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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL
`Date August 22, 2019
`Case No. CV 17-5169-GW(FFMx)
`Title
`Cedars Sinai Medical Center v. Quest Diagnostic Incorporated
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`Present: The Honorable GEORGE H. WU, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
`Javier Gonzalez
`Miranda L. Algorri
`Tape No.
`Deputy Clerk
`Court Reporter / Recorder
`Attorneys Present for Plaintiffs:
`Attorneys Present for Defendants:
`Edward G. Poplawski
`Christopher S. Ruhland
`Olivia M. Kim
`Anna Q. Do
`Lisa D. Zang
`Jonathan D. Loeb
`PROCEEDINGS:
`PRETRIAL CONFERENCE
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`Court hears oral argument on Motions in Limine. Court rules as follows:
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`Plaintiff's Motions in Limine (Filed 08/01/19):
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`No. 1 to Exclude Evidence and Argument Regarding Defendants' Reliance on Advice of
`Counsel Relating to the Accused IBS Test [318], is GRANTED;
`No. 2 to Exclude Evidence and Argument Regarding Dr. Mark Pimentel's Personal
`Finances or Wealth [319], is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART;
`No. 3 to Exclude Evidence and Argument Regarding Cedars-sinai's past and Pending
`Disputes or Litigation, and Improper or Pejorative Characterizations of
`Cedars-Sinai, Any of its Representatives [320], is DENIED WITHOUT
`PREJUDICE;
`No. 4 to Exclude the Testimony of Dr. Nigel Clarke [321], is CONTINUED to August
`29, 2019;
`No. 6 to Exclude Testimony of John C. Jarosz [323], is DENIED WITHOUT
`PREJUDICE;
`No. 7 to Exclude Evidence and Arguments Regarding the Fact That Certain Trade
`Secrets Are No Longer Asserted [324], is CONTINUED to August 29, 2019.
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`Defendants' Motions in Limine (Filed 08/01/19):
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`No. 1 to Exclude Opinions and Testimony of Cedars-Sinai Damages Expert Stephen
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL
`Date August 22, 2019
`Case No. CV 17-5169-GW(FFMx)
`Title
`Cedars Sinai Medical Center v. Quest Diagnostic Incorporated
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`Prowse [309; U/S 354], is TAKEN UNDER SUBMISSION;
`No. 2 to Exclude All Reference, Evidence, and Argument Related to Trade Secrets That
`Cedars-Sinai No Longer Claims to Have Been Misappropriated by Quest (i.e.,
`Trade Secret Nos. 99-103) [310; U/S 355], is TAKEN UNDER SUBMISSION;
`No. 3 to Preclude Mark Pimentel from Providing Expert Opinions at Trial [311; U/S
`356], is DENIED;
`No. 4 to Exclude All Reference, Evidence, and Argument Regarding Plaintiff's
`Corporate Form of Organization (e.e., its Status as a Nonprofit Corporation) [312;
`U/S 357], is DENIED;
`No. 5 to Exclude All Reference, Evidence, and Argument Implying Any Alleged
`Wrongdoing By Quest with Respect to Nonparty Commonwealth Laboratories,
`Inc. [313; U/S 358], is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE;
`No. 6 to Preclude Cedars-Sinai's Expert, Dr. Uwe Christians, from Testifying There Is a
`Legal Requirement to Cross Validate a Laboratory-Developed Test [314; U/S
`359], is CONTINUED to August 29, 2019. Plaintiff is to submit a supplemental
`brief by close of business on August 23, 2019. Defendant will respond by close of
`business on August 26, 2019.
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`The pretrial conference is continued to August 29, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.
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