STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING SCHEDULING

SAMUEL CONTI, District Judge.

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Stipulation and Order Regarding Scheduling dated March 21, 2014 (Doc. No. 2459) ("Scheduling Order"), on August 5, 2014, Defendants served the expert reports of Dr. Dennis Carlton, who addressed issues related to the Direct Action Plaintiffs' (the "DAPs") claims and the expert reports of Dr. James McClave, Dr. Kenneth Elzinga, Dr. Jerry Hausman, and Dr. Mohan Rao (the "DAP Experts");

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Scheduling Order, the DAP Experts' rebuttal reports are currently required to be served no later than September 23, 2014;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Scheduling Order, Defendants' experts' surrebuttal reports are currently required to be served no later than October 31, 2014;

WHEREAS, the DAPs and Defendants have coordinated to establish dates for Dr. Carlton's deposition which would be convenient for Dr. Carlton and so as to allow sufficient time for review of the witness's testimony in connection with the DAP Experts' preparation of their rebuttal reports;

WHEREAS, in order to accommodate the schedule of Dr. Carlton and to accommodate DAPs' request for additional time for the DAP Experts to prepare their rebuttal reports, the parties hereto have reached an agreement as set forth herein;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between counsel for the DAPs and counsel for the Defendants as follows:

1. Defendants will produce Dr. Carlton for deposition on September 16 and 17, 2014 at White & Case's Washington, D.C. offices;

2. The last day for the DAP Experts to serve their rebuttal expert report on the merits is extended to September 26, 2014, and the last day for the DAP Experts to serve the backup material accompanying their rebuttal expert reports on the merits is extended to October 1, 2014;

3. The last day for Defendants' experts to serve their surrebuttal expert reports on the merits is extended to November 6, 2014, and the last day for Defendants' experts to serve the backup material accompanying their surrebuttal expert reports on the merits is extended to November 11, 2014;

4. All other dates in the Scheduling Order are unaffected by this stipulation.

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The undersigned parties jointly and respectfully request that the Court enter this stipulation as an order.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i), the filer attests that the concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the above signatories.