Wendell et al v. Johnson & Johnson et al

Filing 95

ORDER re 86 granting STIPULATION selecting Mediation. Case referred to mediation.. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 12/21/09. (scc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/21/2009)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
STEPHEN WENDELL, et al.,

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CASE NO. 4:09-cv-04124-CW Plaintiff(s), v.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON, et al.,

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SELECTING ADR PROCESS

Defendant(s). _______________________________/ Counsel report that they have met and conferred regarding ADR and have reached the following stipulation pursuant to Civil L.R. 16-8 and ADR L.R. 3-5: The parties agree to participate in the following ADR process: Court Processes: 9 Non-binding Arbitration (ADR L.R. 4) 9 Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) (ADR L.R. 5) 9 Mediation (ADR L.R. 6) (Note: Parties who believe that an early settlement conference with a Magistrate Judge is appreciably more likely to meet their needs than any other form of ADR, must participate in an ADR phone conference and may not file this form. They must instead file a Notice of Need for ADR Phone Conference. See Civil Local Rule 16-8 and ADR L.R. 3-5) Private Process: 9 Private ADR (please identify process and provider) ______________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ The parties agree to hold the ADR session by: 9 the presumptive deadline (The deadline is 90 days from the date of the order referring the case to an ADR process unless otherwise ordered. ) 9
July 23, 2010 other requested deadline _____________________________________________

Dated:___________

Si __ t _e ______ __gna_ur_s_Attached ______________ Attorney for Plaintiff Si __ t _e ______ __gna_ur_s_Attached ______________ Attorney for Defendant

Dated:____________

E When filing this document in ECF, please be sure to use the appropriate ADR Docket vent, e.g., "Stipulation and Proposed Order Selecting Early Neutral Evaluation." [PROPOSED] ORDER Pursuant to the Stipulation above, the captioned matter is hereby referred to: 9 Non-binding Arbitration 9 Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) 9 Mediation 9 Private ADR Deadline for ADR session 9 90 days from the date of this order. July 23, 2010 9 other ___________________

IT IS SO ORDERED. 12/21/09 Dated:________________

___________________________________ UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Dated: December 10, 2009

_____/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/ Traci L. Shafroth_________________ Traci L. Shafroth KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 555 California Street San Francisco, CA 94104 Counsel for Defendant Abbott Laboratories

__/s/ Alice Johnston____________ Alice Johnston (pro hac vice) OBERMAYER REBMANN MAXWELL & HIPPEL LLP BNY Mellon Center, Suite 5240 Pittsburgh, PA 15218 Counsel for Defendant Mylan, Inc. (f/k/a Mylan Laboratories, Inc.)

__/s/ Michelle A. Childers_________________ Michelle A. Childers DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 50 Freemont Street, 30th Fl. San Francisco, CA 94105 Counsel for Defendants Centocor Ortho Biotech, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson

__/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 Defendant Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. __/s/ Thomas M. Frieder_ Thomas M. Frieder HASSARD BONNINGTON LLP Two Embarcadero Center Suite 1800 San Francisco, CA 94111 Counsel for Defendant Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.

__/s/ William A. Hanssen_________________ William A. Hanssen DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 333 South Grand Ave., Ste. 1700 Los Angeles, CA 90071-1504 Counsel for Defendant SmithKline Beecham Corporation d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline

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 SELECTING ADR PROCESS. 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; Alice Johnston, counsel for Mylan, Inc.; Michelle A. Childers, counsel for Centocor Ortho Biotech, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson; Prentiss W. Hallenbeck, Jr, counsel for Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Thomas M. Frieder counsel for Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and William A. Hanssen, counsel for SmithKline Beecham Corporation. /s/ Traci L. Shafroth

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Traci L. Shafroth, declare: I am a citizen of the United States and employed in Cook County, Chicago. I am over the age of eighteen years and not a party to the within-entitled action. My business address is Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 555 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94104. On December 10, 2009, I electronically filed the following with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the registered e-mail addresses in this matter, and I hereby certify that I have served the following documents or paper via U.S. mail to the non-CM/ECF participants: STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER SELECTING ADR PROCESS

_____ /s/ Traci L. Shafroth______