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

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STIPULATED SCHEDULING ORDER 

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C:\Users\jmeckes\Desktop\Stipulated Amended Scheduling Order (AP 

- SPB edits).docx

[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 and hereby jointly move to extend the date for close of fact discovery by 

90 days, from October 28, 2015 to January 28, 2016, and to advance all subsequent dates accordingly. 

The reasons are as follows: 

WHEREAS, this is complex action, requiring 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. 

WHEREAS, on January 15, 2015, the Court entered a Stipulated Scheduling Order setting forth 

a case schedule through trial, including a discovery cutoff of October 28, 2015. [Doc. No. 134]. 

WHEREAS, after the present schedule was set, two additional individual actions were 

consolidated in the MDL, adding seven additional individual plaintiffs. 

WHEREAS, the parties have diligently pursued the respective discovery obligations, seeking to 

obtain and produce documents in a timely fashion, and schedule depositions to be completed by the 

close of discovery, but as of this date, have not completed production of documents or preparation of 

privilege logs, and thus have been unable to schedule depositions. 

WHEREAS, the parties believe that permitting the parties to complete production and review of 

all documents and privilege logs to be produced by the parties before beginning to take depositions is 

necessary to the orderly scheduling and taking of depositions, and will promote the efficient use of 

resources and avoid duplication of effort. 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and believe, subject to the Court’s agreement, 

that an additional 90 days of fact discovery is necessary to permit the orderly scheduling and taking of 

depositions. 

WHEREAS, the parties have not previously requested an extension of the fact discovery cut-off 

and subsequent dates. 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and among the 

parties, subject to approval of the Court, that the schedule for the close of fact discovery and all 

subsequent scheduled dates, should be amended as follows: 

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Event Original 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

October 28, 2015 January 28, 2016

Plaintiffs to file motions for class certification and 

class certification expert reports.

November 18, 2015 February 18, 2016

Defendants to file oppositions to motions for class 

certification and opposing class certification expert 

reports.

January 20, 2016 April 20, 2016

Plaintiffs file reply briefs in support of motions for 

class certification and rebuttal class certification 

expert reports.

March 9, 2016 June 9, 2016

Hearing on motions for class certification March 23, 2016 June 22, 2016

Parties to serve merits expert reports (party with the 

burden of proof on the issue serves its expert report 

on that issue)1

April 18, 2016 July 18, 2016

Parties serve opposing merits expert reports June 27, 2016 September 27, 2016

Parties serve rebuttal merits expert reports August 11, 2016 November 10, 2016

Close of expert discovery September 9, 2016 December 9, 2016

Rule 56 and Daubert motions to be filed September 30, 2016 January 6, 2017

Rule 56 and Daubert oppositions to be filed November 18, 2016 February 24, 2017

Rule 56 and Daubert replies to be filed December 23, 2016 March 30, 2017

Hearing on any Rule 56 and Daubert motions January 12, 2017, 

9 a.m. 

April 19, 2017, 9 a.m.

 

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 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 Original Date Amended Date

Joint final pretrial conference statement and 

proposed order to be filed

February 22, 2017 May 29, 2017

Final pretrial conference March 13, 2017 June 20, 2017

Trial April 10, 2017 July 17, 2017

IT IS SO STIPULATED, through counsel of record. 

Dated: August 4, 2015 

Respectfully submitted by: 

For the Direct Purchaser 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

Email: pkohn@faruqilaw.com

/s/ Thomas M. Sobol

Thomas M. Sobol

David S. Nalven

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO

LLP

55 Cambridge Parkway, Suite 301

Cambridge, MA 02142

Telephone: (617) 482-3700

Email: tom@hbsslaw.com

Email: davidn@hbsslaw.com

/s/ Bruce E. Gerstein

Bruce E. Gerstein

Joseph Opper

Ephraim R. Gerstein

GARWIN GERSTEIN & FISHER LLP

88 Pine Street, 10th Floor

New York, NY 10005

Telephone: (212) 398-0055

Facsimile: (212) 764-6620

For the End-Payor Plaintiffs:

/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

Email: dcg@girardgibbs.com

Email: 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

Email: 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

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Email: bgerstein@garwingerstein.com

Email: jopper@garwingerstein.com

Email: 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

Facsimile: (215) 568-0300

Email: 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

Email: mrebuck@hangley.com

Email: ebloom@hangley.com

Attorneys for Rite Aid Plaintiffs

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

Email: aneill@knpa.com

Attorneys for Walgreen Plaintiffs

Interim Co-Lead Counsel for the proposed EndPayor 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 

Email: jsaveri@saverilawfirm.com 

Email: rmcewan@saverilawfirm.com 

Interim Liaison Counsel for the proposed EndPayor 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

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One Eden Way

LaGrange, KY 40031-8100

Telephone: (502) 587-1279

Attorneys for Plaintiff Government Employees

Health Association

For the Defendants:

SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP

/s/ David S. Elkins

David S. Elkins (State Bar No. 148077)

600 Hansen Way

Palo Alto, California 94304

Telephone: (650) 856-6500

Facsimile: (650) 843-8777

David.Elkins@squirepb.com

Nathan Lane III (State Bar No. 50961)

Noriyuki Shimoda (State Bar No. 176973)

Joseph A. Meckes (State Bar No. 190279)

275 Battery Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 954-0200

Facsimile: (415) 393-9887

Nathan.Lane@squirepb.com

Noriyuki.Shimoda@squirepb.com

Joseph.Meckes@squirepb.com

Attorneys for Defendants Teikoku Pharma

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

ARNOLD & PORTER LLP

/s/ Daniel B. Asimow

Daniel B. Asimow (State Bar No. 165661)

10th Floor

Three Embarcadero Center

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)

555 Twelfth Street, N.W.

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

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.

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Washington, D.C. 20004-1206

Telephone: (202) 942-5000

Facsimile: (202) 942-4999

Jonathan.Stern@aporter.com

Ryan.Watts@aporter.com

Attorneys for Defendant Endo 

Pharmaceuticals Inc.

ATTESTATION STATEMENT 

I, David S. Nalven, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to file 

this STIPULATED SCHEDULING ORDER. 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, except that trial will 

commence on August 21, 2017, not July 17, 2017, and the Pre-trial Conference will be held on June 26, 

2017, not June 20, 2017. 

DATED: August 5, 2015 _________________________________ 

Hon. William Orrick 

United States District Court Judge 

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