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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 


BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 

In the Matter of PUBLIC 

McWANE, INC., 

a corporation, and 

DOCKET NO. 9351 

STAR PIPE PRODUCTS, LTD.,

 a limited partnership. 

UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR MCWANE, INC. TO FILE 

RESPONSE TO SIP INDUSTRIES’ MOTION TO QUASH 

COMES NOW MCWANE, INC., BY AND THROUGH ITS COUNSEL AND MOVES 

AS FOLLOWS: 

1. On or about March 9, 2012, counsel for respondent McWane, Inc. (“McWane”) 

received service via registered mail of SIP Industries’ (“SIP”) Motion to Quash McWane’s 

Subpoena Duces Tecum (“Motion to Quash”). 

2. Pursuant to the Federal Trade Commission’s Rules of Practice, 16 C.F.R. 

§ 3.22(d), McWane has ten (10) days in which to file a response, which results in a deadline of 

March 19, 2012. 

3. Counsel for SIP and McWane are engaged in negotiations regarding the scope of 

McWane’s specifications, objections by SIP thereto, and the time required for SIP to produce 

documents responsive to McWane’s subpoena. To facilitate those negotiations, McWane 

requests an additional eleven (11) days in which to file a response to SIP’s Motion to Quash, 

should McWane and SIP be unable to resolve any remaining issues. 

4. Therefore, McWane requests that this Court grant it until March 30, 2012 to file a 

response to SIP’s Motion to Quash, in order to afford McWane and SIP sufficient time to 

negotiate. 

5. Undersigned counsel represents that he has conferred with SIP’s counsel and that 

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SIP’s counsel does not object to the proposed extension. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Date: March 20, 2012 

/s/ William C. Lavery

Joseph A. Ostoyich 

Andreas Stargard 

William C. Lavery

Baker Botts L.L.P. 

The Warner 

1299 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004-2420 

Phone: 202.639.7700 

Fax: 202.639.7890 

joseph.ostoyich@bakerbotts.com 

andreas.stargard@bakerbotts.com 

william.lavery@bakerbotts.com 

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______________________________ 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 


BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 


In the Matter of PUBLIC 

McWANE, INC., 

a corporation, and 

DOCKET NO. 9351 

STAR PIPE PRODUCTS, LTD.,

 a limited partnership. 

[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING MCWANE, INC.’S DEADLINE TO FILE 

RESPONSE TO SIP INDUSTRIES’ MOTION TO QUASH SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM 

McWane, Inc. (“McWane”) proposes the entry of an Order regarding McWane’s 

Response to SIP Industries’ Motion to Quash Subpoena Duces Tecum, extending McWane’s 

deadline to file a response to March 30, 2012. 

Good cause having been shown, 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

That the Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time for McWane, Inc. to File Response to 

SIP’s Motion to Quash Subpoena Duces Tecum is GRANTED; and 

McWane’s deadline to file a response is hereby extended to March 30, 2012. 

D. Michael Chappell

Administrative Law Judge 

DATED: ____________ 
 

Certificate of Service 

I hereby certify that on March 20, 2012, I filed the foregoing document electronically in 

PDF format using the FTC’s E-Filing System, and served a copy on the following by overnight 

mail: 

The Honorable D. Michael Chappell 

Administrative Law Judge 

Federal Trade Commission 

600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Rm. H-106 

Washington, DC 20580 

I also certify that on March 20, 2012, I served the forgoing document via email on the 

following: 

Donald S. Clark 

Secretary

Federal Trade Commission 

600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Rm. H-113 

Washington, DC 20580 

DCLARK@ftc.gov 

Thomas Brock 

Federal Trade Commission 

601 New Jersey Ave., NW

Rm. NJ-6249 

Washington, DC 20001 

TBROCK@ftc.gov 

H. Miles Cohn 

Sheiness, Scott, Grossman & Cohn, L.L.P. 

1001 McKinney St., Suite 1400 

Houston, Texas 77002 

mcohn@hou-law.com 

/s/ William C. Lavery

William C. Lavery