King County v. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd

1 Honorable Robert S. Lasnik 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE KING COUNTY and CITY OF TACOMA, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, No. 2:21-cv-00477-RSL 11 Plaintiffs, STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINE 12 v. TO AMEND COMPLAINT TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC., and TEVA NEUROSCIENCE, INC., Defendants.

17 I. BACKGROUND 18 By a prior stipulation (Dkt. No. 37), the parties agreed to a briefing schedule for the motion to dismiss (the “First Motion to Dismiss”) (Dkt. No. 27) filed on July 2, 2021 by Defendants Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and Teva Neuroscience, Inc, and the motion to dismiss (the “Second Motion to Dismiss”) to be later filed by Defendant Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. (“TPI”). The Court entered the parties’ stipulation by Order (Dkt. No. 38) dated July 22, 2021.

24 TPI timely filed the Second Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. No. 39) on August 30, 2021.

25 Plaintiffs now seek to amend their Complaint pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1)(B) and 15(a)(2). Counsel for the Teva Parties and counsel for Plaintiffs have conferred and agree, subject to the Court’s approval, that Plaintiffs may amend their Complaint on or before September 28, 2021.

3 The parties agree that because “an amended complaint supersedes the original, the latter being treated thereafter as non-existent,” Ramirez v. County of San Bernardino, 806 F.3d 1002, 1008 (9th Cir. 2015) (internal quotations omitted), upon Plaintiffs’ filing of their amended complaint, the First and Second Motions to Dismiss should be denied as moot.

7 The parties further agree to meet and confer after Plaintiffs file their amended complaint regarding a briefing schedule and page limitations for the Teva Parties’ anticipated single motion to dismiss the amended complaint.

10 II. STIPULATION 11 The deadline for Plaintiffs to file an Amended Complaint is extended to September 28, 2021. Upon the filing of Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint, the Teva Parties’ First (Dkt. No. 27) and Second (Dkt. No. 39) Motions to Dismiss shall be denied as moot.

14 DATED this 17th day of September, 2021.

15 KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P. KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP s/ Alison E. Chase /s/ Matt Owen Lynn Lincoln Sarko, WSBA #16569 Devora W. Allon (pro hac vice) Gretchen Freeman Cappio, WSBA #29576 Jay Lefkowitz (pro hac vice) Matthew M. Gerend, WSBA #43276 601 Lexington Avenue Felicia J. Craick, WSBA # 54505 New York, NY 10022 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Tel: (212) 446-5967 Seattle, WA 98101 Fax: (212) 446-4900 Tel: (206) 623-1900 [email protected] Fax: (206) 623-3384 [email protected] lsarko@ kellerrohrback.com [email protected] Matt Owen (pro hac vice) [email protected] 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. [email protected] Washington, D.C. 20004 Tel: (202) 389-5100 Alison E. Chase, (pro hac vice) Fax: (202) 389-5000 KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P. [email protected] 801 Garden Street, Suite 301 [email protected] Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Tel: (805) 456-1496 Jeremy E. Roller, WSBA No. 32021 [email protected] ARETE LAW GROUP PLLC 26 1218 Third Avenue, Suite 2100 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Seattle, WA 98101 1 Tel: (206) 428-3250 Fax: (206) 428-3251 2 [email protected] 3 Attorneys for Defendants 5 IT IS SO ORDERED.

7 DATED: September 20, 2021 MS Caremik 9 Hon. RobertS.Lasnik 10 United States District Judge STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINE KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P. TO AMEND COMPLAINT - 3 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 (2:21-cv-00477-RSL) TELEPHONE. (206) 623.1900