Gallagher et al v. Bayer AG et al

Filing 133

ORDER FOR FURTHER EXTENSION OF CASE DEADLINES granting 132 STIPULATION. Reset Deadlines as to 129 MOTION to Certify Class: response due by 3/24/2017, reply due by 5/10/2017, and motion hearing set for 5/31/2017 02:00 PM in Courtroom 2, 17th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. William H. Orrick.Signed by Judge William H. Orrick on 02/02/2017. (jmdS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/2/2017)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Jonathan F. Cohn (pro hac vice) jcohn@sidley.com Benjamin M. Mundel (pro hac vice) bmundel@sidley.com SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 1501 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Telephone: (202) 736.8000 Facsimile: (202) 736.8711 Ryan M. Sandrock (SBN 251781) rsandrock@sidley.com SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 555 California Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 772.1200 Facsimile: (415) 772.7400 Attorneys for Defendants Bayer AG, Bayer Corporation, and Bayer HealthCare LLC 12 13 14 16 18 19 COLLEEN GALLAGHER, ILANA FARAR, ANDREA LOPEZ, JOANN CORDARO, and ROSANNE COSGROVE, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, 20 21 22 23 24 25 KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER LLP Robert N. Kaplan (pro hac vice) rkaplan@kaplanfox.com 850 Third Avenue, 14th Floor New York, New York 10022 Telephone: (212) 687-1980 Facsimile: (212) 687-7714 STANLEY LAW GROUP Stephen Henry Gardner (pro hac vice) steve@consumerhelper.com Amanda Howell (pro hac vice) ahowell@stanleylawgroup.com 6116 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1500 Dallas, Texas 75206 Telephone: (214) 443-4316 Facsimile: (214) 447-9469 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 15 17 Laurence D. King (SBN 206423) lking@kaplanfox.com Linda M. Fong (SBN 124232) lfong@kaplanfox.com 350 Sansome Street, Suite 400 San Francisco, California 94104 Telephone: (415) 772-4700 Facsimile: (415) 772-4707 Case No. 14-cv-04601-WHO STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR FURTHER EXTENSION OF CASE DEADLINES v. BAYER AG, BAYER CORPORATION, and BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC, Defendants. 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR FURTHER EXTENSION OF CASE DEADLINES—14-CV-04601-WHO 1 2 3 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2, the parties stipulate to and jointly request a brief extension of case deadlines. Procedural History and Prior Extensions. An initial case management scheduling order 4 was entered on October 16, 2014. Dkt. 5. By stipulation, the Court entered an amended case 5 management scheduling order on December 22, 2014. Dkt. 38. Following an in person meet and 6 confer, on December 11, 2015 the Court entered a revised briefing and discovery schedule. Dkt. 92. 7 On June 7, 2016, Counsel for Plaintiffs Ilana Farar, Andrea Lopez, and Rosanne Cosgrove 8 (“Plaintiffs”) and Counsel for Defendants Bayer AG, Bayer Corporation, and Bayer HealthCare LLC 9 (collectively, “Bayer”) appeared before the Court telephonically to resolve a discovery dispute 10 concerning the scope of Plaintiffs’ Third Requests for Production. Dkt. 115. As part of its ruling, 11 the Court extended the close of fact discovery from May 9, 2016 until July 9, 2016. Id. 12 On July 8, 2016 the parties filed a stipulation and proposed order on discovery and 13 scheduling. Dkt. 119. Pursuant to the stipulation, the Court extended the discovery schedule which 14 included extending the close of fact discovery from July 9, 2016 to September 9, 2016. Dkt. 120. 15 On September 6, 2016, Bayer filed a motion for extension of case deadlines to complete 16 discovery which Plaintiffs did not oppose. Dkt. 124. The Court granted the motion and extended all 17 case deadlines by 60 days. 18 Scheduling of Expert Deposition. Bayer is seeking to depose Plaintiffs’ expert witness Dr. 19 Blonz. Bayer proposed February 16, 2017 as the date for the deposition; however, Plaintiffs 20 informed Bayer that Dr. Blonz was unavailable on February 16 but was available March 6, 7, 8, or 9. 21 Bayer agreed to schedule the deposition for March 8. Currently, the date for Bayer’s response to 22 Plaintiffs’ class certification motion is March 13, 2017. A brief extension of deadlines is requested 23 to provide Bayer with adequate time to prepare its response brief. 24 25 Requested Extension. The parties respectfully request that the Court extend the following case deadlines as follows: 26 27 28 (1) STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR FURTHER EXTENSION OF CASE DEADLINES—14-CV-04601-WHO 1 2 3 4 5 6 Deadline Current Date Requested Date Class Certification Response March 13, 2017 March 24, 2017 Class Certification Reply April 27, 2017 May 10, 2017 Class Certification Hearing May 17, 2017 May 30, 2017 This request does not impact any other deadlines in the case. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (2) STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR FURTHER EXTENSION OF CASE DEADLINES—14-CV-04601-WHO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Dated: February 1, 2017 Dated: February 1, 2017 STANLEY LAW GROUP SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP By: /s/ StephenGardner By: /s/ Jonathan F. Cohn Laurence D. King (SBN 206423) lking@kaplanfox.com Linda M. Fong (SBN 124232) lfong@kaplanfox.com 350 Sansome Street, Suite 400 San Francisco, California 94104 Telephone: (415) 772-4700 Facsimile: (415) 772-4707 Jonathan F. Cohn (admitted pro hac vice) jcohn@sidley.com Benjamin M. Mundel (admitted pro hac vice) bmundel@sidley.com SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 1501 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Telephone: (202) 736.8000 Facsimile: (202) 736.8711 KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER LLP Robert N. Kaplan (admitted pro hac vice) rkaplan@kaplanfox.com 850 Third Avenue, 14th Floor New York, New York 10022 Telephone: (212) 687-1980 Facsimile: (212) 687-7714 Ryan Sandrock (SBN 251781) rsandrock@sidley.com SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 555 California Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 772.1200 Facsimile: (415) 772.7400 -andSTANLEY LAW GROUP Stephen Henry Gardner (admitted pro hac vice) steve@consumerhelper.com Amanda Howell (admitted pro hac vice) ahowell@stanleylawgroup.com 6116 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1500 Dallas, Texas 75206 Telephone: (214) 443-4316 Facsimile: (214) 447-9469 Attorneys for Defendants Bayer AG, Bayer Corporation, and Bayer HealthCare LLC 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (3) STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR FURTHER EXTENSION OF CASE DEADLINES—14-CV-04601-WHO 1 2 SIGNATURE ATTESTATION I am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to file the foregoing 3 Stipulation and Proposed Order for Further Extension of Case Deadlines. In compliance with Civil 4 Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that the signatory has concurred in this filing. 5 Dated: February 1, 2017 SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 6 7 By: 8 /s/ Jonathan F. Cohn Jonathan F. Cohn 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (4) STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR FURTHER EXTENSION OF CASE DEADLINES—14-CV-04601-WHO 1 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED: 2  The class certification response deadline is extended from March 13, 2017 to March 24, 2017.  The class certification reply deadline is extended from April 27, 2017 to May 10, 2017.  The class certification hearing is continued from May 17, 2017 to May 31, 2017. 3 4 5 6 7 8 Dated: February 2, 2017 ___________________________ The Honorable William H. Orrick United States District Judge 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (5) STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR FURTHER EXTENSION OF CASE DEADLINES—14-CV-04601-WHO

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