Wendell et al v. Johnson & Johnson et al

Filing 139

ORDER Granting 138 Stipulation Changing ADR Process and Extending Deadline for Conducting Mediation. ORDER REFERRING CASE to Private ADR. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 12/20/2010. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/20/2010)

Wendell et al v. Johnson & Johnson et al

Doc. 139

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Traci L Shafroth (251673) [e-mail] KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 555 California Street San Francisco, California 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] John Donley (admitted Pro Hac Vice) [e-mail] Renee D. Smith (admitted Pro Hac Vice) [e-mail] Andrew Paul Bautista (admitted Pro Hac Vice) [e-mail] KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 300 North LaSalle Chicago, Illinois 60654 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant ABBOTT LABORATORIES UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION

STEPHEN WENDELL AND LISA WENDELL, for themselves and as successors in interest to MAXX WENDELL, DECEASED, Plaintiffs, v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON; CENTOCOR, INC.; ABBOTT LABORATORIES; SMITHKLINE BEECHAM d/b/a GLAXOSMITHKLINE; TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA; GATE PHARMACEUTICALS, a division of TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA; PAR PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.; Defendants.

CASE NO. 4:09-CV-04124-CW STIPULATION AND ORDER CHANGING SELECTED ADR PROCESS AND EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR CONDUCTING MEDIATION

Removal Filed: September 4, 2009

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CHANGING SELECTED ADR PROCESS

CASE NO. 4:09-CV-04124-CW Dockets.Justia.com

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STIPULATION WHEREAS on December 21, 2009, the Court granted the parties' stipulation to pursue court-connected mediation under ADR L.R. 6; WHEREAS on June 3, 2010, the Court advised the parties to consider private mediation; WHEREAS the parties have discussed the Court's recommendation and now consent to private mediation; WHEREAS the parties are currently scheduled to conduct a mediation in December 2010; WHEREAS the parties agree that the mediation is more likely to be successful if it is postponed until after further substantive discovery is completed; WHEREAS the fact discovery deadline is currently set for February 2, 2011; WHEREAS the parties agree that additional time will be needed to complete fact discovery, but have not yet determined how much additional time will be necessary; WHEREAS the parties plan to confer further regarding scheduling and to request a continuance of discovery deadlines; THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS: 1. mediation. 2. 3. The parties agree to conduct the mediation by June 29, 2011. DECLARATION PURSUANT TO L.R. 6-2: The parties declare that: (1) the reason The parties agree to participate in private mediation in lieu of court-connected

for the requested enlargement of time is to allow time to prepare for a meaningful mediation; (2) there has been no previous modification to the schedule for the case; and (3) the parties anticipate that this time modification will have no effect on the current schedule for the case. // // // // //
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Dated: December 17, 2010. /s/ Kevin Haverty Kevin Haverty (pro hac vice) WILLIAMS CUKER BEREZOVSKY Woodland Falls Corporate Park 210 Lake Drive East, Suite 101 Cherry Hill, NJ 08002 Counsel for Plaintiffs /s/ Michelle A. Childers Michelle A. Childers DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 50 Freemont Street, 30th Fl. San Francisco, CA 94105 Counsel for Centocor Ortho Biotech, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson /s/ William A. Hanssen William A. Hanssen DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 333 South Grand Ave., Ste. 1700 Los Angeles, CA 90071-1504 Counsel for SmithKline Beecham Corporation d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline /s/ Andrew P. Bautista Andrew P. Bautista (pro hac vice) KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 300 North LaSalle Chicago, Illinois 60654 Counsel for Abbott Laboratories /s/ Prentiss W. Hallenbeck, Jr. Prentiss W. Hallenbeck, Jr. (pro hac vice) ULMER & BERNE LLP 600 Vine Street, Suite 2800 Cincinnati, OH 45202 Counsel for Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. /s/ Prentiss W. Hallenbeck, Jr. Prentiss W. Hallenbeck, Jr. (pro hac vice) ULMER & BERNE LLP 600 Vine Street, Suite 2800 Cincinnati, OH 45202 Counsel for Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: December 15, 2010 CLAUDIA WILKEN United States District Judge

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ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45 I, Traci L. Shafroth, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR CONDUCTING MEDIATION. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest that the following attorneys have concurred in this filing: Kevin Haverty, counsel for Plaintiffs; Michelle A. Childers, counsel for Centocor Ortho Biotech, Inc., and Johnson & Johnson; Prentiss W. Hallenbeck, Jr., counsel for Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., and Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.; William A. Hanssen, counsel for SmithKline Beecham Corporation. /s/ Traci L. Shafroth

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on December 17, 2010, I electronically filed the foregoing STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR CONDUCTING MEDIATION with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the email addresses registered, as denoted on the Court's Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have mailed a true and correct copy of the foregoing document via the United States Postal Service to the non-CM/ECF participants listed below: John D. Winter Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP 1133 Avenue Of The Americas New York, New York 10036-6710 Jeffrey F. Peck Ulmer & Berne LLP 600 Vine Street, Suite 2800 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED: December 17, 2010 By: s/ Traci L. Shafroth Traci L. Shafroth [e-mail] KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 555 California Street, 27th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104-1501 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorney for Defendant ABBOTT LABORATORIES

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