United States of America ex rel. Steven M. Camburn et al. v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

Filing 84

ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT, SETTING A BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND EXTENDING PAGE LIMITS: it is ORDERED AS FOLLOWS: The request is GRANTED. Defendant shall respond to the Third Amended Complaint by January 3, 2022. The Court establishes the following briefing schedule and page limits with respect to any motion to dismiss the Third Amended Complaint: Defendant may file a Memorandum of Law in Support of a Motion to Dismiss the Third Amended Complaint that shall not exceed fifty (50) pages (excluding the caption, table of contents, table of authorities and signature block); Within thirty (30) days of Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, Plaintiff- Relator may file a Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Defendant's Mo tion to Dismiss that shall not exceed fifty (50) pages (excluding the caption, table of contents, table of authorities and signature block); Within fourteen (14) days of Plaintiff Relator's opposition, Defendant may file a Memorandum of Law in R eply that shall not exceed twenty (20) pages (excluding the caption, table of contents, table of authorities and signature block). SO ORDERED., Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation answer due 1/3/2022. (Signed by Judge Kimba M. Wood on 11/29/2021) (ama)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; the States of
CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT,
DELAWARE, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII,
ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, LOUISIANA,
MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA,
MONTANA, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW
MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA,
OKLAHOMA, RHODE ISLAND, TENNESSEE,
TEXAS, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON and
WISCONSIN; the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE
CITY OF CHICAGO and THE CITY OF NEW
YORK; ex rel., STEVEN M. CAMBURN,

USDC SDNY DOCUMENT
ELECTRONICALLY FILED
DOC #:
DATE FILED: 11/29/2021

No. 13 Civ. 3700 (KMW) (GWG)

Plaintiffs and Relator,
vs.
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS
CORPORATION,
Defendant.

ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO
THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT, SETTING A BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND
EXTENDING PAGE LIMITS
Upon consideration of the parties’ joint request for an extension of time for
Defendant’s response to the Third Amended Complaint and for a briefing schedule and extension
of page limits for any motion to dismiss filed in response to the Third Amended Complaint, it is
ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:
The request is GRANTED. Defendant shall respond to the Third Amended
Complaint by January 3, 2022. The Court establishes the following briefing schedule and page
limits with respect to any motion to dismiss the Third Amended Complaint:

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1. Defendant may file a Memorandum of Law in Support of a Motion to
Dismiss the Third Amended Complaint that shall not exceed fifty (50)
pages (excluding the caption, table of contents, table of authorities and
signature block);
2. Within thirty (30) days of Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss, PlaintiffRelator may file a Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Defendant’s
Motion to Dismiss that shall not exceed fifty (50) pages (excluding the
caption, table of contents, table of authorities and signature block);
3. Within fourteen (14) days of Plaintiff-Relator’s opposition, Defendant
may file a Memorandum of Law in Reply that shall not exceed twenty
(20) pages (excluding the caption, table of contents, table of authorities
and signature block).

November
29
SO ORDERED this _______ day of ________________, 2021.

/s/ Kimba M. Wood
The Honorable Kimba M. Wood