AbbVie Inc. v. Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc. et al

Filing 79

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 78 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER re 76 Clerk's Notice, Postpone Case Management Conference Pending Resolution of Arbitration filed by AbbVie Inc. Case Management Statement due by 3/22/2018. Initial Case Management Conference set for 3/29/2018 09:30 AM in San Francisco, Courtroom 05, 17th Floor.Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen. (bpfS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/26/2018)

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MICHAEL A. MORIN (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
DAVID P. FRAZIER (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20004
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: +1.202.637.2201

THOMAS P. STEINDLER (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
MICHAEL V. O’SHAUGHNESSY (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
500 N. Capitol St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

GREGORY K. SOBOLSKI (Bar No.
267428)
[e-mail]
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
505 Montgomery St., Suite 2000
San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: +1.415.395.8095

WILLIAM G. GAEDE III (SBN: 136184)
[e-mail]
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
275 Middlefield Road, Suite 100
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Attorneys for Plaintiff ABBVIE INC.
ANDREA MEGHROUNI-BROWN
VP, Assistant General Counsel
Grifols Diagnostic Solutions Inc.
4560 Horton Street
Emeryville, California 94608
Attorney for GRIFOLS WORLDWIDE
OPERATIONS LTD.

NICOLE CLOUSE (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
28 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
See attached list of co-counsel.
Attorneys for Defendant NOVARTIS VACCINES
AND DIAGNOSTICS, INC.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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ABBVIE INC.

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Plaintiff,
v.
NOVARTIS VACCINES & DIAGNOSTICS,
INC. and GRIFOLS WORLDWIDE
OPERATIONS LTD.

CASE NO. 3:17-cv-01815-EMC
STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER TO
POSTPONE CASE MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE PENDING RESOLUTION
OF ARBITRATION
Complaint filed March 31, 2017

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Defendants.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO

STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER TO POSTPONE CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
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Additional co-counsel:

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SHERMAN KAHN (SBN: 168924)
[e-mail]
MAURIEL KAPOUYTIAN WOODS LLP
15 W. 26th Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10010
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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JASON R. BARTLETT (SBN: 214530)
[e-mail]
MARC J. PERNICK (SBN: 160591)
[e-mail]
MAURIEL KAPOUYTIAN WOODS LLP
275 Battery Street, Suite 480
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER TO POSTPONE CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
Case No. 3:17-cv-01815-EMC

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Plaintiff AbbVie, Inc. (“AbbVie”), Defendant Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.,

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(“Novartis”), and Defendant Grifols Worldwide Operations Ltd. (“Grifols”) file this stipulated

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request and respectfully ask the Court to modify the case schedule to postpone the Initial Case

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Management Conference and due date for the Case Management Statement, pending resolution
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of arbitration between AbbVie and Novartis.
On August 31, 2017, this Court granted Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration. (D.I.

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73.) In response, AbbVie and Novartis commenced arbitration. The arbitration proceedings are

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on-going.

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A Case Management Conference is currently scheduled for February 1, 2018, with a Case
Management Statement due on January 25, 2018. (D.I. 76.)

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In view of the foregoing, and to avoid unnecessary expenditure of judicial resources, the
parties concur that good cause exists to stay upcoming deadlines in this case pending resolution

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of the arbitration proceedings. Therefore, the parties request that the Court postpone the Case

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Management Conference and reset the due date for the Case Management Statement to

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correspond with that rescheduled Conference. The parties will inform the Court when arbitration

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is concluded, so that any appropriate schedule can be entered.

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WHEREFORE, the parties respectfully request that, for good cause shown, the Court
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grant this stipulated request.

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER TO POSTPONE CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
Case No. 3:17-cv-01815-EMC

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Dated: January 25, 2018

Respectfully submitted,

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LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
By:

/s/ Michael A. Morin
MICHAEL A. MORIN (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20004
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: +1.202.637.2201

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Attorney for Plaintiff ABBVIE INC.

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MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP

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By:

/s/ Thomas P. Steindler
THOMAS P. STEINDLER (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
500 N. Capitol St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Attorney for Defendant NOVARTIS VACCINES
AND DIAGNOSTICS, INC.

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GRIFOLS WORLDWIDE OPERATIONS LTD.

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By:

/s/ Andrea Meghrouni-Brown
ANDREA MEGHROUNI-BROWN
VP, Assistant General Counsel
Grifols Diagnostic Solutions Inc.
4560 Horton Street
Emeryville, California 94608

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Attorney for Defendant GRIFOLS WORLDWIDE
OPERATIONS LTD.

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER TO POSTPONE CASE
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SIGNATURE ATTESTATION

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Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that concurrence in filing has been

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obtained from Michael A. Morin, Thomas P. Steindler, and Andrea Meghrouni-Brown indicated

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by a “conformed” signature (/s/) within this e-filed document.
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By:

/s/ Gregory K. Sobolski
Gregory K. Sobolski

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER TO POSTPONE CASE
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[PROPOSED] ORDER
Pursuant to Stipulation, the Clerk’s Notice dated August 31, 2017 (ECF No. 76) setting a
date for the Case Management Conferences is hereby VACATED. reset for 3/29/18 at 9:30

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER TO POSTPONE CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
Case No. 3:17-cv-01815-EMC