Genentech, Inc. et al v. Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH et al

Filing 172

ORDER continuing motion to disqualify to 12/18/09 @ 9:00 a.m. (tf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/9/2009)

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1 QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART OLIVER & HEDGES, LLP 2 Charles K. Verhoeven (Bar No. 170151) [e-mail] 3 50 California Street, 22nd Floor San Francisco, California 94111 4 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] 5 Victoria F. Maroulis (Bar No. 202603) 6 [e-mail] Gabriel S. Gross (Bar No. 254672) 7 [e-mail] 555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 560 8 Redwood Shores, California 94065-2139 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] 10 Attorneys for Plaintiff Genentech, Inc. 11 12 13 14

HARVEY SISKIND LLP D. Peter Harvey (State Bar No. 55712) [e-mail] Raffi V. Zerounian (State Bar No. 236388) [e-mail] Four Embarcadero Center, 39th Floor San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP Paul H. Berghoff [e-mail] Joshua R. Rich [e-mail] Alison J. Baldwin [e-mail] 300 S. Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 15 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 16 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 17 GENENTECH, INC. and BIOGEN IDEC 18 INC., 19 20 vs. Plaintiffs, CASE NO. C 08-04909 SI STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO ADJOURN HEARING AND EXTEND SCHEDULE FOR BRIEFING OF GENENTECH'S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY McDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT AND BERGHOFF LLP

21 SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC, and 22 SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. INC., 23 24 25 26 27 28 Defendants.

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO ADJOURN HEARING AND EXTEND SCHEDULE FOR BRIEFING OF GENENTECH'S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY McDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT AND BERGHOFF LLP

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STIPULATION Plaintiff Genentech, Inc. and Defendant Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, pursuant to

3 Civil Local Rules 6-1 and 6-2, respectfully request that the Court enter the following stipulation 4 and proposed order regarding Genentech's Motion to Disqualify McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert and 5 Berghoff LLP. The parties now AGREE and STIPULATE as follows: 6 a. Subject to its objections, Genentech shall produce non-privileged documents

7 responsive to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland's Third Set of Requests for Production on or before 8 October 19, 2009; 9 b. The time for Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland to respond to Genentech's Motion to

10 Disqualify McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert and Berghoff LLP will be extended by twenty-eight days, 11 from October 16, 2009 to November 13, 2009; 12 c. The time for Genentech to reply in support of its Motion to Disqualify McDonnell

13 Boehnen Hulbert and Berghoff LLP will be extended by twenty-eight days, from October 23, 14 2009 to November 20, 2009; 15 d. The hearing on Genentech's Motion to Disqualify McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert

16 and Berghoff LLP will be adjourned for twenty-eight days, until December 4, 2009 at 9:00 a.m., 17 or as soon thereafter as may be heard; and 18 e. Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland will not contend that Genentech's motion should be

19 denied due to the extension of time granted in this stipulation. 20 1. 21 Reason for Extension of Time Genentech has sought to disqualify Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland's counsel, McDonnell

22 Boehnen Hulbert and Berghoff LLP, on the basis of Dr. John McDonnell's involvement in an 23 interference proceeding before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1989 and 1990. Sanofi24 Aventis Deutschland does not have access to the documents relating to the interference it believes 25 are required to respond to the motion, which would be held by Genentech or Dr. McDonnell's 26 firm at the time, Allegretti & Witcoff (now Banner & Witcoff). Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland 27 therefore served its Third Set of Requests for Production upon Genentech on September 18, 2009. 28
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Genentech filed its Motion to Disqualify McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert and Berghoff LLP

2 on October 1, 2009, set for hearing on November 6, 2009. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-3(a), 3 Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland's Opposition to Genentech's Motion to Disqualify McDonnell 4 Boehnen Hulbert and Berghoff LLP would be due on October 15, 2009, before Genentech's 5 response to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland's Third Set of Requests for Production would be due 6 under Rule 34(b)(2)(A) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland 7 believes that the parties' arguments and Court's decision would be best informed if based on 8 documents responsive to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland's Third Set of Requests for Production. An 9 extension of time of twenty-eight days for Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland to respond to Genentech's 10 Motion to Disqualify McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert and Berghoff LLP should also allow the parties 11 to resolve any disputes over the production before Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland's opposition would 12 be due. While Genentech disagrees that these documents are necessary to oppose Genentech's 13 motion, it has agreed to the extension. 14 2. 15 Prior Time Modifications The time for Defendants to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint was previously

16 extended. The briefing and hearing schedule for Defendants' Motions to Dismiss for Lack of 17 Jurisdiction was temporarily vacated. 18 3. 19 20 Effect of Modification The requested extension will have no effect on the rest of the schedule in this action. So stipulated. QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART OLIVER & HEDGES, LLP

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By /s/Victoria F. Maroulis Victoria F. Maroulis Attorneys for Plaintiff Genentech, Inc.

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MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP

By /s/Joshua R. Rich Joshua R. Rich Attorneys for Defendant Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH

I, Raffi V. Zerounian, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to file this document. Pursuant to General Order 45.X.B, I hereby attest that counsel for

Genentech has concurred in this filing. HARVEY SISKIND LLP

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By /s/ Raffi V. Zerounian Attorneys for Defendant Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH

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[PROPOSED] ORDER Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties and with good cause appearing, the Court

3 ORDERS that: 4 a. Subject to its objections, Genentech shall produce non-privileged documents

5 responsive to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland's Third Set of Requests for Production on or before 6 October 19, 2009; 7 b. The time for Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland to respond to Genentech's Motion to

8 Disqualify McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert and Berghoff LLP will be extended by twenty-eight days, 9 from October 16, 2009 to November 13, 2009; 10 c. The time for Genentech to reply in support of its Motion to Disqualify McDonnell

11 Boehnen Hulbert and Berghoff LLP will be extended by twenty-eight days, from October 23, 12 2009 to November 20, 2009; and Hearing on Genentech's Motion to Disqualify McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert and 18 14 Berghoff LLP will be adjourned for twenty-eight days, until December 4, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.; and 13 15 e. Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland will not contend that Genentech's motion should be d.

16 denied due to the extension of time granted in this stipulation. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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IT IS SO ORDERED.

October __, 2009 The Honorable Susan Illston UNITED STATED DISTRICT JUDGE

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