Opinion
JOSHUA H. LERNER, STEPHEN S. RABINOWITZ, RANDY C. EISENSMITH (Pro Hac Vice), FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON LLP, New York, New York,
DARALYN J. DURIE (SBN 169825), JOSHUA H. LERNER (SBN 220755), GENEVIEVE P. ROSLOFF (SBN 258234), DURIE TANGRI LLP,
MYOKA KIM GOODIN, LOCKE LORD LLP, KEITH D. PARR (Pro Hac Vice), SCOTT B. FEDER (Pro Hac Vice), MYOKA KIM GOODIN (SBN 229073), DAVID B. ABRAMOWITZ (Pro Hac Vice), ANDY MILLER (Pro Hac Vice), Chicago, IL,
MATTHEW K. BLACKBURN (SBN 261959), San Francisco, CA, Attorneys for Plaintiffs, GENENTECH, INC. and ROCHE PALO ALTO LLC.
TIMOTHY M. FLAHERTY, RAKOCZY MOLINO MAZZOCHI SIWIK LLP, WILLIAM A. RAKOCZY (Pro Hac Vice), DEANNE M. MAZZOCHI (Pro Hac Vice), JOSEPH T. JAROS (Pro Hac Vice) ERIC R. HUNT (Pro Hac Vice), YIXIN H. TANG (Pro Hac Vice), MATTHEW V. ANDERSON (Pro Hac Vice), Chicago, Illinois,
TIMOTHY M. FLAHERTY (SBN 099666), MORRIS POLICH & PURDY LLP, San Francisco, CA, Attorneys for Defendant, SANDOZ INC.
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO COMPLETE EXPERT DISCOVERY BEYOND CLOSE OF EXPERT DISCOVERY DATE IN AGREED AND AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER
JEFFREY S. WHITE, District Judge.
WHEREAS, on November 13, 2012, the Court entered the parties' Stipulation and Order In Support of Joint Motion for Administrative Relief Pursuant to L.R. 7-11 to Amend the Case Management and Magistrate Judge Referral Order, by which the parties agreed to complete expert discovery by May 24, 2013 (No. 11-2410 ECF No. 80 at 3; No. 11-1925 ECF No. 96 at 3);
WHEREAS, the parties are continuing to confer in an effort to schedule the depositions of three remaining expert witnesses;
WHEREAS, the parties' request and stipulation will not impact the remaining dates in the amended Case Management and Magistrate Judge Referral Order (No. 11-2410 ECF No. 80 at 3; No. 11-1925 ECF No. 96 at 3);
WHEREAS, the parties, through counsel, stipulate that good cause exists to permit the completion of the depositions of the three remaining expert witnesses outside the agreed upon May 24, 2013 deadline in order to facilitate the schedules of witnesses and counsel.
Accordingly, by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, it is ORDERED:
The parties shall be permitted to complete the depositions of three remaining experts outside the close of expert discovery deadline of May 24, 2013.
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.