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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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Case No. 15-MD-02617-LHK

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

IN RE ANTHEM, INC. DATA BREACH 

LITIGATION 

Case No. 15-MD-02617-LHK 

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

Counsel on Behalf of Lead Plaintiffs and Lead Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee: Eve 

Cervantez, Geoffrey Graber, Meredith Johnson, David Berger

Counsel on Behalf of Defendants Anthem, Inc.; Anthem affiliates; and various non-Anthem 

affiliates: Craig Hoover, Desmond Hogan, Chad Fuller

Counsel on Behalf of Defendants Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and Healthcare 

Services Corporation: Brian Kavanaugh

A case management conference was held on May 26, 2016. For a list of all counsel who 

appeared at the case management conference, see ECF No. 521. A further case management 

conference is set for July 22, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. The parties shall file their joint case management 

statement by July 15, 2016.

As the Court stated at the case management conference, discovery should proceed as to all 

Plaintiffs and all Defendants, with a current fact discovery cutoff of October 17, 2016. 

In addition, the Court encourages the parties to discuss options to narrow the issues 

presented for class certification, and to present these options in their next case management 

statement. 

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CASE SCHEDULE

The case schedule remains as set, and is set forth below.

Scheduled Event Date

Last Day to Add Parties July 11, 2016

Close of Fact Discovery October 17, 2016

Identification of Plaintiffs’ Experts for Class Certification 

and Report

November 7, 2016

Identification of Defendants’ Experts for Class Certification 

and Report

November 28, 2016

Identification of Plaintiffs’ Rebuttal Witnesses for Class 

Certification and Report

December 19, 2016

Last Day to Depose Experts 

(i.e., Close of Expert Discovery)

January 23, 2017

Last Day to Amend Pleadings February 3, 2017

Deadline to File Motion for Class Certification Motion: February 17, 2017 

Opp’n: March 17, 2017

Reply: April 14, 2017

Deadline for Defendants to File Daubert Motions Motion: March 17, 2017 

Opp’n: April 14, 2017

Reply: April 28, 2017

Deadline for Plaintiffs to File Daubert Motions Motion: April 14, 2017 

Opp’n: April 28, 2017 

Reply: May 12, 2017

Hearing on Motion for Class Certification and Daubert 

Motions

June 1, 2017, at 1:30 p.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 26, 2016

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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