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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`ORDER
`Before the Court is Seagen Inc.’s (“Seagen”) Renewed Motion to Compel Daiichi Sankyo
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:20-CV-00337-JRG
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`SEAGEN INC.,
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`DAIICHI SANKYO CO., LTD.,
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`ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS
`LP, and ASTRAZENECA UK LTD
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant,
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`Intervenor-Defendants.
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`Co., Ltd.’s Production and Development Documents and for Relief Under Rule 37 (the “Motion”).
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`(Dkt. No. 234). On December 20, 2021, the Court held a telephonic hearing on the Motion. This
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`Order sets forth the Court’s rulings announced on the record during said hearing.1
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`As set forth on the record, Mr. Morita will undergo a second deposition in Japanese. Such
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`deposition shall not exceed six (6) hours. (Hearing Tr. at 13:13–20). The parties also agreed to
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`undertake limited supplemental reports of their technical experts to address the newly produced
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`lab notebooks and Mr. Morita’s first deposition. Such supplemental reports shall not exceed five
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`(5) pages. The supplemental reports must be exchanged with enough time to file any challenges
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`before the January 6, 2022 deadline to file Daubert motions. Subject to these limitations, the Court
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`left the logistics and timing of the exchange to the parties. (Hearing Tr. at 16:23–17:15). In light
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`1 As of the filing of this Order, the transcript for the December 20,2021 telephonic hearing had not been uploaded to
`the docket. Accordingly, citations to the transcript are notated by “Hearing Tr.”
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`Case 2:20-cv-00337-JRG Document 251 Filed 01/04/22 Page 2 of 2 PageID #: 8727
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`of these agreements, Seagen’s Motion was DENIED-AS-MOOT as to the discovery relief sought
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`in the Motion. However, the Court noted that it was not resolving Seagen’s request for sanctions,
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`and accordingly that aspect of Seagen’s Motion was CARRIED. (Hearing Tr. at 19:13–19, 19:22–
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`20:3, 21:9–15).
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`Also before the Court was Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd.’s (“DSC”) Unopposed Motion
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`to Redact Confidential Information from the Motion Hearing Transcript (the “Motion to Redact”).
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`(Dkt. No. 236). After discussion on the Motion to Redact, counsel for DSC withdrew the Motion
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`to Redact. (Hearing Tr. at 24:1–17). DSC also filed an Unopposed Motion to Withdraw the
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`Motion to Redact. (Dkt. No. 250). Accordingly, the Motion to Withdraw the Motion to Redact is
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`GRANTED and the Motion to Redact is WITHDRAWN.
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`RODNEY GILSTRAP
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`So ORDERED and SIGNED this 4th day of January, 2022.
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