Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc v. Merck & Company Inc. et al

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING HEARING ON DISCOVERY DISPUTES
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Samuel G. Liversidge
Shaun A. Mathur
Sarah M. Kushner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
333 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90071-3197
(213) 229-7000
sliversidge@gibsondunn.com
smkushner@gibsondunn.com
S. Christopher Whittaker
Courtney L. Spears
3161 Michelson Drive
Irvine, California 92612-4412
(949) 451-3800
cwhittaker@gibsondunn.com
cspears@gibsondunn.com
Attorneys for Defendants Merck & Co., Inc.,
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (f/k/a Merck Sharp
& Dohme Corp.), Schering-Plough Corp., and
Schering Corp., and MSP Singapore Company
LLC
Daniel A. Sasse (State Bar No. 236234)
Tiffanie L. McDowell (State Bar No. 288946)
CROWELL & MORING LLP
3 Park Plaza, 20th Floor
Irvine, California 92614
Telephone: 949.263.8400
Facsimile: 949.263.8414
dsasse@crowell.com
tmcdowell@crowell.com
Kent A. Gardiner (pro hac vice forthcoming)
Mark M. Supko (pro hac vice)
CROWELL & MORING LLP
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20004
Telephone: 202.624.2500
Facsimile: 202.628.5116
kgardiner@crowell.com
msupko@crowell.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, OAKLAND DIVISION
KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN,
INC.,
Plaintiff,
v.
MERCK & COMPANY, INC.; MERCK
SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION;
SCHERING-PLOUGH CORPORATION;
SCHERING CORPORATION; MSP
SINGAPORE COMPANY LLC;
GLENMARK PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.;
AND GLENMARK PHARMACEUTICALS
INC., USA, Defendants.
Case No. 4:21-cv-05497-HSG
[Removed from San Francisco County
Superior Court Case No. CGC-21-592508]
JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER
REGARDING HEARING ON
DISCOVERY DISPUTES
Jury Trial Demanded
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Pursuant to the Court’s February 23, 2026 Order, Defendants Merck & Co., Inc., Merck
Sharp & Dohme LLC (f/k/a Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.), Schering-Plough Corp., Schering
Corp., and MSP Singapore Company LLC (collectively, “Merck” or “Defendants”1) and Plaintiff
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (“Kaiser”) (together with Kaiser, the “Parties”), submit this
Stipulation and [Proposed] Order moving the Zoom hearing on the Parties’ discovery disputes from
February 26, 2026, to March 2, 2026, at 2:00 pm.
WHEREAS, on November 25, 2025, the Parties filed a Joint Discovery Letter Brief
Regarding Plaintiff’s RFP Nos. 21 and 22 (the “Orange Book Dispute Letter”) (ECF No. 109);
WHEREAS, on November 25, 2025, the Parties also filed a Joint Discovery Letter Brief
Regarding Merck’s RFP Nos. 112, 138, 144, 148, 150, and 151 (the “Pass-On Dispute Letter”)
(ECF No. 110);
WHEREAS, on February 23, 2026, the Court entered an Order setting a Zoom hearing on
the Orange Book Dispute Letter for February 26, 2026, at 9:30 am, which also directed the Parties
to file a stipulation and proposed order if they were not available at that time, and to be prepared to
address the Pass-On Dispute Letter at the hearing if the Court has not yet ruled on it (ECF No. 120);
WHEREAS, counsel for the Parties are not available on February 26, 2026; and
WHEREAS, counsel for the Parties are available on March 2, 2026, at 2:00 pm;
THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE, pursuant to the Court’s February 23, 2026
Order, and subject to the Court’s approval, as follows:
1. 	The February 26, 2026 Zoom hearing is rescheduled to March 2, 2026, at 2:00 pm.
1 On February 20, 2025, Kaiser filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to former defendants
Glenmark 	Pharmaceuticals 	Ltd. 	and 	Glenmark 	Pharmaceuticals 	Inc., 	USA 	(collectively,
“Glenmark”).
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IT IS SO STIPULATED.
Dated: February 25, 2026 	/s/ Samuel G. Liversidge
Samuel G. Liversidge, SBN 180578
Shaun A. Mathur, SBN 311029
Sarah M. Kushner, SBN 320077
GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
333 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90071-3197
(213) 229-7000
sliversidge@gibsondunn.com
smkushner@gibsondunn.com
S. Christopher Whittaker, SBN 283518
Courtney L. Spears, SBN 329521
GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
3161 Michelson Drive
Irvine, California 92612-4412
(949) 451-3800
cwhittaker@gibsondunn.com
cspears@gibsondunn.com
Attorneys for Defendants Merck & Company,
Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (f/k/a Merck
Sharp & Dohme Corporation), Schering-Plough
Corporation, and Schering Corporation, and
MSP Singapore Company LLC
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Dated: February 25, 2026 	Respectfully submitted,
CROWELL & MORING LLP
/s/ Daniel A. Sasse
Daniel A. Sasse (State Bar No. 236234)
Tiffanie L. McDowell (State Bar No. 288946)
CROWELL & MORING LLP
3 Park Plaza, 20th Floor
Irvine, California 92614
Telephone: 949.263.8400
Facsimile: 949.263.8414
dsasse@crowell.com
tmcdowell@crowell.com
Kent A. Gardiner (pro hac vice forthcoming)
Mark M. Supko (pro hac vice)
CROWELL & MORING LLP
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20004
Telephone: 202.624.2500
Facsimile: 202.628.5116
kgardiner@crowell.com
msupko@crowell.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff Kaiser Foundation Health
Plan, Inc.
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ATTESTATION PER Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3)
I attest that concurrence in the filing of the document has been obtained from each of the
other signatories indicated by a conformed signature (/s/) within this e-filed document.
Dated: February 25, 2026 	/s/ Samuel G. Liversidge
Samuel G. Liversidge
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ORDER
The Court, having reviewed the above Joint Stipulation of the Parties, ORDERS as
follows:
1. 	The February 26, 2026 Zoom hearing is rescheduled to March 2, 2026, at 2:00 pm.
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: February 26, 2026
Hon. Lisa J. Cisneros
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