Case 1:22-cv-00023-JPB Document 13 Filed 03/28/22 Page 1 of 1 PageID #: 478
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`AO 399 (01/09) Wsiver of the Scivice of Summons
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`United States District Court
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`Northern District of West Virgmia|^
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`Novo Nordisk Inc. and Novo Ncrdlsk A/S
`Plaint^
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`V.
`Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.
`Defendant
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`Civil Action No. 1:22-cv-23
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`WAIVER OF THE SERVICE OF SUMMONS
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`To:
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`^ame of the plaintiff s attorn^ or unrepresented plaintifjD
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`I have received your request to waive service of a summons in this action along with a copy of the complaint,
`two copies of this waiver fonn, and a prepaid means of returning one signed copy of the fonn to you.
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`I, or the entity I represent, agree to save the expense of serving a summons and complaint in this case.
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`I understand that I, or the entity I represent, will keep all defenses or objections to the lawsuit, the court's
`jurisdiction, and the venue of die action, but diat I waive any objections to the absence of a summons or of service.
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`I also understand that I, or the entity I represent, must file and serve an answer or a motion under Rule 12 within
`60 days firom
`03/24/2022
`, the date when this request was sent (or 90 days if it was sent outside the
`United States). If I fail to do so, a default judgment will be entered against me or the entity I represent
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`03/24/2022
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`Date:
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`Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.
`Printed name of party waiving service of summons
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`Wy/BarNo. 14021
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`Signature of the attorn^ or unrepresentedparty
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`Brandon White
`Printed name ^
`Perkins Cole LLP
`700 Thirteenth St. N.W.. Ste. 600
`Washington, DC 20D05'3S60
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`Address
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`BMWhlte@perkln8cole.com
`E-mail address
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`(202)654^206
`Tel^hone number
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`Duty to Avoid Unnecessary Ei^entes of Serving a Sununons
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`Ride 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires certain defendants to cooperate in saving unnecessary expenses of serving a summons
`and co^laint A defendant who is located in the United States and who Ihils to return a signed waiver of service requested by a plaintiff located in
`the UnitM States will be required to pay the expenses of service, unless the defendant diows good cause for the failure.
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`. "9°^ cause" does not include a belief that the lawsuit is groundless, or that it has been brought in an improper venue, or that the court has
`no jurisdiction over tois matter or over the defendant or the defenimt's property.
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`If the waiver is signed and returned, you can still make these and all other defenses and objections, but you cannot object to the absence of
`a summons or of service.
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`and file a
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`Ifyou waive service, then you must, within the time sjmifled on the waiver form, serve an answer or a motion under Rule 12 on the plaintiff
`copy widi the court By signing and retuming the waiver form, you are allowed more time to re^ond than if a summons had been served.
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