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

Filing 81

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 80 to Postpone Case Management Conference Pending Resolution of Arbitration filed by AbbVie Inc. Case Management Statement due by 9/6/2018. Initial Case Management Conference reset for 9/13/2018 09:30 AM in San Francisco, Courtroom 05, 17th Floor. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 3/21/18. (bpf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/21/2018)

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

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: [phone]

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: [phone]

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.

16
17

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

18

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

19

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

20

ABBVIE INC.

21
22
23
24

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
(revised)
Complaint filed March 31, 2017

25
Defendants.
26
27
28
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO

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

1

Additional co-counsel:

2

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

3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

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]

13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO

1

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

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

Management Conference and due date for the Case Management Statement, pending resolution

5

of arbitration between AbbVie and Novartis.

6

On August 31, 2017, this Court granted Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration. (D.I.

7

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

8

remain on-going.

9
10

A Case Management Conference is currently scheduled for March 29, 2018, with a Case
Management Statement due on March 22, 2018. (D.I. 79.)

11

In view of the foregoing, and to avoid unnecessary expenditure of judicial resources, the

12

parties concur that good cause exists to stay upcoming deadlines in this case pending resolution

13

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

14

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

15

correspond with that rescheduled Conference. The parties request that a Case Management

16

Conference be set at the Court’s convenience in November 2018.

17
18

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

19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO

2

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

1

Dated: March 20, 2018

Respectfully submitted,

2
3
4

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
By:

/s/ Gregory K. Sobolski
GREGORY K. SOBOLSKI
[e-mail]
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
505 Montgomery St., Suite 2000
San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: (4150 395-8095

5
6
7
8

Attorney for Plaintiff ABBVIE INC.

9
10
11

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
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]

12
13
14
15
16

Attorney for Defendant NOVARTIS VACCINES
AND DIAGNOSTICS, INC.

17
18
19

GRIFOLS WORLDWIDE OPERATIONS LTD.
By:

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

20
21
22
23

Attorney for Defendant GRIFOLS WORLDWIDE
OPERATIONS LTD.

24
25
26
27
28
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO

3

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

1

SIGNATURE ATTESTATION

2

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

3

obtained from the other signatories indicated by a “conformed” signature (/s/) within this e-filed

4

document.

5

By:

/s/ Gregory K. Sobolski
Gregory K. Sobolski

6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO

4

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

S
UNIT
ED

D
RDERE
S SO O IED
IT I
_________________________________
DIF
A MO
The HonorableSEdward M. Chen

6
7

TC

RT
U
O

5

T
TA

3/21/18
Date: ______________________________

8

R NIA

4

date for the Case Management Conferences is hereby VACATED. The Case Management
September 13
9:30 a.m.
ISTRIC
Conference is reset for November____, 2018 at _________.
ES D

NO

United States District Judge en
h
rd M. C
ge Edwa
Jud

RT

9

ER

H

10
11

FO

3

Pursuant to Stipulation, the Court’s Order dated January 26, 2018 (ECF No. 79) setting a

LI

2

[PROPOSED] ORDER

A

1

N

F
D IS T IC T O
R

C

12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO

5

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