Case 2:20-cv-00337-JRG Document 218 Filed 11/09/21 Page 1 of 5 PageID #: 8430
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`Civil Action No. 2:20-CV-00337-JRG
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`SEAGEN INC.,
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`v.
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`Plaintiff,
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`DAIICHI SANKYO CO., LTD.,
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`Defendant,
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`ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP, and
`ASTRAZENECA UK LTD,
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`Intervenor-Defendants.
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`JOINT STATEMENT REGARDING MOTIONS TO COMPEL
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`Pursuant to the Court’s Standing Order Regarding “Meet and Confer” Obligations Relating
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`to Discovery Disputes, the parties have met-and-conferred and have discussed various proposals
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`for compromise regarding the following motions to compel:
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`• Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.’s (“DSC”) Motion to Compel the Deposition of Clay
`Siegall, Ph.D. (Dkt. No. 178);
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`• DSC’s Motion to Compel Seagen Inc.’s Discovery Production (Dkt. No. 179);
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`• Seagen Inc.’s (“Seagen”) Motion to Compel the Deposition of Sunao Manabe (Dkt.
`No. 186);
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`• Seagen’s Renewed Motion to Compel Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.’s Production of
`Development Documents and for Relief Under Rule 37 (Dkt. No. 187);
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`• Seagen’s Motion to Compel Depositions of Toshinori Agatsuma, Yuki Abe, Yuji
`Kasuya, and Koji Morita (Dkt. No. 188);
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`• Seagen’s Motion to Compel Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. to Produced Alleged
`Common Interest Agreement and Withheld Documents (Dkt. No. 201);
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`Civil Action No. 2:20-CV-00337-JRG
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`SEAGEN INC.,
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`v.
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`Plaintiff,
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`DAIICHI SANKYO CO., LTD.,
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`Defendant,
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`ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP, and
`ASTRAZENECA UK LTD,
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`
`Intervenor-Defendants.
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`JOINT STATEMENT REGARDING MOTIONS TO COMPEL
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`Pursuant to the Court’s Standing Order Regarding “Meet and Confer” Obligations Relating
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`to Discovery Disputes, the parties have met-and-conferred and have discussed various proposals
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`for compromise regarding the following motions to compel:
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`• Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.’s (“DSC”) Motion to Compel the Deposition of Clay
`Siegall, Ph.D. (Dkt. No. 178);
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`• DSC’s Motion to Compel Seagen Inc.’s Discovery Production (Dkt. No. 179);
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`• Seagen Inc.’s (“Seagen”) Motion to Compel the Deposition of Sunao Manabe (Dkt.
`No. 186);
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`• Seagen’s Renewed Motion to Compel Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.’s Production of
`Development Documents and for Relief Under Rule 37 (Dkt. No. 187);
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`• Seagen’s Motion to Compel Depositions of Toshinori Agatsuma, Yuki Abe, Yuji
`Kasuya, and Koji Morita (Dkt. No. 188);
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`• Seagen’s Motion to Compel Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. to Produced Alleged
`Common Interest Agreement and Withheld Documents (Dkt. No. 201);
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`Case 2:20-cv-00337-JRG Document 218 Filed 11/09/21 Page 2 of 5 PageID #: 8431
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`• Seagen’s Motion to Compel AstraZeneca to Produce Responsive Communications
`with DSC and Other Documents Over Which Privilege Claims Have Been Waived
`(Dkt. No. 202);
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`• AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and AstraZeneca UK Limited’s (“AZ”) Motion
`to Compel Seagen to Produce Documents and Testimony Over Which Privilege
`Has Been Waived (Dkt. No. 211);
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`• AZ’s Motion to Compel Seagen to Produce Dr. Peter Senter’s Arbitration
`Testimony and Related Materials (Dkt. No. 213)
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`DSC and Seagen have reached an agreement regarding DSC’s Motion to Compel Seagen
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`Inc.’s Discovery Production (Dkt. No. 179), and DSC intends to file a motion to withdraw said
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`motion.
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`The remaining motions remain at an impasse. Pursuant to the Court’s orders, the parties
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`will continue to meet and confer in person in an attempt to resolve these disputes beginning at 9:00
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`A.M. on November 9, 2021.
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`Case 2:20-cv-00337-JRG Document 218 Filed 11/09/21 Page 3 of 5 PageID #: 8432
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`Dated: November 9, 2021
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`By: Melissa R. Smith
`Michael A. Jacobs
`MJacobs@mofo.com
`Matthew A. Chivvis
`MChivvis@mofo.com
`MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
`425 Market Street
`San Francisco, California 94105
`Telephone: 415.268.7000
`Facsimile: 415.268.7522
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`Bryan Wilson
`BWilson@mofo.com
`Pieter S. de Ganon
`PdeGanon@mofo.com
`MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
`755 Page Mill Road
`Palo Alto, California 94304-1018
`Telephone: 650.813.5600
`Facsimile: 650.494.0792
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`Melissa R. Smith
`Texas State Bar No. 24001351
`melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com
`GILLAM & SMITH, LLP
`303 South Washington Avenue
`Marshall, Texas 75670
`Telephone: 903.934.8450
`Facsimile: 903.934.9257
`Of Counsel:
`T. John Ward, Jr.
`Texas State Bar No. 00794818
`jw@wsfirm.com
`Charles Everingham IV
`Texas State Bar No. 00787447
`ce@wsfirm.com
`Andrea L. Fair
`Texas State Bar No. 24078488
`andrea@wsfirm.com
`WARD, SMITH & HILL, PLLC
`1507 Bill Owens Parkway
`Longview, Texas 75604
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`By: Blake Thompson (w/permission)
`Deron R. Dacus
`Texas State Bar No. 00790553
`ddacus@dacusfirm.com
`THE DACUS FIRM, P.C.
`821 ESE Loop 323, Suite 430
`Tyler, Texas 75701
`Telephone: 903.705.1117
`Facsimile: 903.581.2543
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`J. Mark Mann
`Texas State Bar No. 12926150
`mark@themannfirm.com
`G. Blake Thompson
`Texas State Bar No. 240420033
`blake@themannfirm.com
`MANN | TINDEL | THOMPSON
`201 E. Howard Street
`Henderson, Texas
`Telephone: 903.357.8540
`Facsimile: 903.657.6003
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`Attorneys for Defendant Daiichi Sankyo
`Company, Limited
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`OF COUNSEL:
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`Preston K. Ratliff II
`Joseph M. O’Malley, Jr.
`Ashley N. Mays-Williams
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`200 Park Avenue
`New York, New York 10166
`Telephone: 212.318.6000
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`Jeffrey A. Pade
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`2050 M Street NW
`Washington, DC 20036
`Telephone: 202.551.1700
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`Attorneys for Defendant Daiichi Sankyo
`Company, Limited
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`Telephone: 903.757.6400
`Facsimile: 903.757.2323
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff Seagen Inc.
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`By: Jennifer Ainsworth (w/permission)
`Jennifer Park Ainsworth
`Texas State Bar No. 00784720
`WILSON, ROBERTSON & CORNELIUS,
`P.C.
`909 ESE Loop 323, Suite 400
`Tyler, Texas 75701
`Telephone: 903.509.5000
`Facsimile: 903.509.5092
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`Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendants
`AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and
`AstraZeneca UK Ltd.
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`OF COUNSEL:
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`David I. Berl
`Thomas S. Fletcher
`Jessica L. Pahl
`Katheryn Kayali
`Kevin Hoagland-Hanson
`Andrew Hoffman
`WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP
`725 Twelfth Street, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20005
`Telephone: 202.434.5000
`Facsimile: 202.434.5029
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`Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendants
`AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and
`AstraZeneca UK Ltd.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to electronic
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`service are being served this 9th day of November 2021, with a copy of this document via the
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`Court’s CM/ECF system per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3).
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`/s/ Melissa R. Smith
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`CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
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`I hereby certify that counsel for Plaintiff and counsel for Defendants have complied with
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`the meet and confer requirement in Local Rule CV -7(h) regarding this notice on November 9,
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`2021. The Parties are jointly filing this notice.
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`/s/ Melissa R. Smith
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