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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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`ACUITAS THERAPEUTICS INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`GENEVANT SCIENCES GMBH, AND
`ARBUTUS BIOPHARMA CORP.,
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`Defendants.
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`8/16/2022
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`1:22-cv-02229-MKV
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`SCHEDULING ORDER
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`MARY KAY VYSKOCIL, United States District Judge:
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`The Defendants submitted a request for a pre-motion conference on their anticipated
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`motion to dismiss the Plaintiff’s complaint (ECF #31). The Plaintiff opposes the request and
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`asks that the case move forward into discovery (ECF #34). After reviewing the arguments set
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`out in the parties’ submissions, the motion for a pre-motion conference is DENIED, and
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`defendants are GRANTED leave to file a motion to dismiss on the schedule set forth below.
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` IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that on or before August 23, 2022, Plaintiff must inform
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`the Court via letter whether it intends to amend its complaint. This will be Plaintiff’s last
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`opportunity to amend the complaint in response to arguments raised in the parties’ letters.
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if the Plaintiff does not amend its complaint,
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`Defendants must file their motion to dismiss on or before September 6, 2022. Plaintiff’s
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`opposition will be due September 20, 2022. Any reply will be due September 27, 2022.
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if the Plaintiff elects to amend its complaint, the
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`amended complaint is due on or before September 6, 2022. Defendants must respond to any
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`amended complaint within 14 days of its filing. In the event Defendants file a new motion to
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`dismiss, the briefing for that motion will be on the schedule set forth in Local Rule 6.1(b).
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`Any request for an extension or adjournment shall be made by letter filed on ECF and
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`must be received at least 48 hours before the deadline.
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`MARY KAY VYSKOCIL
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`SO ORDERED
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`Dated: New York, New York
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`August 16, 2022
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