Navigators Specialty Insurance Company v. Depomed, Inc.

Filing 76

ORDER by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. Granting 75 Joint ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION Amend Scheduling Order Re Docket No. [73 ]: Motions due by 7/7/2020; Responses/Cross Motions due by 8/11/2020; Replies/Responses due by 9/8/2020 and Replies due by 9/29/2020. (ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/14/2020)

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TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP
KEVIN F. KIEFFER (Bar #192193)
[e-mail]
ROSS SMITH (Bar #204018)
[e-mail]
5 Park Plaza, Suite 1400
Irvine, CA 92614-2545
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

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HINKHOUSE WILLIAMS WALSH LLP
JOSEPH A. HINKHOUSE
(IL Bar #6199305) (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
COLLEEN P. SORENSEN
(IL Bar #6287454) (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
MICHELLE L. GOYKE
(IL Bar #6316938) (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
180 N. Stetson Avenue, Suite 3400
Chicago, IL 60601
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

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T ROUTMAN S ANDERS LLP

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
SHARTSIS FRIESE LLP
ANTHONY B. LEUIN (Bar
#95639)
[e-mail]
ROEY Z. RAHMIL (Bar #273803)
[e-mail]
One Maritime Plaza, 18th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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MASLON LLP
MARGO S. BROWNELL (MN Bar # 307324) (pro
hac vice)
[e-mail]
BRYAN R. FREEMAN (MN Bar # 0387154) (pro
hac vice)
[e-mail]
JUDAH A. DRUCK (MN Bar No. 0397764) (pro
hac vice)
[e-mail]
3300 Wells Fargo Center 90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402-4140
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant
DEPOMED, INC., n/k/a ASSERTIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY
INSURANCE COMPANY,

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Plaintiff,

Case No. 4:19-cv-00255-HSG

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v.

JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO
AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER [DKT.
NO. 73]

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DEPOMED, INC. n/k/a ASSERTIO
THERAPEUTICS, INC.,

Judge: Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

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Defendant.
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JOINT MOTION TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER [DKT. NO. 73]
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Plaintiff Navigators Specialty Insurance Company (“Navigators” or “Plaintiff”) and

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Defendant Depomed, Inc. n/k/a Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. (“Depomed” or “Defendant”)

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respectfully submit this Joint Administrative Motion to Amend Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 73].

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On March 13, 2020, this Court entered an Order [Dkt. No. 73] pursuant to the parties’ Joint

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Administrative Motion to Amend Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 72] that amended the deadlines for

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dispositive motion practice. The various travel restrictions and suspensions due to COVID-19

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required the parties jointly move to amend the Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 52] because, although

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a number of party and third-party depositions had been taken, there remained three depositions to

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be taken and each required travel by one or both parties, third-parties, and witnesses.

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Since the entry of the March 13, 2020 order, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention

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(“CDC”) reports that there are positive reported cases in all 50 States, the District of Columbus and

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multiple U.S. Territories at this time. 1 To prevent further spread, federal, state and local

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governments have imposed additional wide ranging restrictions on public gatherings, travel and

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closure of certain businesses aimed at protecting public health and containing the spread of COVID-

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19. The restrictions include state-wide school-closures and shelter-in-place orders in multiple

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states, including Illinois, Minnesota and Pennsylvania, in which counsel and the three outstanding

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deponents reside. Illinois and Pennsylvania’s shelter-in-place orders currently extend through

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April 30, 2020. The Minnesota shelter-in-place order currently extends through May 4, 2020.

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These newly imposed restrictions have prevented the parties from rescheduling and

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conducting the three-outstanding depositions in-person within the time-frame contemplated by the

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March 13, 2020 order. Because the parties would prefer to take depositions in-person, as opposed

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to remotely, they seek to extend the current schedule 60-days in order to allow them to conduct

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depositions in May and June, 2020. The parties recognize that the existing restrictions may be

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extended and that it is presently unknown whether they will be loosened or lifted in sufficient time

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to allow the parties to conduct in-person depositions even with a 60-day extension. Accordingly,

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Cases in U.S., (last visited April 10, 2020),
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html.
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JOINT MOTION TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER [DKT. NO. 73]
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the parties have further agreed that, if the restrictions stay in place and prevent in-person depositions

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under an extended schedule, they will not seek a further extension but will proceed with remote

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depositions, to be concluded by mid-to late-June, to accommodate the extended briefing schedule

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proposed below.

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The parties propose the following 60-day extension to the Scheduling Order:
Depomed’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on the Duty to Defend filed by
July 7, 2020.
Navigators’ Response to, and Cross-Motion for, Partial Summary Judgment on the
Duty to Defend filed by August 11, 2020.

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Depomed’s Reply in Support of, and Response to Cross-Motion for, Partial
Summary Judgment on the Duty to Defend filed by September 8, 2020.
Navigators Reply in Support of Cross-Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on the
Duty to Defend filed by September 29, 2020.
The parties do not request any adjustments to the discovery limits currently in place, and
will work to reschedule the remaining depositions as soon as it is feasible to do so. A Proposed
Scheduling Order is filed herewith. The parties are available for a conference regarding this Joint
Administrative Motion to Amend Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 73], should the Court request it.

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JOINT MOTION TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER [DKT. NO. 73]
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Respectfully submitted,

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Dated: April 13, 2020

HINKHOUSE WILLIAMS WALSH LLP

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/s/ Colleen P. Sorensen
Colleen P. Sorensen

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By:

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Attorney for Plaintiff
NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY INSURANCE
COMPANY

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Dated: April 13, 2020

MASLON LLP

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/s/ Margaret S. Brownell
Margaret S. Brownell

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By:

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Attorney for Defendant
ASSERTIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.

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ATTESTATION: The Filer attests that concurrence in the filing of this document has been
obtained from all signatories.

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JOINT MOTION TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER [DKT. NO. 73]
Case No. 4:19-cv-00255-HSG

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TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP
KEVIN F. KIEFFER (Bar #192193)
[e-mail]
ROSS SMITH (Bar #204018)
[e-mail]
5 Park Plaza, Suite 1400
Irvine, CA 92614-2545
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

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HINKHOUSE WILLIAMS WALSH LLP
JOSEPH A. HINKHOUSE
(IL Bar #6199305) (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
COLLEEN P. SORENSEN
(IL Bar #6287454) (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
MICHELLE L. GOYKE
(IL Bar #6316938) (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
180 N. Stetson Avenue, Suite 3400
Chicago, IL 60601
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

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I R V I N E , C A 92614-2545

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
SHARTSIS FRIESE LLP
ANTHONY B. LEUIN (Bar
#95639)
[e-mail]
ROEY Z. RAHMIL (Bar #273803)
[e-mail]
One Maritime Plaza, 18th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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MASLON LLP
MARGO S. BROWNELL (MN Bar # 307324) (pro
hac vice)
[e-mail]
BRYAN R. FREEMAN (MN Bar # 0387154) (pro
hac vice)
[e-mail]
JUDAH A. DRUCK (MN Bar No. 0397764) (pro
hac vice)
[e-mail]
3300 Wells Fargo Center 90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402-4140
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant
DEPOMED, INC., n/k/a ASSERTIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY
INSURANCE COMPANY,

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Plaintiff,

Case No. 4:19-cv-00255-HSG
[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING
JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO
AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER [DKT.
NO. 73]

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v.

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DEPOMED, INC. n/k/a ASSERTIO
THERAPEUTICS, INC.,

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Judge: Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.
Defendant.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING JOINT MOTION TO AMEND
SCHEDULING ORDER [DKT. NO. 73]
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Having reviewed the Joint Administrative Motion to Amend Scheduling Order [Dkt. No.

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74] filed by the parties, the Court hereby GRANTS the parties’ Stipulation and ORDERS as

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follows:

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The Scheduling Order is amended and shall set the following deadlines pursuant to Federal

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Rule of Civil Procedure 16 and Civil Local Rule 16-10:

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Depomed’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on the Duty to Defend filed by
July 7, 2020.

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Navigators’ Response to, and Cross-Motion for, Partial Summary Judgment on the
Duty to Defend filed by August 11, 2020.

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Depomed’s Reply in Support of, and Response to Cross-Motion for, Partial
Summary Judgment on the Duty to Defend filed by September 8, 2020.

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Navigators Reply in Support of Cross-Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on the
Duty to Defend filed by September 29, 2020.

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Any terms in the Scheduling Order unaltered by this Order shall remain in effect.

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IT IS SO ORDERED
Dated: 4/14/20202020
April __,

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Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

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United States District Judge

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[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING JOINT MOTION TO AMEND
SCHEDULING ORDER [DKT. NO. 73]
Case No. 4:19-cv-00255-HSG