Texas Court of Appeals, 15th District, 2025

Pfizer Inc. and Tris Pharma, Inc. v. the State of Texas and Tarik Ahmed

Texas Court of Appeals, 15th District · Decided July 23, 2025

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-25-00021-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 7/23/2025 3:16 PM No. 15-25-00021-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE __________________________________________________________________ CLERK FILED IN In the Fifteenth Court of Appeals 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Austin, Texas 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM __________________________________________________________________ CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk PFIZER INC. and TRIS PHARMA, INC., Petitioners/Defendants, v. The STATE OF TEXAS and TARIK AHMED, Respondents/Plaintiffs. __________________________________________________________________ Permissive appeal from the 71st Judicial District Court, Harrison County, Texas

JOINT STATUS REPORT AND MOTION OF THE PARTIES TO EXTEND STAY OF PROCEEDINGS __________________________________________________________________ Plaintiffs the State of Texas, by and through the Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, and Relator Tarik Ahmed, together with Defendants Pfizer Inc. and Tris Pharma, Inc. (collectively, the “Parties”), submit this joint status report pursuant to the Court’s June 24, 2025 Abatement Order.

The Parties continue their productive settlement discussions and have reached an understanding of the key terms of settlement. However, given the number of parties involved and the need to complete multiple interrelated agreements, additional time is required to finalize the settlement. Accordingly, the Parties respectfully request an additional thirty-day abeyance. The Parties will either file stipulated dismissals within this period or provide a further status report to the Court at the conclusion of the thirty days.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Paige L. Cheung /s/ Edward D. Burbach ATTORNEYS FOR THE FOLEY & LARDNER LLP STATE OF TEXAS Edward D. Burbach Texas Bar No. 03355250 Paige L. Cheung 600 Congress, Suite 3000 Assistant Attorney General Austin, TX 78701 Texas Bar No. 24116193 [email protected] Vivian Egbu (512)542-7070 Assistant Attorney General Texas State Bar No. 24079078 THE VAL JONES LAW FIRM Nadia Burns George Valton (“Val”) Jones Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 10888050 Texas State Bar No. 24041176 109 West Austin St. Office of the Attorney General Marshall, TX 75670-3340 Healthcare Program Enforcement [email protected] Division (903) 927-2220 P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station Austin, TX 78711-2548 ROPES & GRAY LLP [email protected] Samantha Barrett Badlam [email protected] (admitted pro hac vice) [email protected] Stefan P. Schropp (512) 937-9149 (admitted pro hac vice) 2099 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. /s/ Jason T. Brown Washington, DC 20006-6807 [email protected] BROWN, LLC [email protected] Jason T. Brown (202) 508-4734 Town Square Place, Suite 400 (202) 508-4883 Jersey City, NJ 07310 [email protected] COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT (877) 561-0000 PFIZER INC. POTTER MINTON, PC /s/ Harry Gillam, Jr. Michael E. Jones North College, Suite 900 GILLAM & SMITH LLP Tyler, TX 75702 Harry “Gil” Gillam, Jr. [email protected] Texas Bar. No. 07921800 E. Glenn Thames, Jr. Tom Gorham North College, Suite 900 Texas Bar. No. 24012715 Tyler, TX 75702 303 S. Washington Ave. [email protected] Marshall, TX 75670 (903) 597-8311 [email protected] [email protected] COUNSEL FOR TARIK AHMED (903) 934-8450 BLANK ROME LLP William E. Lawler III D.C. Bar No. 398951 1825 Eye Street NW Washington, DC 20006 [email protected] (202) 420-5460 Huaou Yan (admitted pro hac vice) PA Bar No. 324705 One Logan Square, 130 North 18th St Philadelphia, PA 19103 [email protected] (215) 569-5449 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT TRIS PHARMA, INC. Date: July 23, 2025 Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system.

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Jesse Gonzalez on behalf of Edward Burbach Bar No. 3355250 [email protected] Envelope ID: 103501718 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: Joint Status Report and Motion of the Parties to Extend Stay of Proceedings Status as of 7/23/2025 3:22 PM CST Case Contacts Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Earl Thames 785097 [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Harry Gillam 7921800 [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Andrew Gorham 24012715 [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Jonathan Bonilla 24073939 [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Jordan Underhill 24102586 [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Stacy Obenhaus [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Nadia Burns 24041176 [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Paige Cheung 24116193 [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Wolfgang PHirczy de Mino [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Jason T.Brown [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Patrick S.Almonrode [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Michael E.Jones [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Kristin Hernandez [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT M'Liss Hindman [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Pfizer Case Team QXRTXQuiTamAssociates&[email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT William E.Lawler, III [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Vivian Egbu [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Bobbye Pyke [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Huaou Yan [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Stefan Schropp [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Samantha BarrettBadlam [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Edward Burbach [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT George Valton [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Lauren Sibley [email protected] 7/23/2025 3:16:48 PM SENT Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system.

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