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`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI P.C.
`MORRIS FODEMAN (pro hac vice)
`mfodeman@wsgr.com
`WENDY L. DEVINE (SBN 246337)
`wdevine@wsgr.com
`NATALIE J. MORGAN (SBN 211143)
`nmorgan@wsgr.com
`12235 El Camino Real
`San Diego, CA 92130
`(858) 350-2300
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`HILGERS GRABEN PLLC
`MICHAEL T. HILGERS (pro hac vice)
`mhilgers@hilgersgraben.com
`575 Fallbrook Blvd, Suite 202
`Lincoln, NE 68521
`(402) 218-2106
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff NuVasive, Inc.
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`SAN DIEGO DIVISION
`NUVASIVE INC., a Delaware
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`Case No. 18-cv-00347-CAB-MDD
`corporation,
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`DECLARATION OF WENDY L.
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`DEVINE IN SUPPORT OF
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`NUVASIVE, INC.’S BENCH
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`BRIEF REGARDING NEXUS AND
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`XLIF
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`ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC., a
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`Delaware corporation, and ALPHATEC
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`PER CHAMBERS RULES, NO
`SPINE, INC., a California corporation,
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`ORAL ARGUMENT UNLESS
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`SEPARATELY ORDERED BY THE
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`COURT
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`Judge: Hon. Cathy Ann Bencivengo
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`Magistrate Judge: Mitchell D. Dembin
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`Trial: 3/1/2022
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`DECLARATION OF WENDY DEVINE
`ISO NUVASIVE’S BENCH BRIEF RE
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`I, Wendy L. Devine, declare as follows,
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`I am a partner with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and counsel
`for Plaintiff NuVasive, Inc. (“NuVasive”) in the above captioned matter. I submit
`this Declaration in Support of NuVasive’s Bench Brief Regarding Nexus And
`XLIF. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth herein based on
`information made available to me and, if called as a witness, I would be competent
`to testify thereto.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
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`the Reporter’s Transcript of Proceedings Status Hearing, dated February 28, 2022.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
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`the Court’s Trial Transcript of Proceedings Day 2, dated March 2, 2022.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of
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`correspondence between counsel for NuVasive and counsel for Alphatec, dated
`March 2, 2002.
`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of
`America that the foregoing is true. Executed this 4th day of March in 2022 in San
`Diego, California.
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`By:
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`/s/ Wendy L. Devine
`WENDY L. DEVINE
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned certifies that a true and correct copy of the foregoing
`document has been served on this date to all current and/or opposing counsel of
`record, if any to date, who are deemed to have consented to electronic service via
`the Court’s CM/ECF system per Civ.L.R. 5.4(d). Any other counsel of record will
`be served by electronic mail, facsimile and/or overnight delivery.
`I declare under penalty of perjury under the Laws of the United States of
`America that the above is true and correct. Executed this 4th day of March 2022, at
`San Diego, California.
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`By: /s/ Arlene Apodaca
`ARLENE APODACA
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