Regents of University of Michigan et al v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, No. 4:2022cv04913 - Document 35 (N.D. Cal. 2022)
Court Description: ORDER Granting 34 STIPULATION Extending Time to Answer or Otherwise Respond to Complaint and Request to Continue Case Management Conference. Initial Case Management Conference set for 12/13/2022 02:00 PM. The 12/13 proceeding will be held by AT&T Conference Line. The parties are advised that in the event of an audio problem, counsel should be prepared to attend the hearing via Zoom conference at the Courts direction. The court circulates the following conference number to allo w the equivalent of a public hearing by telephone.For conference line information, see: https://apps.cand.uscourts.gov/telhrg/ All counsel, members of the public and press please use the following dial-in information below to access the con ference line: Dial In: 888-808-6929Access Code: 6064255The Court may be in session with proceedings in progress when you connect to the conference line. Therefore, mute your phone if possible and wait for the Court to address you b efore speaking on the line. For call clarity, parties shall NOT use speaker phone or earpieces for these calls, and where at all possible, parties shall use landlines. The parties are further advised to ensure that the Court can hear and understand them clearly before speaking at length.PLEASE NOTE: Persons granted access to court proceedings held by telephone or videoconference are reminded that photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings, including screenshots or other visual copying of a hearing, is absolutely prohibited. See General Order 58 at Paragraph III. Signed by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. on 10/12/2022. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/12/2022)
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Regents of University of Michigan et al v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation 1 2 3 4 John M. Farrell (Cal. Bar No. 99649) jfarrell@fr.com Fish & Richardson P.C. 500 Arguello Street, Suite 500 Redwood City, CA 94063 Phone: 650-893-5070 Fax: 650-839-5071 10 Ahmed J. Davis (Pro hac vice) ajd@fr.com Laura C. Whitworth (Pro hac vice) whitworth@fr.com Taylor Burgener (Pro hac vice) tcaldwell@fr.com 1000 Maine Ave., S.W., Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20024 Tel: (202) 783-5070 Fax: (202) 783-2331 11 [Full Listing on Signature Page] 12 Attorneys for Plaintiffs The Regents of the University of Michigan and The University of South Florida Board of Trustees 5 6 7 8 9 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION 14 15 16 17 18 THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, and THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 19 Plaintiffs, 20 21 22 23 24 25 Doc. 35 v. NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION Case No. 4:22-cv-04913-HSG JURY TRIAL DEMANDED JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO COMPLAINT AND REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE [Civil L.R. 6-1, 6-2] Defendant. Hearing: November 29, 2022 Judge: Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 26 27 28 JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO COMPLAINT AND REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 4:22-cv-04913-HSG Dockets.Justia.com 1 Pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-1 and 6-2, as supported by the declaration of Kelly A. Del Dotto, 2 filed herewith, Plaintiffs The Regents of the University of Michigan and The University of South 3 Florida Board of Trustees (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), and Defendant Novartis Pharmaceuticals 4 Corporation (“Defendant”), respectfully stipulate as follows: 5 1. Plaintiffs filed their complaint against Defendant on August 29, 2022. Dkt. 1. 6 2. On August 30, 2022, Judge Gilliam issued a Case Management Conference Order, 7 setting a Case Management Conference for November 29, 2022. Dkt. 9. 8 3. Pursuant to the Court’s Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference and ADR 9 Deadlines, the parties are required to meet and confer regarding initial disclosures, 10 early settlement, ADR process selection, and a discovery plan by November 8, 2022. 11 Dkt. 9. The parties are also required to file an ADR Certification by November 8, 12 2022. Dkt. 9. 13 4. Pursuant to the Court’s Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference and ADR 14 Deadlines, the parties are required to file a Rule 26(f) Report, complete initial 15 disclosures or state objections in Rule 26(f) Report, and file a Case Management 16 Statement by November 22, 2022. Dkt. 9. 17 5. Defendant requested additional time to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint, 18 and the parties agreed that the deadline for Defendant to answer or otherwise respond 19 to the complaint be extended by 30 days from September 19, 2022 to October 20, 20 2022. Dkt. 29. 21 22 6. Defendant, however, requires additional time beyond October 20, 2022 to answer or otherwise respond to Complaint, to obtain lead counsel. 23 7. Plaintiffs agreed that the deadline for Defendant to answer or otherwise respond to the 24 Complaint be extended by 21 days from October 20, 2022 to November 10, 2022. 25 26 27 28 JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO COMPLAINT AND REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE —4:22-cv-04913-HSG 1 1 8. Given this extension, certain deadlines in the Court’s Order Setting Initial Case 2 Management Conference and ADR Deadlines, Dkt. 9, are set to occur before Novartis 3 answers or otherwise responds to the Complaint. 4 9. To allow the parties sufficient time to meet the deadlines set in the Court’s Order and 5 meet and confer on the positions to be submitted by the parties in the Rule 26(f) Report 6 and Case Management Statement, the parties respectfully request that the Initial Case 7 Management Conference be continued for two weeks, during the week of December 12 8 or at the Court’s convenience. 9 10. There is good cause for the extension to allow Novartis to obtain lead counsel and to 10 allow the parties to fully consider and assess case management early in the case. 11 Accordingly, the parties stipulate that the deadline for Novartis to answer or otherwise 12 respond to the Complaint be extended for an additional 21 days, from October 20, 2022 to 13 November 10, 2022. The parties further respectfully request that the Court continue the Initial 14 Case Management Conference for two weeks, to occur during the week of December 12 or at the 15 Court’s convenience. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Dated: October 11, 2022 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. By: /s/ Kelly A. Del Dotto (pro hac vice) John M. Farrell (Cal. Bar No. 99649) jfarrell@fr.com Fish & Richardson P.C. 500 Arguello Street, Suite 500 Redwood City, CA 94063 Phone: 650-893-5070 Fax: 650-839-5071 Ahmed J. Davis (Pro hac vice) ajd@fr.com Laura C. Whitworth (Pro hac vice) whitworth@fr.com Taylor Burgener (Pro hac vice) tcaldwell@fr.com 1000 Maine Ave., S.W., Suite 1000 23 24 25 26 27 28 JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO COMPLAINT AND REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE —4:22-cv-04913-HSG 2 Washington, D.C. 20024 Tel: (202) 783-5070 Fax: (202) 783-2331 1 2 3 Elizabeth M. Flanagan (Pro hac vice) eflanagan@fr.com Kelly A. Del Dotto (Pro hac vice) allenspach.del.dotto@fr.com 222 Delaware Avenue, 17th Floor Wilmington, DE 19801 Tel: (302) 652-5070 Fax: (302) 652-0607 4 5 6 7 8 Jacqueline T. Moran (Pro hac vice) jtmoran@fr.com 1221 McKinney Street Suite 2800 Houston, TX 77010 Tel: (713) 654-5300 Fax: (713) 652-0109 9 10 11 12 13 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES 14 15 16 17 Dated: October 11, 2022 NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION 18 19 20 21 22 23 By: /s/ Marc J. Pernick Marc J. Pernick mpernick@mkwllp.com MAURIEL KAPOUYTIAN WOODS LLP 450 Sansome Street., Suite 1005 San Francisco, CA 94111 Tel: (415) 738-6228 Sherman W. Kahn (CA Bar No. 168924) skahn@mkwllp.com Hui Liu (pro hac vice to be filed) hliu@mkwllp.com 24 25 26 27 28 JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO COMPLAINT AND REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE —4:22-cv-04913-HSG 3 MAURIEL KAPOUYTIAN WOODS LLP 15 W. 26th Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10010 Tel: (212) 529-5131 1 2 3 4 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION 5 6 7 ATTESTATION 8 9 Pursuant to Civ. Local Rule 5.1(h)(3) regarding signatures, I attest under penalty of perjury 10 that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from counsel for Novartis 11 Pharmaceuticals Corporation. 12 13 14 /s/ Kelly A. Del Dotto (pro hac vice) Kelly A. Del Dotto 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO COMPLAINT AND REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE —4:22-cv-04913-HSG 4 ORDER 1 2 3 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED: • The deadline for Novartis to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint is 4 extended to November 10, 2022; and 5 6 7 • The Telephonic Initial Case Management Conference is continued to December 13, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. 8 9 10 Dated: 10/12/2022 Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO COMPLAINT AND REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE —4:22-cv-04913-HSG 5
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