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1 Kimberly Branscome (SBN 255480)
Jay Bhimani (SBN 267689)
2 DECHERT LLP
633 W. 5th Street, Suite 4900
3 Los Angeles, CA 90071
4 Telephone: (213) 808-5700
Facsimile: (213) 808-5760
5 Email: kimberly.branscome@dechert.com
Email: jay.bhimani@dechert.com
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Jonathan Tam (SBN 304143)
7 DECHERT LLP
8 One Bush Street, Suite 1600
San Francisco, CA 94104-4446
9 Telephone: (415) 262-4500
Facsimile: (415) 262-4555
10 Email: jonathan.tam@dechert.com
11 Attorneys for Specially-Appearing Defendant GlaxoSmithKline LLC
12 [Additional Counsel on Signature Page]
13 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
14 FOR THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA
15 COORDINATION PROCEEDING SPECIAL JCCP NO. 5150
TITLE (RULE 3.550) Case No. RG20061705
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In re Ranitidine Cases ASSIGNED FOR ALL PURPOSES TO
17 JUDGE EVELIO GRILLO
DEPT. 21
18 THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:
BRAND DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF
19 Goetz v. GlaxoSmithKline, et al., MOTION AND MOTION TO SEAL THEIR
Case No. RG20061705 MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S
20 “REBUTTAL” EXPERT
NEPHROLOGISTS DR. MONY FRAER
21 AND DR. GAURAV JAIN;
MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND
22 AUTHORITIES
23 [Submitted Concurrently with Declaration of
Emily Van Tuyl and Proposed Order]
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Hearing Date: January 6, 2023
25 Hearing Time: 10:00 a.m.
Department: 21
26 Reservation ID: 403838027559
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PLAINTIFF’S “REBUTTAL” EXPERT NEPHROLOGISTS DR. MONY FRAER AND DR. GAURAV JAIN
1 TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD:
2 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on January 6, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as
3 counsel may be heard in Department 21 of the above-titled court, located at Administration Building
4 1221 Oak Street, Oakland, CA 94612, before the Honorable Evelio Grillo, specially-appearing
5 Defendants GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Boehringer
6 Ingelheim USA Corporation, Sanofi US Services, Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis U.S., LLC (collectively, the
7 “Brand Defendants”) will, and hereby do, move the Court for an order to maintain under seal certain
8 portions of the Brand Defendants’ Motion to Strike Plaintiff’s “Rebuttal” Expert Nephrologists Dr.
9 Mony Fraer and Dr. Gaurav Jain (“Motion To Strike”).
10 This Motion is made on the grounds that the Motion To Strike contains medical and personal
11 information about Plaintiff that Plaintiff claims is confidential in this matter. Specifically, the Brand
12 Defendants move to:
13 File under seal and/or redact substantive references to content contained in the Brand
14 Defendants’ Motion to Strike Plaintiff’s “Rebuttal” Expert Nephrologists Dr. Mony Fraer and
15 Dr. Gaurav Jain; and
16 File under seal the following exhibits to the Declaration of Emily Van Tuyl in Support of the
17 Motion To Strike:
18 o Exhibit A (Expert Report of Barry Boyd, M.D., dated July 14, 2022)
19 o Exhibit B (Expert Report of Robert M. Conry, M.D., dated July 13, 2022)
20 o Exhibit C (Expert Report of Laura J. Lampton, RN, BSN, CRRN, CNLCP, dated July
21 18, 2022)
22 o Exhibit D (Plaintiff’s Response to the Brand-Name Defendants’ Form Interrogatories
23 (Set One), No. 6.7, dated November 30, 2021)
24 o Exhibit E (excerpts of the transcript of the April 22, 2022 videotaped deposition of
25 James Goetz)
26 o Exhibit F (excerpts of the transcript of the February 21, 2022 videotaped deposition of
27 Alex J. Messina, M.D)
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1 o Exhibit G (excerpts of the transcript of the June 7, 2022 videotaped deposition of
2 Alexander Connelly, M.D)
3 o Exhibit H (JGoetz-KHUSC-MD-000130-137, Plaintiff’s medical record from June 9,
4 2019)
5 o Exhibit I (JGoetz-USCNCH-MD-000047-52, Plaintiff’s medical record from March
6 29, 2021)
7 o Exhibit J (JGoetz-USCNCH-MD-000060-64, Plaintiff’s medical record from April 27,
8 2021)
9 o Exhibit K (JGoetz-TMMC-MD-000063-67, Plaintiff’s medical record from June 25,
10 2021)
11 o Exhibit L (Expert Report of Anjay Rastogi, M.D., Ph.D., dated August 29, 2022)
12 o Exhibit M (Expert Report of James M. Wilson, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.P., F.A.S.N., dated
13 August 29, 2022)
14 o Exhibit N (Materials Considered List for the Expert Report of Anjay Rastogi, M.D.,
15 Ph.D., dated August 29, 2022)
16 o Exhibit O (Expert Rebuttal Report of Mony Fraer, M.D., M.H.C.D.S., C.P.E., F.A.C.P.,
17 F.A.S.N., A.H.S.C.P., dated September 22, 2022)
18 o Exhibit P (Expert Rebuttal Report of Gaurav Jain, M.D., F.A.S.N., dated September
19 21, 2022)
20 o Exhibit R (Meet and confer correspondence)
21 This Motion is based upon this Notice of Motion, the Memorandum of Points and Authorities,
22 and the Declaration of Emily Van Tuyl filed concurrently herewith, all other pleadings and records in
23 this proceeding, all other matters of which the Court may take judicial notice, and any argument or
24 evidence that may be presented to or considered by the Court prior to its ruling.
25 Dated: November 21, 2022 Respectfully Submitted,
26 By: /s/ Kimberly Branscome
Kimberly Branscome (SBN 255480)
27 Jay Bhimani (SBN 267689)
DECHERT LLP
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PLAINTIFF’S “REBUTTAL” EXPERT NEPHROLOGISTS DR. MONY FRAER AND DR. GAURAV JAIN
633 West 5th Street, Suite 4900
1 Los Angeles, CA 90071
Telephone: (213) 808-5700
2 Facsimile: (213) 808-5706
Email: kimberly.branscome@dechert.com
3 Email: jay.bhimani@dechert.com
4 Jonathan Tam (SBN 304143)
DECHERT LLP
5 One Bush Street, Suite 1600
San Francisco, CA 94104-4446
6 Telephone: (415) 262-4500
Facsimile: (415) 262-4555
7 Email: jonathan.tam@dechert.com
8 Mara Cusker Gonzalez (admitted pro hac vice)
DECHERT LLP
9 Three Bryant Park
1095 Avenue of the Americas
10 New York, NY
Telephone: (212) 698-3500
11 Facsimile: (212) 698-3599
Email: maracusker.gonzalez@dechert.com
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Thomas J. Sheehan (admitted pro hac vice)
13 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON LLP
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 28th Floor
14 New York, NY 10019Los Angeles, CA 90071
Telephone: (212) 989-8844
15 Facsimile: (929) 501-5455
Email: tjsheehan@shb.com
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Attorneys for Specially-Appearing Defendant
17 GlaxoSmithKline LLC
18 By: /s/ Matthew J. Blaschke
Matthew J. Blaschke (SBN 281938)
19 Rachel S. Rubens (SBN 333886)
KING & SPALDING LLP
20 50 California Street, Suite 3300
San Francisco, CA 94111
21 Telephone: (415) 318-1212
Facsimile: (415) 318-1300
22 Email: mblaschke@kslaw.com
Email: rrubens@kslaw.com
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Andrew T. Bayman (admitted pro hac vice)
24 KING & SPALDING LLP
118 Peachtree Street, Suite 1600
25 Atlanta, GA 30309
Telephone: (404) 572-4600
26 Facsimile: (404) 572-5100
Email: abayman@kslaw.com
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1 Attorneys for Specially-Appearing Defendants
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and
2 Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation
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By: /s/ Rhonda R. Trotter
4 Rhonda R. Trotter (SBN 169241)
Alex Beroukhim (SBN 220722)
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ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
6 777 South Figueroa Street, 44th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
7 Telephone: (213) 243-4000
Facsimile: (213) 243-4199
8 Email: rhonda.trotter@arnoldporter.com
Email: alex.beroukhim@arnoldporter.com
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10 Anand Agneshwar (admitted pro hac vice)
ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
11 250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
12 Telephone: (212) 836-8000
13 Facsimile: (212) 836-8689
Email: anand.agneshwar@arnoldporter.com
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Attorneys for Specially-Appearing Defendants
15 Sanofi US Services Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC
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1 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES
2 I. INTRODUCTION
3 Specially-appearing Defendants GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, Boehringer Ingelheim
4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation, Sanofi US Services, Inc. and Sanofi-
5 Aventis U.S., LLC (collectively, the “Brand Defendants”) seek to place under seal certain portions of
6 the Brand Defendants’ Motion To Strike Plaintiff’s “Rebuttal” Expert Nephrologists Dr. Mony Fraer
7 and Dr. Guarav Jain (“Motion To Strike”), including concurrently filed Exhibits A through P and
8 Exhibit R to the Declaration of Emily Van Tuyl in Support of the Brand Defendants’ Motion To Strike,
9 so as to maintain the confidentiality of Plaintiff’s medical and personal information.
10 II. ARGUMENT
11 Pursuant to section VIII, paragraph 3 of Pretrial Order No. 2, any motion “that discloses,
12 summarizes, describes, characterizes, or otherwise communicates” confidential information “must be
13 filed with the Court under seal, in accordance with California Rules of Court Rule 2.551, et seq.” JCCP
14 51510 PTO No. 2, § VIII ¶ 3. Under CRC Rule 2.550(d), upon motion by a party, a court may seal
15 publicly-filed documents if: (1) there exists an overriding interest that overcomes the right of public
16 access to the record; (2) the overriding interest supports sealing the record; (3) a substantial probability
17 exists that the overriding interest will be prejudiced if the record is not sealed; (4) the proposed sealing
18 is narrowly tailored; and (5) no less restrictive means exist to achieve the overriding interest. Cal. Rules
19 of Court, rule 2.550(d)(1)-(5), (e); NBC Subsidiary (KNBC-TV), Inc. v. Super. Ct., 20 Cal. 4th 1178,
20 1217-18 (1999). The trial court has “a considerable amount of discretion” in deciding whether to seal
21 a record. In re Providian Credit Card Cases, 96 Cal. App. 4th 292, 295 (2002). All five factors are
22 satisfied here.
23 A. The Overriding Interest of Maintaining Privacy for Medical and Personal
24 Information Merits This Court’s Protection.
25 A court has inherent power to control its own records to protect rights of litigants before it, but
26 “where there is no contrary statute or countervailing public policy, the right to inspect public records
27 must be freely allowed.” Craemer v. Superior Court, 265 Cal.App.2d 216, 222 (Ct. App. 1968). In this
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1 case, there is a countervailing public policy in protecting Plaintiff’s medical and personal information.
2 The Motion To Strike pertains to experts who opine about Plaintiff’s health. This information would
3 not ordinarily be in the public domain but for his role in this litigation.
4 Moreover, many of the exhibits the Brand Defendants seek to seal have been designated by
5 Plaintiff as “CONFIDENTIAL – SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” (specifically, Exhibits A,
6 B, C, O, and P). The nature of confidential information creates an overriding interest in maintaining
7 the privacy over the sensitive information specific to Plaintiff in the context of the Motion to Strike
8 and warrants sealing. Thus, the Brand Defendants submit this Motion in an effort to preserve Plaintiff’s
9 right to privacy over the medical and/or personal information at issue in the Brand Defendants’ Motion
10 To Strike.
11 Accordingly, the overriding public interest in protecting Plaintiff’s right to privacy over
12 confidential information in the context of the Brand Defendants’ Motion To Strike outweighs the
13 public’s right of access, thereby satisfying the first three requirements of California Rule of Court
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15 B. The Brand Defendants’ Motion to Seal is Narrowly Tailored and No Less
16 Restrictive Means Exist.
17 In addition, the Brand Defendants’ requested relief is narrowly tailored such that no less
18 restrictive means exist to protect Plaintiff’s confidential information. Cf. NBC Subsidiary, 20 Cal. 4th
19 at 1223 (finding a “blanket and sweeping order closing the courtroom during all nonjury proceedings”
20 was not narrowly tailored to serve the interest of protecting civil litigant’s right to a fair trial). Here,
21 the Brand Defendants seek only to seal documents that are, contain, or reference Plaintiff’s medical or
22 personal information and/or information Plaintiff has designated as “CONFIDENTIAL – SUBJECT
23 TO PROTECTIVE ORDER.” Because this motion is limited to those documents that are necessary to
24 protect that information, no less restrictive means exist here. Thus, the fourth and fifth requirements
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certain exhibits as “CONFIDENTIAL – SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” is warranted or
27 whether medical information is warranted on any motion or other publicly-filed document, and will
address each issue on a case-by-case basis.
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1 are likewise satisfied.
2 In sum, the Brand Defendants’ motion to seal meets each of the five requirements identified in
3 California Rule of Court 2.551(d), so sealing is warranted here.
4 III. CONCLUSION
5 The Brand Defendants respectfully request that the Court grant their Motion to Seal Exhibits A
6 through P to the Declaration of Emily Van Tuyl in Support of the Brand Defendants’ Motion To Strike,
7 as well as references to these exhibits in the Brand Defendants’ Motion To Strike.
8 Dated: November 21, 2022 Respectfully Submitted,
9 By: /s/ Kimberly Branscome
Kimberly Branscome (SBN 255480)
10 Jay Bhimani (SBN 267689)
DECHERT LLP
11 633 West 5th Street, Suite 4900
Los Angeles, CA 90071
12 Telephone: (213) 808-5700
Facsimile: (213) 808-5706
13 Email: kimberly.branscome@dechert.com
Email: jay.bhimani@dechert.com
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Jonathan Tam (SBN 304143)
15 DECHERT LLP
One Bush Street, Suite 1600
16 San Francisco, CA 94104-4446
Telephone: (415) 262-4500
17 Facsimile: (415) 262-4555
Email: jonathan.tam@dechert.com
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Mara Cusker Gonzalez (admitted pro hac vice)
19 DECHERT LLP
Three Bryant Park
20 1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
21 Telephone: (212) 698-3500
Facsimile: (212) 698-3599
22 Email: maracusker.gonzalez@dechert.com
23 Thomas J. Sheehan (admitted pro hac vice)
SHOOK, HARDY & BACON LLP
24 1325 Avenue of the Americas, 28th Floor
New York, NY 10019Los Angeles, CA 90071
25 Telephone: (212) 989-8844
Facsimile: (929) 501-5455
26 Email: tjsheehan@shb.com
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1 Attorneys for Specially-Appearing Defendant
GlaxoSmithKline LLC
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Matthew J. Blaschke (SBN 281938)
4 Rachel S. Rubens (SBN 333886)
KING & SPALDING LLP
5 50 California Street, Suite 3300
San Francisco, CA 94111
6 Telephone: (415) 318-1212
Facsimile: (415) 318-1300
7 Email: mblaschke@kslaw.com
Email: rrubens@kslaw.com
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Andrew T. Bayman (admitted pro hac vice)
9 KING & SPALDING LLP
118 Peachtree Street, Suite 1600
10 Atlanta, GA 30309
Telephone: (404) 572-4600
11 Facsimile: (404) 572-5100
Email: abayman@kslaw.com
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Attorneys for Specially-Appearing Defendants
13 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and
Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation
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15 By: /s/ Rhonda R. Trotter
Rhonda R. Trotter (SBN 169241)
16 Alex Beroukhim (SBN 220722)
17 ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
777 South Figueroa Street, 44th Floor
18 Los Angeles, CA 90017
Telephone: (213) 243-4000
19 Facsimile: (213) 243-4199
Email: rhonda.trotter@arnoldporter.com
20 Email: alex.beroukhim@arnoldporter.com
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Anand Agneshwar (admitted pro hac vice)
22 ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
250 West 55th Street
23 New York, NY 10019
Telephone: (212) 836-8000
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Facsimile: (212) 836-8689
25 Email: anand.agneshwar@arnoldporter.com
26 Attorneys for Specially-Appearing Defendants
Sanofi US Services Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC
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1 PROOF OF SERVICE
2 I, the undersigned, declare: I am a citizen of the United States, over 18 years of age and
not a party to the within action. I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California;
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my business address is 633 West 5th Street, Suite 4900, Los Angeles, CA 90071.
4 On the date specified below, I served a copy of the foregoing document described as:
5 BRAND DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO SEAL THEIR
MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S “REBUTTAL” EXPERT NEPHROLOGISTS DR.
6 MONY FRAER AND DR. GAURAV JAIN; MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND
AUTHORITIES
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on the interested parties in this action as follows:
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[X] BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION: By electronically transmitting a true and correct
9 copy of the document(s) listed above to Case Anywhere, an electronic filing service provider, at
www.caseanywhere.com pursuant to the Court’s September 23, 2021 Pretrial Order No. 8
10 authorizing electronic service upon the interested parties in the Ranitidine Products Cases, JCCP
005150.
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[X] I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above
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1 Kimberly Branscome (SBN 255480) Jay Bhimani (SBN 267689) 2 DECHERT LLP 633 W. 5th Street, Suite 4900 3 Los Angeles, CA 90071 4 Telephone: (213) 808-5700 Facsimile: (213) 808-5760 5 Email: kimberly.branscome@dechert.com Email: jay.bhimani@dechert.com 6 Jonathan Tam (SBN 304143) 7 DECHERT LLP 8 One Bush Street, Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104-4446 9 Telephone: (415) 262-4500 Facsimile: (415) 262-4555 10 Email: jonathan.tam@dechert.com 11 Attorneys for Specially-Appearing Defendant GlaxoSmithKline LLC 12 [Additional Counsel on Signature Page] 13 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 14 FOR THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA 15 COORDINATION PROCEEDING SPECIAL JCCP NO. 5150 TITLE (RULE 3.550) Case No. RG20061705 16 In re Ranitidine Cases ASSIGNED FOR ALL PURPOSES TO 17 JUDGE EVELIO GRILLO DEPT. 21 18 THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: BRAND DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF 19 Goetz v. GlaxoSmithKline, et al., MOTION AND MOTION TO SEAL THEIR Case No. RG20061705 MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S 20 “REBUTTAL” EXPERT NEPHROLOGISTS DR. MONY FRAER 21 AND DR. GAURAV JAIN; MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND 22 AUTHORITIES 23 [Submitted Concurrently with Declaration of Emily Van Tuyl and Proposed Order] 24 Hearing Date: January 6, 2023 25 Hearing Time: 10:00 a.m. Department: 21 26 Reservation ID: 403838027559 27 28 1 BRAND DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO SEAL THEIR MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S “REBUTTAL” EXPERT NEPHROLOGISTS DR. MONY FRAER AND DR. GAURAV JAIN 1 TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD: 2 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on January 6, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as 3 counsel may be heard in Department 21 of the above-titled court, located at Administration Building 4 1221 Oak Street, Oakland, CA 94612, before the Honorable Evelio Grillo, specially-appearing 5 Defendants GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Boehringer 6 Ingelheim USA Corporation, Sanofi US Services, Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis U.S., LLC (collectively, the 7 “Brand Defendants”) will, and hereby do, move the Court for an order to maintain under seal certain 8 portions of the Brand Defendants’ Motion to Strike Plaintiff’s “Rebuttal” Expert Nephrologists Dr. 9 Mony Fraer and Dr. Gaurav Jain (“Motion To Strike”). 10 This Motion is made on the grounds that the Motion To Strike contains medical and personal 11 information about Plaintiff that Plaintiff claims is confidential in this matter. Specifically, the Brand 12 Defendants move to: 13 File under seal and/or redact substantive references to content contained in the Brand 14 Defendants’ Motion to Strike Plaintiff’s “Rebuttal” Expert Nephrologists Dr. Mony Fraer and 15 Dr. Gaurav Jain; and 16 File under seal the following exhibits to the Declaration of Emily Van Tuyl in Support of the 17 Motion To Strike: 18 o Exhibit A (Expert Report of Barry Boyd, M.D., dated July 14, 2022) 19 o Exhibit B (Expert Report of Robert M. Conry, M.D., dated July 13, 2022) 20 o Exhibit C (Expert Report of Laura J. Lampton, RN, BSN, CRRN, CNLCP, dated July 21 18, 2022) 22 o Exhibit D (Plaintiff’s Response to the Brand-Name Defendants’ Form Interrogatories 23 (Set One), No. 6.7, dated November 30, 2021) 24 o Exhibit E (excerpts of the transcript of the April 22, 2022 videotaped deposition of 25 James Goetz) 26 o Exhibit F (excerpts of the transcript of the February 21, 2022 videotaped deposition of 27 Alex J. Messina, M.D) 28 2 BRAND DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO SEAL THEIR MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S “REBUTTAL” EXPERT NEPHROLOGISTS DR. MONY FRAER AND DR. GAURAV JAIN 1 o Exhibit G (excerpts of the transcript of the June 7, 2022 videotaped deposition of 2 Alexander Connelly, M.D) 3 o Exhibit H (JGoetz-KHUSC-MD-000130-137, Plaintiff’s medical record from June 9, 4 2019) 5 o Exhibit I (JGoetz-USCNCH-MD-000047-52, Plaintiff’s medical record from March 6 29, 2021) 7 o Exhibit J (JGoetz-USCNCH-MD-000060-64, Plaintiff’s medical record from April 27, 8 2021) 9 o Exhibit K (JGoetz-TMMC-MD-000063-67, Plaintiff’s medical record from June 25, 10 2021) 11 o Exhibit L (Expert Report of Anjay Rastogi, M.D., Ph.D., dated August 29, 2022) 12 o Exhibit M (Expert Report of James M. Wilson, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.P., F.A.S.N., dated 13 August 29, 2022) 14 o Exhibit N (Materials Considered List for the Expert Report of Anjay Rastogi, M.D., 15 Ph.D., dated August 29, 2022) 16 o Exhibit O (Expert Rebuttal Report of Mony Fraer, M.D., M.H.C.D.S., C.P.E., F.A.C.P., 17 F.A.S.N., A.H.S.C.P., dated September 22, 2022) 18 o Exhibit P (Expert Rebuttal Report of Gaurav Jain, M.D., F.A.S.N., dated September 19 21, 2022) 20 o Exhibit R (Meet and confer correspondence) 21 This Motion is based upon this Notice of Motion, the Memorandum of Points and Authorities, 22 and the Declaration of Emily Van Tuyl filed concurrently herewith, all other pleadings and records in 23 this proceeding, all other matters of which the Court may take judicial notice, and any argument or 24 evidence that may be presented to or considered by the Court prior to its ruling. 25 Dated: November 21, 2022 Respectfully Submitted, 26 By: /s/ Kimberly Branscome Kimberly Branscome (SBN 255480) 27 Jay Bhimani (SBN 267689) DECHERT LLP 28 3 BRAND DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO SEAL THEIR MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S “REBUTTAL” EXPERT NEPHROLOGISTS DR. MONY FRAER AND DR. GAURAV JAIN 633 West 5th Street, Suite 4900 1 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Telephone: (213) 808-5700 2 Facsimile: (213) 808-5706 Email: kimberly.branscome@dechert.com 3 Email: jay.bhimani@dechert.com 4 Jonathan Tam (SBN 304143) DECHERT LLP 5 One Bush Street, Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104-4446 6 Telephone: (415) 262-4500 Facsimile: (415) 262-4555 7 Email: jonathan.tam@dechert.com 8 Mara Cusker Gonzalez (admitted pro hac vice) DECHERT LLP 9 Three Bryant Park 1095 Avenue of the Americas 10 New York, NY Telephone: (212) 698-3500 11 Facsimile: (212) 698-3599 Email: maracusker.gonzalez@dechert.com 12 Thomas J. Sheehan (admitted pro hac vice) 13 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON LLP 1325 Avenue of the Americas, 28th Floor 14 New York, NY 10019Los Angeles, CA 90071 Telephone: (212) 989-8844 15 Facsimile: (929) 501-5455 Email: tjsheehan@shb.com 16 Attorneys for Specially-Appearing Defendant 17 GlaxoSmithKline LLC 18 By: /s/ Matthew J. Blaschke Matthew J. Blaschke (SBN 281938) 19 Rachel S. Rubens (SBN 333886) KING & SPALDING LLP 20 50 California Street, Suite 3300 San Francisco, CA 94111 21 Telephone: (415) 318-1212 Facsimile: (415) 318-1300 22 Email: mblaschke@kslaw.com Email: rrubens@kslaw.com 23 Andrew T. Bayman (admitted pro hac vice) 24 KING & SPALDING LLP 118 Peachtree Street, Suite 1600 25 Atlanta, GA 30309 Telephone: (404) 572-4600 26 Facsimile: (404) 572-5100 Email: abayman@kslaw.com 27 28 4 BRAND DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO SEAL THEIR MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S “REBUTTAL” EXPERT NEPHROLOGISTS DR. MONY FRAER AND DR. GAURAV JAIN 1 Attorneys for Specially-Appearing Defendants Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and 2 Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation 3 By: /s/ Rhonda R. Trotter 4 Rhonda R. Trotter (SBN 169241) Alex Beroukhim (SBN 220722) 5 ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP 6 777 South Figueroa Street, 44th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017 7 Telephone: (213) 243-4000 Facsimile: (213) 243-4199 8 Email: rhonda.trotter@arnoldporter.com Email: alex.beroukhim@arnoldporter.com 9 10 Anand Agneshwar (admitted pro hac vice) ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP 11 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019 12 Telephone: (212) 836-8000 13 Facsimile: (212) 836-8689 Email: anand.agneshwar@arnoldporter.com 14 Attorneys for Specially-Appearing Defendants 15 Sanofi US Services Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 BRAND DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO SEAL THEIR MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S “REBUTTAL” EXPERT NEPHROLOGISTS DR. MONY FRAER AND DR. GAURAV JAIN 1 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES 2 I. INTRODUCTION 3 Specially-appearing Defendants GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, Boehringer Ingelheim 4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation, Sanofi US Services, Inc. and Sanofi- 5 Aventis U.S., LLC (collectively, the “Brand Defendants”) seek to place under seal certain portions of 6 the Brand Defendants’ Motion To Strike Plaintiff’s “Rebuttal” Expert Nephrologists Dr. Mony Fraer 7 and Dr. Guarav Jain (“Motion To Strike”), including concurrently filed Exhibits A through P and 8 Exhibit R to the Declaration of Emily Van Tuyl in Support of the Brand Defendants’ Motion To Strike, 9 so as to maintain the confidentiality of Plaintiff’s medical and personal information. 10 II. ARGUMENT 11 Pursuant to section VIII, paragraph 3 of Pretrial Order No. 2, any motion “that discloses, 12 summarizes, describes, characterizes, or otherwise communicates” confidential information “must be 13 filed with the Court under seal, in accordance with California Rules of Court Rule 2.551, et seq.” JCCP 14 51510 PTO No. 2, § VIII ¶ 3. Under CRC Rule 2.550(d), upon motion by a party, a court may seal 15 publicly-filed documents if: (1) there exists an overriding interest that overcomes the right of public 16 access to the record; (2) the overriding interest supports sealing the record; (3) a substantial probability 17 exists that the overriding interest will be prejudiced if the record is not sealed; (4) the proposed sealing 18 is narrowly tailored; and (5) no less restrictive means exist to achieve the overriding interest. Cal. Rules 19 of Court, rule 2.550(d)(1)-(5), (e); NBC Subsidiary (KNBC-TV), Inc. v. Super. Ct., 20 Cal. 4th 1178, 20 1217-18 (1999). The trial court has “a considerable amount of discretion” in deciding whether to seal 21 a record. In re Providian Credit Card Cases, 96 Cal. App. 4th 292, 295 (2002). All five factors are 22 satisfied here. 23 A. The Overriding Interest of Maintaining Privacy for Medical and Personal 24 Information Merits This Court’s Protection. 25 A court has inherent power to control its own records to protect rights of litigants before it, but 26 “where there is no contrary statute or countervailing public policy, the right to inspect public records 27 must be freely allowed.” Craemer v. Superior Court, 265 Cal.App.2d 216, 222 (Ct. App. 1968). In this 28 6 BRAND DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO SEAL THEIR MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S “REBUTTAL” EXPERT NEPHROLOGISTS DR. MONY FRAER AND DR. GAURAV JAIN 1 case, there is a countervailing public policy in protecting Plaintiff’s medical and personal information. 2 The Motion To Strike pertains to experts who opine about Plaintiff’s health. This information would 3 not ordinarily be in the public domain but for his role in this litigation. 4 Moreover, many of the exhibits the Brand Defendants seek to seal have been designated by 5 Plaintiff as “CONFIDENTIAL – SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” (specifically, Exhibits A, 6 B, C, O, and P). The nature of confidential information creates an overriding interest in maintaining 7 the privacy over the sensitive information specific to Plaintiff in the context of the Motion to Strike 8 and warrants sealing. Thus, the Brand Defendants submit this Motion in an effort to preserve Plaintiff’s 9 right to privacy over the medical and/or personal information at issue in the Brand Defendants’ Motion 10 To Strike. 11 Accordingly, the overriding public interest in protecting Plaintiff’s right to privacy over 12 confidential information in the context of the Brand Defendants’ Motion To Strike outweighs the 13 public’s right of access, thereby satisfying the first three requirements of California Rule of Court 14 2.550(d).1 15 B. The Brand Defendants’ Motion to Seal is Narrowly Tailored and No Less 16 Restrictive Means Exist. 17 In addition, the Brand Defendants’ requested relief is narrowly tailored such that no less 18 restrictive means exist to protect Plaintiff’s confidential information. Cf. NBC Subsidiary, 20 Cal. 4th 19 at 1223 (finding a “blanket and sweeping order closing the courtroom during all nonjury proceedings” 20 was not narrowly tailored to serve the interest of protecting civil litigant’s right to a fair trial). Here, 21 the Brand Defendants seek only to seal documents that are, contain, or reference Plaintiff’s medical or 22 personal information and/or information Plaintiff has designated as “CONFIDENTIAL – SUBJECT 23 TO PROTECTIVE ORDER.” Because this motion is limited to those documents that are necessary to 24 protect that information, no less restrictive means exist here. Thus, the fourth and fifth requirements 25 1 26 In so arguing, the Brand Defendants do not take a position as to whether Plaintiff’s designation of certain exhibits as “CONFIDENTIAL – SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” is warranted or 27 whether medical information is warranted on any motion or other publicly-filed document, and will address each issue on a case-by-case basis. 28 7 BRAND DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO SEAL THEIR MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S “REBUTTAL” EXPERT NEPHROLOGISTS DR. MONY FRAER AND DR. GAURAV JAIN 1 are likewise satisfied. 2 In sum, the Brand Defendants’ motion to seal meets each of the five requirements identified in 3 California Rule of Court 2.551(d), so sealing is warranted here. 4 III. CONCLUSION 5 The Brand Defendants respectfully request that the Court grant their Motion to Seal Exhibits A 6 through P to the Declaration of Emily Van Tuyl in Support of the Brand Defendants’ Motion To Strike, 7 as well as references to these exhibits in the Brand Defendants’ Motion To Strike. 8 Dated: November 21, 2022 Respectfully Submitted, 9 By: /s/ Kimberly Branscome Kimberly Branscome (SBN 255480) 10 Jay Bhimani (SBN 267689) DECHERT LLP 11 633 West 5th Street, Suite 4900 Los Angeles, CA 90071 12 Telephone: (213) 808-5700 Facsimile: (213) 808-5706 13 Email: kimberly.branscome@dechert.com Email: jay.bhimani@dechert.com 14 Jonathan Tam (SBN 304143) 15 DECHERT LLP One Bush Street, Suite 1600 16 San Francisco, CA 94104-4446 Telephone: (415) 262-4500 17 Facsimile: (415) 262-4555 Email: jonathan.tam@dechert.com 18 Mara Cusker Gonzalez (admitted pro hac vice) 19 DECHERT LLP Three Bryant Park 20 1095 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 21 Telephone: (212) 698-3500 Facsimile: (212) 698-3599 22 Email: maracusker.gonzalez@dechert.com 23 Thomas J. Sheehan (admitted pro hac vice) SHOOK, HARDY & BACON LLP 24 1325 Avenue of the Americas, 28th Floor New York, NY 10019Los Angeles, CA 90071 25 Telephone: (212) 989-8844 Facsimile: (929) 501-5455 26 Email: tjsheehan@shb.com 27 28 8 BRAND DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO SEAL THEIR MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S “REBUTTAL” EXPERT NEPHROLOGISTS DR. MONY FRAER AND DR. GAURAV JAIN 1 Attorneys for Specially-Appearing Defendant GlaxoSmithKline LLC 2 3 By: /s/ Matthew J. Blaschke Matthew J. Blaschke (SBN 281938) 4 Rachel S. Rubens (SBN 333886) KING & SPALDING LLP 5 50 California Street, Suite 3300 San Francisco, CA 94111 6 Telephone: (415) 318-1212 Facsimile: (415) 318-1300 7 Email: mblaschke@kslaw.com Email: rrubens@kslaw.com 8 Andrew T. Bayman (admitted pro hac vice) 9 KING & SPALDING LLP 118 Peachtree Street, Suite 1600 10 Atlanta, GA 30309 Telephone: (404) 572-4600 11 Facsimile: (404) 572-5100 Email: abayman@kslaw.com 12 Attorneys for Specially-Appearing Defendants 13 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation 14 15 By: /s/ Rhonda R. Trotter Rhonda R. Trotter (SBN 169241) 16 Alex Beroukhim (SBN 220722) 17 ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP 777 South Figueroa Street, 44th Floor 18 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Telephone: (213) 243-4000 19 Facsimile: (213) 243-4199 Email: rhonda.trotter@arnoldporter.com 20 Email: alex.beroukhim@arnoldporter.com 21 Anand Agneshwar (admitted pro hac vice) 22 ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP 250 West 55th Street 23 New York, NY 10019 Telephone: (212) 836-8000 24 Facsimile: (212) 836-8689 25 Email: anand.agneshwar@arnoldporter.com 26 Attorneys for Specially-Appearing Defendants Sanofi US Services Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC 27 28 9 BRAND DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO SEAL THEIR MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S “REBUTTAL” EXPERT NEPHROLOGISTS DR. MONY FRAER AND DR. GAURAV JAIN 1 PROOF OF SERVICE 2 I, the undersigned, declare: I am a citizen of the United States, over 18 years of age and not a party to the within action. I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California; 3 my business address is 633 West 5th Street, Suite 4900, Los Angeles, CA 90071. 4 On the date specified below, I served a copy of the foregoing document described as: 5 BRAND DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO SEAL THEIR MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S “REBUTTAL” EXPERT NEPHROLOGISTS DR. 6 MONY FRAER AND DR. GAURAV JAIN; MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES 7 on the interested parties in this action as follows: 8 [X] BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION: By electronically transmitting a true and correct 9 copy of the document(s) listed above to Case Anywhere, an electronic filing service provider, at www.caseanywhere.com pursuant to the Court’s September 23, 2021 Pretrial Order No. 8 10 authorizing electronic service upon the interested parties in the Ranitidine Products Cases, JCCP 005150. 11 [X] I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above 12 is true and correct. 13 Executed on November 21, 2022 at Los Angeles, California. 14 15 Michael Tecuanhuehue 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 D ECHERT LLP -1- ATTO RNEY S AT LAW LOS A NG EL ES PROOF OF SERVICE