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Nature of Suit Code: 367
Nature of Suit: TORTS - Personal Injury - Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury/Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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ORDER RE: ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

(SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION)

IN RE: VIAGRA (SILDENAFIL CITRATE)

PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

This Document Relates to: ALL ACTIONS

Master File No.: 3:16-md-02691-RS

MDL No. 2691

ORDER REGARDING: (1) ENTRY 

OF APPEARANCES BY PFIZER’S

COUNSEL; AND (2) SERVICE OF 

SHORT FORM COMPLAINTS

For the convenience of the parties and the Court, and for the sake of administrative 

efficiency in these MDL proceedings, the Clerk of the Court is hereby ORDERED to do the 

following:

1. Entry of Appearances by Pfizer’s Counsel. To the extent that counsel for the 

defendant Pfizer Inc. (“Pfizer”) has not already appeared in any case currently pending as of the 

date of this Order, and in any cases filed on or after the date of this Order, the Clerk of Court 

and/or Docketing Clerk shall electronically enter an appearance for the Pfizer counsel listed 

below in each individual case-specific docket. The administrative entry of appearances for such 

counsel shall not constitute a waiver of any defense Pfizer may have, including those relating to 

personal jurisdiction, service, or any other defense, but instead is intended purely for the 

administrative convenience of the Court and the litigants.

Williams & Connolly LLP

Joseph G. Petrosinelli (pro hac vice)

John E. Joiner (pro hac vice)

Neelum Jane Wadhwani (pro hac vice)

725 12th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20005

Telephone: (202) 434-5000

Facsimile: (202) 434-5029 (fax)

Email: jpetrosinelli@wc.com

Email: jjoiner@wc.com

Email: nwadhwani@wc.com

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DLA Piper LLP (US)

Loren H. Brown (pro hac vice)

1251 Avenue of the Americas, 45th Floor

New York, NY 10020

Telephone: (212) 335-4500

Email: loren.brown@dlapiper.com

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Matthew A. Holian (Cal. Bar. No. 211728)

Jessica C. Wilson (pro hac vice)

33 Arch Street, 26th Floor

Boston, MA 002110-1447

Telephone: (617) 406-6009

Facsimile: (617) 406-6109

Email: matt.holian@dlapiper.com

Email: jessica.wilson@dlapiper.com

2. Service of Short Form Complaints. For Plaintiffs who already filed ordinary 

complaints and served them on Pfizer and who are filing Short Form Complaints in accordance 

Amended Pretrial Order No. 9, such Plaintiffs may effectuate service of the Short Form 

Complaint on Pfizer’s counsel by CM/ECF. Plaintiffs who file cases in this MDL or whose 

cases are transferred to this MDL on or after the date of this Order, or who filed but have not yet 

served ordinary complaints on Pfizer, must utilize the Short Form Complaint and effectuate 

service of process in accordance with Pretrial Order No. 5.

3. Content and Filing of Short Form Complaints. Each short form complaint 

should include a reference to the member case number and be filed in both the MDL and the 

member case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 28, 2016

THE HONORABLE RICHARD SEEBORG

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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