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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

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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

Interim Plaintiffs’ Counsel: Eve Cervantez; Andrew Friedman

Defendants’ Counsel: Craig Hoover; Desmond Hogan; Michael Maddigan; Maren Clouse; Chad 

Fuller

A case management conference was held on September 10, 2015. For a list of all counsel 

who appeared at the case management conference, see ECF No. 280.

A further case management conference is set for October 23, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. The 

parties shall file their joint case management statement by October 21, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. That

joint statement shall propose the causes of action from the Consolidated Amended Complaint that 

will be the subject of the motion to dismiss. The Court is currently contemplating no more than a 

total of six causes of action in the motion to dismiss.

The Court will not stay discovery against any defendants, including the Blue Cross Blue 

Shield Association (“BCBSA”) and non-Anthem BCBSA licensees. Nor will the Court divide the 

MDL into two tracks, as proposed by counsel for the plaintiff in Ross v. Blue Cross Blue Shield 

Ass’n et al. (Case No. 15-CV-03744-LHK).

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The page limits for the motion to dismiss and the motion for class certification shall be 

governed by the Court’s Civil Local Rules: twenty-five (25) for the motion, twenty-five (25) for 

the opposition, and fifteen (15) for any reply. The Court is currently contemplating a total of no 

more than three causes of action in the motion for class certification. Each side is limited to three 

(3) Daubert motions in connection with class certification. The page limits are four (4) for the 

motions, four (4) for the oppositions, and three (3) for any replies.

The Court ruled on the motions for appointment of lead plaintiffs’ counsel on September 

11, 2015. ECF No. 284.

Accordingly, the case schedule is as follows:

Scheduled Event Date

Deadline to File Protective Order September 18, 2015

Start of Fact Discovery September 21, 2015

Deadline for Defendants to Produce 

Mandiant Forensic Report

September 25, 2015

Deadline to File Consolidated Amended 

Complaint

October 19, 2015

Further Case Management Conference October 23, 2015, at 4:00 p.m.

Deadline to Exchange Initial Disclosures November 2, 2015

Deadline for Disclosures of Non-Party 

Interested Entities or Persons

November 2, 2015

Briefing Schedule on Motion to Dismiss Motion: November 16, 2015

Opp’n: December 14, 2015

Reply: January 11, 2016

Hearing on Motion to Dismiss February 4, 2016, at 1:30 p.m.

Deadline to File Second Consolidated 

Amended Complaint

30 Days After Ruling on Motion to Dismiss 

Deadline to File Second Round Motion to 

Dismiss, if any

21 Days After Filing of Second 

Consolidated Amended Complaint

Deadline to File Opposition to Second 

Round Motion to Dismiss, if any

21 Days After Filing of Second Round 

Motion to Dismiss

Deadline to File Reply in Support of 

Second Round Motion to Dismiss, if any

14 Days After Filing of Opposition to 

Second Round Motion to Dismiss

Hearing on Second Round Motion to 

Dismiss, if any

May 26, 2016, at 1:30 p.m.

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Scheduled Event Date

Close of Fact Discovery October 17, 2016

(July 25, 2016)1

Identification of Plaintiffs’ Experts for 

Class Certification and Report

November 7, 2016

(August 15, 2016)

Identification of Defendants’ Experts for 

Class Certification and Report

November 28, 2016

(September 6, 2016)

Identification of Plaintiffs’ Rebuttal 

Witnesses for Class Certification and 

Report

December 19, 2016

(September 26, 2016)

Last Day to Depose Experts

(i.e., Close of Expert Discovery)

January 23, 2017

(October 31, 2016)

Last Day to Amend Pleadings/Add Parties February 3, 2017

(November 14, 2016)

Deadline to File Motion for Class 

Certification and Opening Daubert

Motions

February 17, 2017

(November 30, 2016)

Deadline to File Opposition to Motion for 

Class Certification and Oppositions to 

Daubert Motions

March 17, 2017

(January 6, 2017)

Deadline to File Reply in Support of 

Motion for Class Certification and Daubert

Replies

April 14, 2017

(February 3, 2017)

Hearing on Motion for Class Certification

and Daubert Motions

May 4, 2017, at 1:30 p.m.

(February 23, 2017, at 1:30 p.m.)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 11, 2015

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

 

1 Dates in parentheses assume no second round motion to dismiss is filed.

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