IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 

EASTERN DIVISION

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel. ) 

KATY KENNEDY and FRANK A. MATOS, ) 

THE STATE OF ILLINOIS ex rel. ) 

KATY KENNEDY and FRANK A. MATOS, and ) 

KATY KENNEDY, individually ) 

 ) Case No. 03C- 2750 

 Plaintiffs, ) 

 ) Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly 

 v. ) 

 ) JURY TRIAL DEMANDED 

AVENTIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., ) 

and PHARMANETICS, INC. ) 

 ) 

 ) 

 Defendants. ) 

NOTICE OF FILING 

To: All Counsel of Record 

Please take notice that on July 25, 2007, I caused to be filed with the clerk of the US 

District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Plaintiffs’ Response to Defendant 

Aventis’ Notice of Supplemental Authority in Support of Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss 

Relators’ Amended Complaint, a copy of which is attached hereto and served upon you. 

s/ Michael C. Rosenblat

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Michael C. Rosenblat 

MICHAEL C. ROSENBLAT, P.C. 

33 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2900 

Chicago, IL 60602 

312-948-0006 

Clinton A. Krislov 

Kenneth T. Goldstein 

KRISLOV & ASSOCIATES, LTD. 

20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1350 

Chicago, IL 60606 

312-606-0500 
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 

EASTERN DIVISION

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel. ) 

KATY KENNEDY and FRANK A. MATOS, ) 

THE STATE OF ILLINOIS ex rel. ) 

KATY KENNEDY and FRANK A. MATOS, and ) 

KATY KENNEDY, individually ) 

 ) Case No. 03C- 2750 

 Plaintiffs, ) 

 ) Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly 

 v. ) 

 ) JURY TRIAL DEMANDED 

AVENTIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., ) 

and PHARMANETICS, INC. ) 

 ) 

 ) 

 Defendants. ) 

PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT AVENTIS’ NOTICE OF 

SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO

DISMISS RELATORS’ AMENDED COMPLAINT 

Plaintiffs-Relators, Katy Kennedy and Frank Matos, (hereinafter “Kennedy and Matos” 

or “Relators”) respond to Aventis’ Notice and in support thereof state the following.

On July 24, 2007 Aventis filed, without leave of the Court, not only a recent 

memorandum opinion and order, United States ex rel. West v. Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, 

Inc., No. 03 C8239, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52666 (ND Ill. July 20, 2007) but also additional 

argument. 

Plaintiffs’ move this court to strike Aventis’ supplemental arguments. Plaintiffs’ do not 

oppose this Court’s review of opinions issued after briefs have been filed. In re Salem, 465 F.3d 

767, 771 (7th Cir. 2006) (Judicial notice of documents contained in the public record is proper.) 
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In response to Aventis’ argument the Court should note that the Amended Complaint 

filed in this matter can easily be distinguished from the complaint filed by West. In West, the 

court noted that West never identified who made the false statements or the executives of 

defendant Ortho-McNeil who told the sales representatives to make false statements, West, at 

*12. Here the Relators’ do just that. See Amended Complaint paragraphs 25 – 35, 46 – 47, 

regarding false statements, and 38 – 41 regarding kickback allegations. 

Respectfully submitted, 

s/ Michael C. Rosenblat

Michael C. Rosenblat 

MICHAEL C. ROSENBLAT, P.C. 

33 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2900 

Chicago, IL 60602 

312-948-0006 

Clinton A. Krislov 

Kenneth T. Goldstein 

KRISLOV & ASSOCIATES, LTD. 

20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1350 

Chicago, IL 60606 

312-606-0500 
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

 I, Michael C. Rosenblat, an attorney, certify that I caused copies of the foregoing 

Plaintiffs’ Response to Defendant Aventis’ Notice of Supplemental Authority in Support of 

Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Relators’ Amended Complaint, to be served pursuant to ECF 

as to Filing Users and pursuant to LR 5.5 as to any as to any party who is not a Filing User or 

represented by a Filing User, to those individuals, by depositing the same in the US Mail by 5:00 

pm on the 25th day of July 2007, with proper postage prepaid. 

 s/ Michael C. Rosenblat

SERVICE LIST

United States of America, ex rel Kennedy et al., v. Aventis Pharmaceuticals et al. 

03C-2750 

Scott Lassar, Esq. 

Jaime Jones, Esq. 

SIDLEY AUSTIN, LLP 

One South Dearborn 

Chicago, IL 60603 

Stephen C. Payne 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

1501 K Street NW 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Via US Mail 

Samuel S. Miller, Esq. 

Assistant United States Attorney 

US Department of Justice 

219 S. Dearborn 

Chicago, IL 60604 

Brent D. Stratton, Esq. 

Office of the Illinois 

Attorney General 

100 W. Randolph Street, 13th Floor 

Chicago, IL 60614 

Via US Mail 

Benjamin N. Thompson 

Jennifer M. Miller 

WYRICK ROBBINS YATES & PONTON, 

LLP 

4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 300 

Raleigh, NC 27607-7506 

Via US Mail 

Michael I. Leonard 

MECKLER BULGER & TILSON 

123 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1800 

Chicago, IL 60606