Free Motion for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:07-cv-00229-GMS

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Filed 04/23/2008

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE MERCK & CO., INC., Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant, v. RANBAXY INC., and RANBAXY LABORATORIES LIMITED, Defendants and Counterclaim Plaintiffs. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

C.A. No. 07-229 (GMS)

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER WHEREAS rebuttal expert reports are currently due April 25 and fact and expert discovery are set to close on May 30, 2008; WHEREAS the parties agree that extensions of time for the completion of discovery, including an extension of rebuttal expert reports to May 2 and an extension of the close of fact and expert discovery to June 18, 2008, will be helpful in completing discovery in an orderly manner; WHEREAS the agreed-upon proposed extensions will not impact other deadlines in the case, including the preparation of the pretrial order due August 11 and the pretrial conference date of September 4, 2008; IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, subject to the approval of the Court, that the following deadlines set in the scheduling order entered on October 2, 2007 (D.I. 21) are hereby extended as follows: 1. 2008; 2. before June 18, 2008. All fact and expert discovery shall be initiated so as to be completed on or The parties will exchange rebuttal expert reports on or before May 2,

Case 1:07-cv-00229-GMS

Document 85

Filed 04/23/2008

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MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP

RICHARDS LAYTON & FINGER, P.A.

/s/ Mary B. Graham
Mary B. Graham (#2256) James W. Parrett, Jr. (#4292) 1201 N. Market Street P.O. Box 1347 Wilmington, DE 19899-1347 302.658.9200 Attorneys for Merck & Co., Inc.

/s/ Kelly E. Farnan
Frederick L. Cottrell, III (#2555) Kelly E. Farnan (#4395) One Rodney Square P.O. Box. 551 Wilmington, DE 19899 302.651.7700 Attorneys for Ranbaxy Inc. and Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited

Dated: April 23, 2008
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SO ORDERED this _________ day of __________, 2008.

_________________________________ UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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