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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Declaratory Judgement

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TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP

5 PARK PLAZA

SUITE 1400

IRVINE, CA 92614-2545

JOINT MOTION TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER [DKT. NO. 73] 

Case No. 4:19-cv-00255-HSG 

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TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP

KEVIN F. KIEFFER (Bar #192193) 

kevin.kieffer@troutman.com 

ROSS SMITH (Bar #204018) 

ross.smith@troutman.com 

5 Park Plaza, Suite 1400 

Irvine, CA 92614-2545 

Telephone: (949) 622-2700 

Facsimile: (949) 622-2739 

HINKHOUSE WILLIAMS WALSH LLP

JOSEPH A. HINKHOUSE 

(IL Bar #6199305) (pro hac vice) 

jhinkhouse@hww-law.com 

COLLEEN P. SORENSEN 

(IL Bar #6287454) (pro hac vice) 

csorensen@hww-law.com 

MICHELLE L. GOYKE 

(IL Bar #6316938) (pro hac vice) 

mgoyke@hww-law.com 

180 N. Stetson Avenue, Suite 3400 

Chicago, IL 60601 

Telephone: (312) 784-5400 

Facsimile: (312) 784-5499 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY 

SHARTSIS FRIESE LLP

ANTHONY B. LEUIN (Bar 

#95639) 

Aleuin@sflaw.com 

ROEY Z. RAHMIL (Bar #273803) 

rrahmil@sflaw.com 

One Maritime Plaza, 18th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 421-6500 

Facsimile: (415) 421-2922 

MASLON LLP

MARGO S. BROWNELL (MN Bar # 307324) (pro 

hac vice) 

margo.brownell@maslon.com 

BRYAN R. FREEMAN (MN Bar # 0387154) (pro 

hac vice) 

bryan.freeman@maslon.com 

JUDAH A. DRUCK (MN Bar No. 0397764) (pro 

hac vice) 

judah.druck@maslon.com 

3300 Wells Fargo Center 90 South Seventh Street 

Minneapolis, MN 55402-4140 

Telephone: (612) 672-8200 

Facsimile: (612) 672-8397

Attorneys for Defendant 

DEPOMED, INC., n/k/a ASSERTIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

DEPOMED, INC. n/k/a ASSERTIO 

THERAPEUTICS, INC., 

Defendant.

Case No. 4:19-cv-00255-HSG

JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO 

AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER [DKT. 

NO. 73] 

Judge: Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

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Plaintiff Navigators Specialty Insurance Company (“Navigators” or “Plaintiff”) and 

Defendant Depomed, Inc. n/k/a Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. (“Depomed” or “Defendant”) 

respectfully submit this Joint Administrative Motion to Amend Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 73]. 

On March 13, 2020, this Court entered an Order [Dkt. No. 73] pursuant to the parties’ Joint 

Administrative Motion to Amend Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 72] that amended the deadlines for 

dispositive motion practice. The various travel restrictions and suspensions due to COVID-19 

required the parties jointly move to amend the Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 52] because, although 

a number of party and third-party depositions had been taken, there remained three depositions to 

be taken and each required travel by one or both parties, third-parties, and witnesses. 

Since the entry of the March 13, 2020 order, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention 

(“CDC”) reports that there are positive reported cases in all 50 States, the District of Columbus and 

multiple U.S. Territories at this time. 1 To prevent further spread, federal, state and local 

governments have imposed additional wide ranging restrictions on public gatherings, travel and 

closure of certain businesses aimed at protecting public health and containing the spread of COVID19. The restrictions include state-wide school-closures and shelter-in-place orders in multiple 

states, including Illinois, Minnesota and Pennsylvania, in which counsel and the three outstanding 

deponents reside. Illinois and Pennsylvania’s shelter-in-place orders currently extend through 

April 30, 2020. The Minnesota shelter-in-place order currently extends through May 4, 2020. 

These newly imposed restrictions have prevented the parties from rescheduling and 

conducting the three-outstanding depositions in-person within the time-frame contemplated by the 

March 13, 2020 order. Because the parties would prefer to take depositions in-person, as opposed 

to remotely, they seek to extend the current schedule 60-days in order to allow them to conduct 

depositions in May and June, 2020. The parties recognize that the existing restrictions may be 

extended and that it is presently unknown whether they will be loosened or lifted in sufficient time 

to allow the parties to conduct in-person depositions even with a 60-day extension. Accordingly, 

1 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Cases in U.S., (last visited April 10, 2020), 

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html. 

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the parties have further agreed that, if the restrictions stay in place and prevent in-person depositions 

under an extended schedule, they will not seek a further extension but will proceed with remote 

depositions, to be concluded by mid-to late-June, to accommodate the extended briefing schedule 

proposed below. 

The parties propose the following 60-day extension to the Scheduling Order: 

x Depomed’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on the Duty to Defend filed by 

July 7, 2020. 

x Navigators’ Response to, and Cross-Motion for, Partial Summary Judgment on the 

Duty to Defend filed by August 11, 2020. 

x Depomed’s Reply in Support of, and Response to Cross-Motion for, Partial 

Summary Judgment on the Duty to Defend filed by September 8, 2020. 

x Navigators Reply in Support of Cross-Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on the 

Duty to Defend filed by September 29, 2020. 

The parties do not request any adjustments to the discovery limits currently in place, and 

will work to reschedule the remaining depositions as soon as it is feasible to do so. A Proposed 

Scheduling Order is filed herewith. The parties are available for a conference regarding this Joint 

Administrative Motion to Amend Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 73], should the Court request it. 

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Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: April 13, 2020 HINKHOUSE WILLIAMS WALSH LLP

/s/ Colleen P. Sorensen

By: Colleen P. Sorensen

Attorney for Plaintiff 

NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY

Dated: April 13, 2020 MASLON LLP

/s/ Margaret S. Brownell

By: Margaret S. Brownell 

Attorney for Defendant

ASSERTIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.

ATTESTATION: The Filer attests that concurrence in the filing of this document has been 

obtained from all signatories. 

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TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP

5 PARK PLAZA

SUITE 1400

IRVINE, CA 92614-2545

[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING JOINT MOTION TO AMEND 

SCHEDULING ORDER [DKT. NO. 73] 

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TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP

KEVIN F. KIEFFER (Bar #192193) 

kevin.kieffer@troutman.com 

ROSS SMITH (Bar #204018) 

ross.smith@troutman.com 

5 Park Plaza, Suite 1400 

Irvine, CA 92614-2545 

Telephone: (949) 622-2700 

Facsimile: (949) 622-2739 

HINKHOUSE WILLIAMS WALSH LLP

JOSEPH A. HINKHOUSE 

(IL Bar #6199305) (pro hac vice) 

jhinkhouse@hww-law.com 

COLLEEN P. SORENSEN 

(IL Bar #6287454) (pro hac vice) 

csorensen@hww-law.com 

MICHELLE L. GOYKE 

(IL Bar #6316938) (pro hac vice) 

mgoyke@hww-law.com 

180 N. Stetson Avenue, Suite 3400 

Chicago, IL 60601 

Telephone: (312) 784-5400 

Facsimile: (312) 784-5499 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY 

SHARTSIS FRIESE LLP

ANTHONY B. LEUIN (Bar 

#95639) 

Aleuin@sflaw.com 

ROEY Z. RAHMIL (Bar #273803) 

rrahmil@sflaw.com 

One Maritime Plaza, 18th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 421-6500 

Facsimile: (415) 421-2922 

MASLON LLP

MARGO S. BROWNELL (MN Bar # 307324) (pro 

hac vice) 

margo.brownell@maslon.com 

BRYAN R. FREEMAN (MN Bar # 0387154) (pro 

hac vice) 

bryan.freeman@maslon.com 

JUDAH A. DRUCK (MN Bar No. 0397764) (pro 

hac vice) 

judah.druck@maslon.com 

3300 Wells Fargo Center 90 South Seventh Street 

Minneapolis, MN 55402-4140 

Telephone: (612) 672-8200 

Facsimile: (612) 672-8397

Attorneys for Defendant 

DEPOMED, INC., n/k/a ASSERTIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

DEPOMED, INC. n/k/a ASSERTIO 

THERAPEUTICS, INC., 

Defendant.

Case No. 4:19-cv-00255-HSG

[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING 

JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO 

AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER [DKT. 

NO. 73] 

Judge: Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

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SCHEDULING ORDER [DKT. NO. 73] 

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Having reviewed the Joint Administrative Motion to Amend Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 

74] filed by the parties, the Court hereby GRANTS the parties’ Stipulation and ORDERS as 

follows: 

1. The Scheduling Order is amended and shall set the following deadlines pursuant to Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 16 and Civil Local Rule 16-10: 

x Depomed’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on the Duty to Defend filed by 

July 7, 2020. 

x Navigators’ Response to, and Cross-Motion for, Partial Summary Judgment on the 

Duty to Defend filed by August 11, 2020. 

x Depomed’s Reply in Support of, and Response to Cross-Motion for, Partial 

Summary Judgment on the Duty to Defend filed by September 8, 2020. 

x Navigators Reply in Support of Cross-Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on the 

Duty to Defend filed by September 29, 2020. 

2. Any terms in the Scheduling Order unaltered by this Order shall remain in effect. 

IT IS SO ORDERED 

Dated: April __, 2020 ________________________________ 

Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

United States District Judge 

 4/14/2020

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