

Facsimile: (415) 981-4846

dcg@girardgibbs.com

chc@girardgibbs.com

/s/ Renae D. Steiner

Renae D. Steiner

HEINS MILLS & OLSON, P.L.C.

310 Clifton Avenue

Minneapolis, MN 55403

Telephone: (612) 338-4605

Facsimile: (612) 338-4692

rsteiner@heinsmills.com

/s/ J. Douglas Richards

J. Douglas Richards

Sharon K. Robertson

COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL

PLLC

88 Pine Street, 14th Floor

New York, New York 10005

Telephone: (212) 758-3042

Facsimile: (212) 838-7745

Interim Co-Lead Counsel for the proposed

End-Payor Class

Joseph R. Saveri 

Joshua P. Davis

Andrew M. Purdy

Ryan J. McEwan 

JOSEPH SAVERI LAW FIRM, INC. 

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 625 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 500-6800 

Facsimile: (415) 395-9940 

jsaveri@saverilawfirm.com 

rmcewan@saverilawfirm.com 

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Facsimile: (215) 568-0300

brefsin@hangley.com

Monica L. Rebuck

Eric L. Bloom

HANGLEY ARONCHICK SEGAL PUDLIN

& SCHILLER

4400 Deer Path Road, Suite 200

Harrisburg, PA 17110

Telephone: (717) 364-1007

Facsimile: (717) 234-3982

mrebuck@hangley.com

ebloom@hangley.com

For the Walgreen Plaintiffs:

/s/ Anna T. Neil

Anna T. Neill

Scott E. Perwin

Lauren C. Ravkind

KENNY NACHWALTER P.A.

1100 Miami Center

201 South Biscayne Boulevard

Miami, FL 33131

Telephone: (305) 373-1000

Facsimile: (305) 372-1861

aneill@knpa.com

Interim Liaison Counsel for the proposed 

End-Payor Class Plaintiffs

For Plaintiff Government Employees

Health Association:

/s/ Todd A. Seaver

Todd A. Seaver

BERMAN DEVALERIO

Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr.

Todd A. Seaver

Sarah Khorasanee McGrath

One California St., Suite 900

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 433-3200

Facsimile: (415) 433-6382

LOWEY DANNENBERG COHEN & HART, 

P.C.

Barbara Hart

Peter D. St. Phillip

Noelle Ruggiero

One North Broadway

White Plains, New York 10601

Telephone: (914) 997-0500

Facsimile: (914) 997-0035

RAWLINGS & ASSOCIATES PLLC

Mark D. Fisher

Robert Griffith

One Eden Way

LaGrange, KY 40031-8100

Telephone: (502) 587-1279

For the Defendants:

SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP

/s/ David S. Elkins

David S. Elkins (State Bar No. 148077)

Joseph A. Meckes (State Bar No. 190279)

600 Hansen Way

Palo Alto, California 94304

Telephone: (650) 856-6500

Facsimile: (650) 843-8777

275 Battery Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 954-0200

Facsimile: (415) 393-9887

David.Elkins@squirepb.com

Joseph.Meckes@squirepb.com

Attorneys for Defendants Teikoku Pharma

USA, Inc. and Teikoku Seiyaku Co., Ltd.

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER

& FLOM

/s/ Steven C. Sunshine

Steven C. Sunshine (admitted pro hac vice)

Sean M. Tepe (admitted pro hac vice)

1440 New York Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20005

Telephone: (202) 371-7000

Facsimile: (202) 393-5760

Steve.Sunshine@skadden.com

Sean.Tepe@skadden.com

Karen Hoffman Lent (admitted pro hac vice)

Four Times Square

New York, New York 10036

Telephone: (212) 735-3000

Facsimile: (917) 777-3000

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ARNOLD & PORTER LLP

/s/ Daniel B. Asimow

Daniel B. Asimow (State Bar No. 165661)

Three Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111-4024

Telephone: (415) 471-3100

Facsimile: (415) 471-3400

Daniel.Asimow@aporter.com

Jonathan L. Stern (admitted pro hac vice)

Ryan Z. Watts (admitted pro hac vice)

601 Massachusetts Ave. NW

Washington, D.C. 20001-3743

Telephone: (202) 942-5000

Facsimile: (202) 942-4999

Jonathan.Stern@aporter.com

Ryan.Watts@aporter.com

Attorneys for Defendant Endo Pharmaceuticals 

Inc.

James Schaefer (State Bar No. 250417)

525 University Avenue

Palo Alto, California 94301-1908

Telephone: (650) 470-4500

Facsimile: (650) 470-4570

James.Schaefer@skadden.com

Attorneys for Defendants Actavis, Inc., Watson 

Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Watson Laboratories, Inc., 

Actavis plc., Anda Inc., Anda Pharmaceuticals, 

Inc., and Valmed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

ATTESTATION STATEMENT

I, Daniel Asimow, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to file 

this STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AMENDING SCHEDULE. Pursuant to Civil L.R. 

5-1(i)(3), I attest under penalty of perjury that concurrence in this filing has been obtained from all 

counsel.

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, THE FOREGOING IS SO ORDERED, with the following 

exceptions:

Plaintiffs file reply briefs in support of motions for 

class certification and rebuttal class certification 

expert reports.

June 9, 2016 September 7, 2016

Rule 56 and Daubert replies to be filed March 30, 2017 July 3, 2017

Hearing on any Rule 56 and Daubert motions April 19, 2017, 9 a.m. July 17, 2017, 9 a.m.

DATED: December 9, 2015

HON. WILLIAM H. ORRICK

United States District Court Judge

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