Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffmann-LaRoche LTD et al

Filing 387

MOTION for Leave to File A Reply To Defendants' Opposition To Amgen Inc's Motion To Deem Its Opposition To Defendants' Motion To Compel Production Of Documents Improperly Withheld On The Grounds Of Privilege And Exhibit 1 To The Opposition Confidential by Amgen Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Rich, Patricia)

Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffmann-LaRoche LTD et al

Doc. 387

Case 1:05-cv-12237-WGY

Document 387

Filed 04/13/2007

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ____________________________________ ) AMGEN INC., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) C.A. NO.: 05-12237-WGY v. ) ) F. HOFFMANN-LAROCHE ) LTD., a Swiss Company, ROCHE ) DIAGNOSTICS GmbH, a German ) Company and HOFFMANN LAROCHE ) INC., a New Jersey Corporation, ) ) Defendants. ) ____________________________________) MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A REPLY TO DEFENDANTS' OPPOSITION TO AMGEN INC'S MOTION TO DEEM ITS OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS IMPROPERLY WITHHELD ON THE GROUNDS OF PRIVILEGE AND EXHIBIT 1 TO THE OPPOSITION CONFIDENTIAL Plaintiff, Amgen Inc., respectfully requests an opportunity to file a short reply memorandum of law in order to respond to the Defendants' Opposition [374] to Amgen Inc's Motion to Deem Its Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Compel Production of Documents Improperly Withheld on Grounds of Privilege and Exhibit 1 to the Opposition Confidential. Documents and Memorandum Confidential [366]. Amgen's proposed reply brief is attached hereto as Exhibit A. Amgen seeks to file this reply to in order to clarify the issue pending before the Court and believes that the reply it seeks to file will aid the Court in deciding the issues raised in the motion pending before it.

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Dated: April 13, 2007

Respectfully Submitted, AMGEN INC., By its attorneys,

Of Counsel: Stuart L. Watt Wendy A. Whiteford Monique L. Cordray Darrell G. Dotson Kimberlin L. Morley Erica S. Olson AMGEN INC. One Amgen Center Drive Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1789 [phone]

/s/ Patricia R. Rich D. Dennis Allegretti (BBO#545511) Michael R. Gottfried (BBO# 542156) Patricia R. Rich (BBO# 640578) DUANE MORRIS LLP 470 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 500 Boston, MA 02210 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Lloyd R. Day, Jr. (pro hac vice) DAY CASEBEER, MADRID & BATCHELDER LLP 20300 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Suite 400 Cupertino, CA 95014 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] William Gaede III (pro hac vice) McDERMOTT WILL & EMERY 3150 Porter Drive Palo Alto, CA 94304 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Kevin M. Flowers (pro hac vice) MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP 233 South Wacker Drive 6300 Sears Tower Chicago, IL 60606 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

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CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 7.1 I certify that counsel for Amgen Inc. contacted counsel for F. Hoffman-LaRoche Ltd., Hoffman LaRoche Inc. and Roche Diagnostics GmbH in an attempt to resolve or narrow the issues presented by this motion. Counsel for F. Hoffman-LaRoche Ltd., Hoffman LaRoche Inc. and Roche Diagnostics GmbH did not respond. /s/ Patricia R. Rich Patricia R. Rich CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that this document, filed through the ECF system will be sent electronically to the registered participants as identified on the Notice of electronic filing and paper copies will be sent to those indicated as non-registered participants on April 13, 2007. /s/ Patricia R. Rich Patricia R. Rich

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