Tafas v. Dudas et al

Filing 106

Response to 98 MOTION Objections to Magistrate Jones' Opinion and Order Denying Tafas' Motion to Compel and Quashing Tafas' Notices of Depositions filed by SmithKline Beecham Corporation, SmithKline Beecham PLC, Glaxo Group Limited. (Reilly, Craig)

Tafas v. Dudas et al

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Case 1:07-cv-00846-JCC-TRJ

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division ____________________________________ : : : Plaintiff, : : v. : : JON W. DUDAS, et al., : : Defendants. : ____________________________________: TRIANTAFYLLOS TAFAS,

1:07cv846 (JCC/TRJ)

CONSOLIDATED WITH ____________________________________ : SMITHKLINE BEECHAM : CORPORATION, : d/b/a GLAXOSMITHKLINE, et al., : : Plaintiffs, : : v. : 1:07cv1008 (JCC/TRJ) : JON W. DUDAS, et al., : : Defendants. : ____________________________________: THE GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLAINTIFFS' RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF TAFAS' RULE 72(a) OBJECTIONS Plaintiff in the lead case (No. 1:07cv846), Triantafyllos Tafas ("Tafas"), has filed objections (Docket # 98) to the Magistrate Judge's rulings (Order, Docket # 93, corrected and amended Docket # 102). Plaintiffs in the consolidated case (No. 1:07cv1008), collectively referred in this case to as "GSK," take no position on Tafas' objections to the Magistrate Judge's rulings.

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Date: December 12, 2007

Respectfully submitted, /s/ Craig C. Reilly VSB # 20942 RICHARDS MCGETTIGAN REILLY & WEST, P.C. 1725 Duke Street, Suite 600 Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Fax: [phone] Counsel for Plaintiffs Of Counsel for Plaintiffs: John M. Desmarais Peter J. Armenio KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP Citigroup Center 153 East 53rd Street New York, New York 10022 Tel: [phone] F. Christopher Mizzo Jeffrey Bossert Clark D. Sean Trainor VSB # 43260 KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 655 15th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Tel: [phone] ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS SmithKline Beecham Corporation d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline, SmithKline Beecham plc, and Glaxo Group Limited d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true copy of the foregoing pleading was filed electronically this 12th day of December 2007 using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification by electronic means to the following counsel of record: CHUCK ROSENBERG UNITED STATES ATTORNEY Lauren A. Wetzler R. Joseph Sher Andrew Price Assistant United States Attorneys Justin W. Williams United States Attorney's Building 2100 Jamieson Avenue Alexandria, Virginia 22314 [e-mail] Counsel for All Defendants Joseph D. Wilson, Esq. KELLY DRYE & WARREN LLP 3050 K Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20007-5108 [e-mail] Counsel for Plaintiff Triantafyllos Tafas (# 1:07cv846) Rebecca Malkin Carr PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 2300 N St NW Washington, DC 20037 [e-mail] and Scott J. Pivnick PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 1650 Tysons Boulevard McLean, Virginia 22102-4856 [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. James Murphy Dowd WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE & DORR LLP 1455 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20004 [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

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Dawn-Marie Bey KIRKPATRICK STOCKTON LLP 700 13th Street, N.W. Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005 [e-mail] Counsel for Amici Hexas, LLC, The Roskamp Institute, and Tikvah Therapeutics, Inc. Randall Karl Miller ARNOLD & PORTER LLP 1600 Tysons Blvd Suite 900 McLean, VA 22102 [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Biotechnology Industry Organization and Counsel for Amicus Monsanto Company Thomas J. O'Brien MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington D.C. 20004 [phone] (phone) [phone] (fax) to'[e-mail] Counsel for Amicus American Intellectual Property Law Association Charles Gorenstein BIRCH, STEWART, KOLASCH AND BIRCH, LLP 8110 Gatehouse Road Suite 100 East Falls Church, Virginia 22042 [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Intellectual Property Institute William Mitchell College of Law /s/ Craig C. Reilly VSB # 20942 RICHARDS MCGETTIGAN REILLY & WEST, P.C. 1725 Duke Street, Suite 600 Alexandria, Virginia 22314 TEL: [phone] EMAIL: [e-mail] fax: [phone] Counsel for GSK plaintiffs (# 1:07cv1008)

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