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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
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`TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS
`INTERNATIONAL GMBH and
`TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS
`USA, INC.,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`ELI LILLY AND COMPANY,
`Defendant.
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`Civil Action No.
`1:18-cv-12029-ADB
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`JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND THE CASE SCHEDULE
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`Case 1:18-cv-12029-ADB Document 245 Filed 01/06/22 Page 2 of 5
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`Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 29 and Local Rules 7.1 and 40.3, Plaintiffs Teva
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`Pharmaceuticals International GmbH and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (collectively,
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`“Plaintiffs” or “Teva”) and Defendant Eli Lilly and Company (“Lilly” or “Defendant”)
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`(collectively with Teva, “the Parties”) jointly move the Court to extend the time for the Parties to
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`complete expert discovery by twelve (12) days, i.e., from January 20, 2022 to February 1, 2022,
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`with the deadlines in the Court’s scheduling order for dispositive motion briefing (including
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`Daubert motions) each extended by seven (7) days. For the reasons set forth below, these
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`extensions are respectfully believed to be appropriate and necessary.
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`The Parties last jointly amended the Court’s scheduling order via a Joint Motion filed
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`October 11, 2021 (ECF No. 178), which the Court granted on October 12, 2021 (ECF No. 179).
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`As grounds for this Joint Motion, the Parties state as follows:
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`The current deadline for close of expert discovery is January 20, 2022.
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`In view of difficulties arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as issues
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`relating to the Court’s December 20, 2021 Order (ECF No. 236), which in relevant part denied
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`Lilly’s Motion to Exclude Dr. Geoffrey Hale as an Expert and Prevent Disclosure of Protected
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`Information (ECF No. 181), the Parties require more time to complete expert discovery.
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`3.
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`In view of the proposed extension of the close of expert discovery by twelve (12)
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`days, the Parties have further agreed to a short seven-day extension of each of the three deadlines
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`for opening dispositive motions, oppositions, and replies.
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`4.
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`The Parties have been diligent in conferring regarding these issues, and are
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`promptly filing this joint motion upon reaching agreement on a modest schedule extension.
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`5.
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`In addition, there is no meaningful prejudice to either party or the Court for the
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`brief extensions, as they provide each party additional time to complete expert discovery and brief
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`dispositive motions and would not materially change the timeline for trial.
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`6.
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`Although the current schedule proposes trial in April/May 2022 or at a time
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`otherwise convenient for the Court, no specific trial date has been set in this case.
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`7.
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`The Parties’ jointly proposed amendments to the schedule are as follows. All other
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`dates remain unchanged:
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`Current Deadline
`January 20, 2022
`February 17, 2022
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`Event
`Close of expert discovery
`Deadline to file dispositive
`motions including Daubert
`Opposition to MSJ/Daubert March 10, 2022
`Reply to MSJ/Daubert
`March 24, 2022
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`Amended Deadline
`February 1, 2022
`February 24, 2022
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`March 17, 2022
`March 31, 2022
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`WHEREFORE, the Parties respectfully request that the Court enter an order allowing this
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`Joint Motion and amending the current case schedule as set forth above.
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/s/ Elaine Herrmann Blais
`Douglas J. Kline (BBO# 556680)
`Elaine Herrmann Blais (BBO# 656142)
`Robert Frederickson III (BBO# 670111)
`Joshua S. Weinger (BBO# 690814)
`Alexandra Lu (BBO# 691114)
`Eric T. Romeo (BBO# 691591)
`Kathleen A. McGuinness (BBO# 693760)
`Shaobo Zhu (BBO# 697669)
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`100 Northern Avenue
`Boston, MA 02210
`Tel.: (617) 570-1000
`Fax: (617) 523-1231
`dkline@goodwinlaw.com
`eblais@goodwinlaw.com
`rfrederickson@goodwinlaw.com
`jweinger@goodwinlaw.com
`alu@goodwinlaw.com
`eromeo@goodwinlaw.com
`kmcguinness@goodwinlaw.com
`szhu@goodwinlaw.com
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`I. Neel Chatterjee (pro hac vice)
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`601 Marshall St.
`Redwood City, CA 94063
`Tel.: (650) 752-3100
`Fax: (650) 853-1038
`nchatterjee@goodwinlaw.com
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`Natasha E. Daughtrey (pro hac vice)
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`601 S. Figueroa St.
`Los Angeles, CA 90017
`Tel.: (213) 426-2500
`Fax: (213) 623-1673
`ndaughtrey@goodwinlaw.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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`Dated: January 6th, 2022
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`/s/ Andrea L. Martin
`Andrea L. Martin
`BURNS & LEVINSON LLP
`125 High Street
`Boston, MA 02110-1624
`(617) 345-3000
`amartin@burnslev.com
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`Emily R. Gabranski
`Marta Garcia Daneshvar
`Oulu Wang
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`2 Seaport Lane
`Boston, MA 02210-2001
`Emily.Gabranski@finnegan.com
`Marta.Garcia@finnegan.com
`Lulu.Wang@finnegan.com
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`Mark J. Stewart
`Sanjay M. Jivraj
`ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
`Lilly Corporate Center
`Indianapolis, IN 46285
`stewart_mark@lilly.com
`sjivraj@lilly.com
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`Charles E. Lipsey
`Ryan P. O’Quinn
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`1875 Explorer Street
`Suite 800
`Reston, VA 20190-6023
`Charles.Lipsey@finnegan.com
`oquinnr@finnegan.com
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`William B. Raich
`Danielle A. Duszczyszyn
`Denise Main
`Pier D. DeRoo
`Daniel F. Roland
`Matthew J. Luneack
`Yoonjin Lee
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`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`901 New York Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20001-4413
`William.Raich@finnegan.com
`Danielle.Duszczyszyn@finnegan.com
`Denise.Main@finnegan.com
`Pier.Deroo@finnegan.com
`Daniel.Roland@finnegan.com
`Matthew.Luneack@finnegan.com
`Yoonjin.Lee@finnegan.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant
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