FS Medical Supplies, LLC v. TannerGAP, Inc. et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
CASE NO. 3:21-CV-501-RJC-DCK
THIS MATTER IS BEFORE THE COURT on the parties’ “Joint Stipulation And
Consent Order” (Document No. 59) filed September 16, 2022. The Court construes the parties’
filing as a motion for entry of a proposed “Joint Stipulation And Consent Order.” Having carefully
considered the motion and the record, and following consultation with the Honorable Robert J.
Conrad, Jr.’s chambers, the undersigned will grant the motion and enter the parties’ proposed
Order as follows.
JOINT STIPULATION AND CONSENT ORDER
Whereas, on August 12, 2022, Plaintiff FS Medical Supplies, LLC (“FS Medical”)
filed an Amended Complaint under seal due to it containing information that Defendants
Tanner GAP, Inc. and Tanner Pharma UK Limited (collectively, the “Corporate
Defendants”) had identified as confidential pursuant to this Court’s Protective Order.
Whereas, the Corporate Defendants proposed redacting certain allegations and
allowing the remainder to be filed and available to the public in the Court record.
Whereas, FS Medical opposed the redactions and sought Court intervention.
Whereas, the Court directed the parties to meet and confer to discuss the redactions,
which the parties did on September 9, 2022.
FS MEDICAL SUPPLIES, LLC, )
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) ORDER
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TANNERGAP, INC., TANNER PHARMA
UK LIMITED, RAYMOND FAIRBANKS
BOURNE, AND STEPHEN JOHN SCALIA,
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Defendants. )
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Whereas, the parties reached an agreement on all of the redactions.
Whereas, a dispute arose among the parties as to whether the following allegation
should be included in the Amended Complaint:
“On February 15, 2011, Defendant Scalia pled guilty to insider trading in violation of 18
U.S.C. § 371 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.”
Whereas, Defendant Scalia and the Corporate Defendants argued that this allegation
is immaterial, impertinent and scandalous and should be stricken from the Amended
Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(f).
Whereas, as a good-faith compromise and to conserve judicial resources, the parties
agreed that the disputed allegation would be omitted from FS Medical’s Amended
Complaint, subject to a stipulation that no party shall be prejudiced or benefited by its
omission from the Amended Complaint and no party shall waive any right to introduce
evidence or object to the introduction of evidence at the trial of this matter or otherwise,
related to Defendant Scalia’s February 2011 guilty plea.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the omission in the Amended Complaint
of the allegation “On February 15, 2011, Defendant Scalia pled guilty to insider trading in
violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of
California” shall not prejudice or benefit any party and no party waives any right to
introduce evidence or object to the introduction of evidence at the trial of this matter or
otherwise, related to Defendant Scalia’s February 2011 guilty plea.
This the 19th day of September, 2022.
/s/ Lex M. Erwin
Lex M. Erwin
NC State Bar No. 34619
David A. Luzum
NC State Bar No. 41398
NEXSEN PRUET, PLLC
227 W. Trade Street, Suite 1550
Charlotte, NC 28202
Signed: September 19, 2022
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Telephone: (704) 339-0304
Facsimile: (704) 338-5377
lerwin@nexsenpruet.com
dluzum@nexsenpruet.com
/s/ Kent A. Yalowitz
Kent A. Yalowitz (admitted pro hac vice)
NY State Bar No. 2188944
Carmela T. Romeo (admitted pro hac vice)
NY State Bar No. 5058151
Eliseo R. Puig (admitted pro hac vice)
CO State Bar No. 49022
ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
250 W 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
212-836-8000
kent.yalowtiz@arnoldporter.com
carmela.romeo@arnoldporter.com
eliseo.puig@arnoldporter.com
Counsel for Plaintiff FS Medical Supplies, LLC
/s/ Bradley R. Kutrow
Bradley R. Kutrow
N.C. State Bar No. 13851
Jessica L. O’Brien
N.C. State Bar No. 56679
MCGUIREWOODS LLP
201 North Tryon Street, Suite 3000
Charlotte, NC 28202-2146
Telephone: (704) 343-2049
Facsimile: (704) 343-2300
bkutrow@mcguirewoods.com
jobrien@mcguirewoods.com
Counsel for Defendants
TannerGAP, Inc. and
Tanner Pharma UK Limited
/s/ Mark W. Merritt
Mark W. Merritt
N.C Bar No. 12198
mmerritt@robinsonbradshaw.com
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Amanda P. Nitto
N.C. Bar No. 45158
anitto@robinsonbradshaw.com
ROBINSON, BRADSHAW & HINSON, P.A.
101 N. Tryon St., Ste. 1900
Charlotte, North Carolina 28246
Telephone: 704.377.8184
Facsimile: 704.373.3937
Counsel for Defendant Raymond Fairbanks Bourne
/s/ James F. Wyatt, III
James F. Wyatt, III
NC State Bar No.: 13766
jwyatt@wyattlaw.net
Robert A. Blake, Jr.
NC State Bar No.: 20858
rblake@wyattlaw.net
WYATT & BLAKE, LLP
402 W. Trade Street, Suite 101
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Telephone: (704) 331-0767
Facsimile: (704) 331-0773
Counsel for Defendant Stephen John Scalia
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