Free Motion for Extension of Time to Amend - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:07-cv-00229-GMS

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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 the date for amending the pleadings and joinder of other parties is currently set as January 4, 2008 (D.I. 21); WHEREAS the parties would find it helpful to extend that date by a week to January 11, 2008; WHEREAS fact discovery does not close until May 30, 2008; WHEREAS extending the date for amendment of the pleadings and joinder of other parties should not impact other dates in the schedule; IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, subject to the approval of the Court, that the Scheduling Order (D.I. 21) is modified to the following extent: 2. Joinder of other Parties and Amendment of Pleadings. All motions to

join other parties and amend the pleadings shall be filed on or before January 11, 2008.

Case 1:07-cv-00229-GMS

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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: December 27, 2007

SO ORDERED this _________ day of __________, 20___.

_________________________________ UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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