In re: McKinsey & Co., Inc. National Prescription Opiate Consultant Litigation

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KURT A. KAPPES – SBN 146384
kappesk@gtlaw.com
MICHAEL D. LANE – SBN 239517
lanemd@gtlaw.com
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2400
Sacramento, CA 95814
Telephone: (916) 442-1111
SHRUTIH R. TEWARIE (pro hac vice
forthcoming)
shrutih.rtewarie@gtlaw.com
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
One Vanderbilt Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Telephone: (212) 801-9200
Attorneys for Nonparties
Jeffrey Smith and John Goldie
MARC J. EISENSTEIN (pro hac vice)
COBURN & EISENSTEIN PLLC
1200 G Street, NW
8th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: 703-963-7164
Facsimile: 866-561-9712
Attorneys for Nonparty Tony Tramontin
MEREDITH OSBORN
Meredith.Osborn@arnoldporter.com
ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
Four Embarcadero Center, 14th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-4164
Telephone: (415) 471-3140
GISELLE JOFFRE (pro hac vice)
Giselle.Joffre@arnoldporter.com
ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
500 Boylston Street, 20th Floor
Boston, MA 02116-3740
Telephone: (617) 351-8000
Attorneys for Nonparty Nicholas Mills
GREGORY P. BARBEE, Cal. Bar No. 185156
gbarbee@sheppardmullin.com
SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER &
HAMPTON LLP
A Limited Liability Partnership
Including Professional Corporations
350 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 4000
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Telephone: (213) 620-1780
Facsimile: (213) 620-1398
DAVID L. DOUGLAS (pro hac vice
forthcoming)
D.C. Bar No. 447157
CHRISTOPHER M. LOVELAND (pro hac
vice forthcoming)
ddouglass@sheppard.com
cloveland@sheppard.com
DC Bar No. 473969
SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER &
HAMPTON LLP
2099 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 100
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 747-1900
Facsimile: (202) 747-1901
Attorneys for Nonparty Dr. Maria Gordian
STEPHEN P. NEW
steve@newlawoffice.com
STEPHEN NEW & ASSOCIATES
430 Harper Park Drive
Beckley, West Virginia 25801
Telephone: (304) 250-6017
Attorneys for Plaintiff Cynthia Woolwine
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
IN RE: McKINSEY & CO., INC.
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION OPIATE
CONSULTANT LITIGATION
This document relates to:
ALL ACTIONS
CASE NO. 3:21-md-2996-CRB (SK)
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Judge: Hon. Charles R. Breyer
Courtroom: 6, 17th Floor
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STIPULATION
Plaintiff Cynthia Woolwine (“Plaintiff”) and Nonparty Deponents Jeffrey Smith, John Goldie,
Nicholas Mills, Tony Tramontin, and Maria Gordian (collectively, the “Nonparties”), by and through
their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate and agree as follows:
WHEREAS, on September 21, 2021, the Court entered Pretrial Order No. 4: Protective Order,
ECF No. 258 (the “Protective Order”), governing the designation and treatment of Confidential
Information and Highly Confidential Information in this litigation;
WHEREAS, the Protective Order provides that information disclosed through testimony at a
deposition may be designated as Confidential Information or Highly Confidential Information by
designating the applicable portions of the transcript in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
Protective Order;
WHEREAS, the Protective Order further provides a procedure for challenging confidentiality
designations, including a requirement that the parties meet and confer in good faith regarding any
challenged designation before seeking Court intervention;
WHEREAS, following their depositions, the Nonparties designated certain passages of their
deposition transcripts that they sought to maintain as confidential and these designations were conveyed
by Defendant McKinsey & Company, Inc. (“McKinsey”) to Plaintiff.
WHEREAS, Plaintiff informed McKinsey of Plaintiff’s challenges to certain designations made
by both McKinsey and the Nonparties, and upon information and belief, Plaintiff and McKinsey met and
conferred regarding these challenges and McKinsey shared the Nonparties’ positions with Plaintiff.
WHEREAS, the Nonparties were not included in these meetings. However, Nonparties were
informed by McKinsey that during these meetings McKinsey and Plaintiff had agreed upon a July 17
deadline by which time McKinsey must file motions defending any contested designations.
WHEREAS, Nonparties did not agree with Plaintiff’s counsel to any deadline and their counsel
had not yet had an opportunity to confer with Plaintiff’s counsel.
WHEREAS, some counsel for the Nonparties and Plaintiff’s counsel met and conferred
concerning confidential designations in order to narrow any disagreements. Specifically, counsel for Mr.
Smith and Mr. Goldie met and conferred with Plaintiff’s counsel on July 8, 2026; counsel for Mr. Mills
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met and conferred with Plaintiff’s counsel on July 10, 2026, and counsel for Mr. Tramontin met and
conferred with Plaintiff’s counsel on July 1, 2026. Counsel for Ms. Gordian has not yet had an opportunity
to confer with Plaintiff’s counsel.
WHEREAS, on July 13, 2026, Plaintiff and McKinsey filed a joint stipulation setting a briefing
schedule for McKinsey’s motion to retain confidentiality over certain deposition transcript confidentiality
designations. See ECF No. 948. On July 14, 2026, the Court so ordered that stipulation. See ECF No. 949.
The Nonparties were not parties to that stipulation.
WHEREAS, the Nonparties and Plaintiff accordingly agree that additional time beyond
McKinsey’s July 17 deadline is warranted to allow Nonparties to continue to consider the Plaintiff’s
objections to confidential designations, to continue to confer with Plaintiff’s counsel, and to narrow the
issues that may be brought to the Court.
WHEREAS, the Nonparties, if there are remaining unresolved issues, seek time to file a joint
motion concerning any issues in common with respect to designations;
WHEREAS, such a joint motion, as opposed to several individual motions potentially addressing
similar types of designations, will save the Court’s time and resources.
WHEREAS, the Nonparties and Plaintiff further agree that the Nonparties may file their motion,
and any supporting materials containing or reflecting information designated as Confidential Information
or Highly Confidential Information, under seal in accordance with the Protective Order, the Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure, the Civil Local Rules of this District, and any applicable standing orders, without
prejudice to Plaintiffs’ position that some or all of the materials are not deserving of the confidentiality
designation;
WHEREAS, McKinsey does not oppose the briefing schedule proposed below.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties stipulate and agree, subject to Court approval, as follows:
1. The Nonparties shall file their motion seeking confidentiality over identified deposition
transcript confidentiality designations that the Nonparties believe are deserving of a court
order of confidentiality no later than July 31, 2026.
2. Plaintiffs shall file any opposition to the Nonparties’ motion by August 28, 2026.
3. The Nonparties shall file any reply in support of their motion by September 11, 2026.
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By: /s/ Meredith Osborn
MEREDITH OSBORN
Meredith.Osborn@arnoldporter.com
ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE
SCHOLER LLP
Four Embarcadero Center, 14th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-4164
Telephone: (415) 471-3140
GISELLE JOFFRE (pro hac vice)
Giselle.Joffre@arnoldporter.com
ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE
SCHOLER LLP
500 Boylston Street, 20th Floor
Boston, MA 02116-3740
Telephone: (617) 351-8000
Attorneys for Nonparty Nicholas Mills
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
By: /s/ Kurt A. Kappes
KURT A. KAPPES – SBN 146384
kappesk@gtlaw.com
MICHAEL D. LANE – SBN 239517
lanemd@gtlaw.com
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
1201 K Street, Suite 1100
Sacramento, CA 95814-3938
Telephone: (916) 442-1111
SHRUTIH R. TEWARIE (pro hac vice
forthcoming)
shrutih.rtewarie@gtlaw.com
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
One Vanderbilt Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Telephone: (212) 801-9200
Attorneys for Nonparties
Jeffrey Smith and John Goldie
By: /s/ Marc J. Eisenstein
MARC J. EISENSTEIN (pro hac vice)
COBURN & EISENSTEIN PLLC
1200 G Street, NW
8th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: 703-963-7164
Facsimile: 866-561-9712
Attorneys for Nonparty Tony Tramontin
By: /s/ Gregory P. Barbee
GREGORY P. BARBEE, Cal. Bar No.
185156
SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER &
HAMPTON LLP
350 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 4000
Los Angeles, CA 90071
gbarbee@sheppardmullin.com
Telephone: (213) 620-1780
Facsimile: (213) 620-1398
DAVID L. DOUGLAS (pro hac vice
forthcoming)
D.C. Bar No. 447157
CHRISTOPHER M. LOVELAND (pro
hac vice forthcoming)
DC Bar No. 473969
SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER &
HAMPTON LLP
2099 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 100
Washington, DC 20006
ddouglass@sheppard.com
cloveland@sheppard.com
Telephone: (202) 747-1900
Facsimile: (202) 747-1901
Attorneys for Nonparty Dr. Maria Gordian
By: /s/ Stephen P. New
STEPHEN P. NEW
steve@newlawoffice.com
STEPHEN NEW & ASSOCIATES
430 Harper Park Drive
Beckley, West Virginia 25801
Telephone: (304) 250-6017
Attorneys for Plaintiff Cynthia Woolwine
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ATTESTATION
Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that all signatories listed, and on whose
behalf the filing is submitted, concur in the filing’s content and have authorized the filing.
___/s/ Kurt A. Kappes____
KURT A. KAPPES
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ORDER
Pursuant to stipulation, and for good cause shown, the Court HEREBY ORDERS:
1. The Nonparties shall file their motion seeking confidentiality over identified deposition
transcript confidentiality designations that the Nonparties believe are deserving of a court
order of confidentiality no later than July 31, 2026.
2. Plaintiffs shall file any opposition to the Nonparties’ motion by August 28, 2026.
3. The Nonparties shall file any reply in support of their motion by September 11, 2026.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: July 22, 2026 _____________________________
HON. SALLIE KIM
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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