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

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MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice for admission of Raphael V. Lupo Filing fee $ 50, receipt number 1605081. by Amgen Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Certification for Admission Pro Hac Vice#2 Declaration of Raphael V. Lupo)(Gottfried, Michael)

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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) ) F. HOFFMANN-LAROCHE ) LTD., a Swiss Company, ROCHE ) DIAGNOSTICS GmbH, a German ) Company and HOFFMANN LAROCHE ) INC., a New Jersey Corporation, ) ) Defendants. ) __________________________________________) AMGEN INC.,

C.A. No.: 05-12237 WGY

MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE Plaintiff Amgen Inc. respectfully requests, under LR 83.5.3(b), that this Court admit pro hac vice Raphael V. Lupo, of the law firm McDermott Will & Emery. In support of this motion, Amgen submits the Certificate of Mr. Lupo. In further support of this motion, Amgen submits herewith the declaration of Raphael V. Lupo and states as follows: 1. Pursuant to L.R. 7.1 and in connection with filing this motion, counsel for Amgen

contacted counsel for Roche to inquire if Roche would assent to Mr. Lupo's pro hac vice admission request. Roche's counsel indicated that Roche objected to Mr. Lupo's admission. Specifically, Roche indicated that it believed that the ethical screen agreed to between Roche and McDermott Will & Emery in certain waiver letters dated December 22, 2004 was a geographical screen between McDermott Will & Emery's Washington, D.C. office and its Silicon Valley office, and that because Mr. Lupo resided in McDermott Will & Emery's Washington D.C. office he was precluded from working for Amgen on this matter. Roche's position fails, however, because it ignores the clear language of the waiver letter, which is confirmed by the

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fact that Roche did not object to the admission of four other lawyers from McDermott Will & Emery's Washington office. 2. As set forth in the declaration of Raphael V. Lupo, filed herewith and provided to

Roche in advance of the filing of this Motion, Mr. Lupo understands and has and will abide by "ethical wall between those attorneys providing tax, regulatory, employment or other advice to Roche . . . ." See Lupo Dec. at ¶ 4. 3. As with any such ethical wall, the intended purpose of the wall, as expressly

stated in the waiver letters, is to screen the attorneys that have access to Roche information from the work they perform for Roche from the attorneys that do no have access to such information, and, this is exactly what the ethical wall has been and will continue to be even with the admission of Mr. Lupo. While at the time the waiver letters were executed a geographical separation existed, as the McDermott Will & Emery attorneys representing Amgen were located in the Silicon Valley office and the attorneys representing Roche were located in the Washington D.C. office, such a geographical separation was not intended nor necessary, again as confirmed by Roche's failure to object to the admission of four other lawyers from McDermott Will & Emery's Washington, D. C. office. 4. Indeed, Mr. Lupo has never had access to any confidential information of Roche

in connection with the firm's representation of Roche. Id. at 5. He has not performed work for Roche, nor does he perform legal duties with respect to tax, regulatory or employment practices of the firm. Id.

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Based on the foregoing, and in light of Mr. Lupo's declaration submitted herewith, Roche's objection to the admission pro hac vice of Mr. Lupo in this matter is without merit. Accordingly, this Court should grant Mr. Lupo's request for admission pro hac vice.

Dated: July 24, 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/ Michael R. Gottfried 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 G. 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 the plaintiff attempted to confer with counsel for the defendants, F. Hoffman-LaRoche Ltd., Hoffman LaRoche Inc. and Roche Diagnostics GmbH, in an effort to resolve or narrow the issues presented by this motion but were unsuccessful in their attempt. /s/ Michael R. Gottfried Michael R. Gottfried 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. /s/ Michael R. Gottfried Michael R. Gottfried

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