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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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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 

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

Cervantez, Danielle Leonard, Meredith Johnson, David Berger, Andrew Friedman

Counsel on Behalf of Plaintiff Weinberger: Karen Marcussem

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

affiliates: Craig Hoover, Desmond Hogan, Chad Fuller, Allison Holt, John Martin, Lucile Cohen

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

Services Corporation: Brian Kavanaugh

A case management conference was held on July 22, 2016. A further case management 

conference is set for October 26, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. The parties shall file their joint case 

management statement by October 19, 2016.

At the case management conference, the Court made the following rulings:

PLEADINGS

Defendants shall file an answer to the third consolidated amended complaint by August 4, 

2016. 

CLASS CERTIFICATION

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In order to help streamline the motion for class certification, the parties will identify by 

September 1, 2016 the total number of California residents enrolled in individual plans, group 

plans, and Administrative Services Only (“ASO”) agreements. The parties shall also provide 

enrollment numbers as to the ten ASO agreements with the largest number of California residents.

In addition, in the parties’ October 19, 2016 joint case management statement, the parties 

shall propose specific approaches to class certification of the California breach of contract claim 

that will allow the Court to provide the parties a class certification ruling in an efficient and 

manageable manner. 

DISCOVERY

For the reasons stated on the record, the parties’ proposal to modify the discovery limits set 

forth in the Federal Rules of Procedure. Specifically:

 Defendants may depose all named Plaintiffs

 Plaintiffs may take 25 fact depositions of employees of Anthem Defendants

 Plaintiffs may take 25 fact depositions of employees of Non-Anthem Defendants

 Plaintiffs and Defendants may both take up to 5 third party depositions

 Plaintiffs may serve one 30(b)(6) deposition notice on the Anthem Defendants, instead 

of having to serve separate 30(b)(6) notices for each Anthem Defendant

 Plaintiffs may depose two Anthem 30(b)(6) witnesses for up to 12 hours

CASE SCHEDULE

The Court made changes to the case schedule, in light of the parties’ need for additional 

time to complete fact discovery. Any further changes to the case schedule will be disfavored. The 

amended case schedule is as follows:

Scheduled Event Date

Close of Fact Discovery December 1, 2016

Identification of Plaintiffs’ Experts for Class Certification 

and Report

December 2, 2016

Identification of Defendants’ Experts for Class Certification 

and Report

December 21, 2016

Identification of Plaintiffs’ Rebuttal Witnesses for Class 

Certification and Report

January 16, 2017

Last Day to Depose Experts 

(i.e., Close of Expert Discovery)

February 13, 2017

Last Day to Amend Pleadings February 24, 2017

Deadline to File Motion for Class Certification Motion: March 10, 2017

Opp’n: April 7, 2017

Reply: May 5, 2017 

Deadline for Defendants to File Daubert Motions Motion: April 7, 2017

Opp’n: May 5, 2017

Reply: May 19, 2017 

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Deadline for Plaintiffs to File Daubert Motions Motion: May 5, 2017

Opp’n: May 19, 2017

Reply: June 2, 2017 

Hearing on Motion for Class Certification and Daubert 

Motions

June 29, 2017, at 1:30 p.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 22, 2016

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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