In Re AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP v. the State of Texas

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-25-00088-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 6/4/2025 10:37 AM NO. 15-25-00088-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK IN THE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM In re ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP, CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk Relator.

On Appeal from the 71st Judicial District Court Harrison County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 22-0426

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE

TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

Paige L. Cheung, Nadia Burns, and Vivian Egbu hereby appear as counsel

(“Counsel”) for Real Party in Interest State of Texas. Paige L. Cheung will replace

Jonathan D. Bonilla as Lead Attorney for the State of Texas. Counsel request that

the parties and Court serve Counsel with all documents required to be served under

the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, local rules, or any Order entered by the

Court in this case. Contact information for Counsel is listed below.

5 Respectfully submitted,

KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas

BRENT WEBSTER First Assistant Attorney General

RALPH MOLINA Deputy First Assistant Attorney General

AUSTIN KINGHORN Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation

AMY SNOW HILTON Chief for Healthcare Program Enforcement Division

/s/ Paige L. Cheung PAIGE L. CHEUNG Assistant Attorney General Texas State Bar No. 24116193

VIVIAN EGBU Assistant Attorney General Texas State Bar No. 24079078

NADIA BURNS Assistant Attorney General Texas State Bar No. 24041176

Office of the Attorney General Healthcare Program Enforcement Division P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711-2548

5 Telephone: (512) 936-9932 Facsimile: (512) 320-0667 Paige.Cheung@oag.texas.gov Vivian.Egbu@oag.texas.gov Nadia.Burns@oag.texas.gov

ATTORNEYS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS

5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The unde rsigned he re by ce rtified that a true and corre ct copy of the fore going

instrument was served upon all counsel of record in compliance with the Texas Rules

of Appellate Procedure on June 4, 2025.

/s/ Paige L. Cheung Paige L. Cheung

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP William R. Peterson Heidi Rasmussen 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 4000 Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 890-5000 william.peterson@morganlewis.com heidi.rasmussen@morganlewis.com

SCOTT DOUGLASS & MCCONNICO LLP Stephen E. McConnico Kennon L. Wooten 303 Colorado Street, Suite 2400 Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 495-6300 smcconicco@scottdoug.com kwooten@scottdoug.com

GILLAM & SMITH LLP Melissa R. Smith 303 S. Washington Ave. Marshall, Texas 75670 (903) 934-8450 melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com

5 ATTORNEYS FOR RELATOR ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP

MCKOOL SMITH P.C. Samuel F. Baxter Jennifer L. Truelove 104 East Houston Street, Suite 300 Marshall, Texas 75670 (903) 923-9099 sbaxter@mckoolsmith.com jtruelove@mckoolsmith.com

THE LANIER FIRM W. Mark Lanier Alex Brown Zeke DeRose III Jonathan Wilkerson 10940 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. N., Suite 100 Houston, TX 77064 (800) 723-3216 WML@LanierLawFirm.com Alex.Brown@LanierLawFirm.com Zeke.DeRose@LanierLawFirm.com Jonathan.Wilkerson@LanierLawFirm.com

COUNSEL FOR REAL PARTIES IN INTEREST SCEF, LLC AND LYNNE LEVIN-GUZMAN

5 Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

Lauren Sibley on behalf of Paige Cheung Bar No. 24116193 lauren.sibley@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 101599115 Filing Code Description: Other Document Filing Description: 20250604 Cheung Egbu Burns Notice of Appearance Status as of 6/4/2025 10:43 AM CST

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Kennon L.Wooten kwooten@scottdoug.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

Angela Goldberg agoldberg@scottdoug.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

Jonathan Wilkerson 24050162 jonathan.wilkerson@lanierlawfirm.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

Melissa Smith 24001351 melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

William Peterson 24065901 William.Peterson@morganlewis.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

Brian McBride 24002554 scott.mcbride@morganlewis.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

Zeke DeRose 24057421 zeke.derose@lanierlawfirm.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

Jennifer Truelove 24012906 jtruelove@mckoolsmith.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

Alex Brown 24026964 alex.brown@lanierlawfirm.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

W. Mark Lanier 11934600 jrm@lanierlawfirm.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

Heidi Rasmussen 24090345 heidi.rasmussen@morganlewis.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

Ruth Adams radams@scottdoug.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

Steve McConnico smcconnico@scottdoug.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

Jordan Kadjar jkadjar@scottdoug.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

John Dodds john.dodds@morganlewis.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

Erica Jaffe erica.jaffe@morganlewis.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

W. Mark Lanier WML@LanierLawFirm.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

Steven Strauss steven.strauss@morganlewis.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

Paige Cheung 24116193 paige.cheung@oag.texas.gov 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM ERROR

Nadia Burns 24041176 nadia.burns@oag.texas.gov 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

Vivian Egbu vivian.egbu@oag.texas.gov 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

Lauren Sibley lauren.sibley@oag.texas.gov 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

Lauren Sibley on behalf of Paige Cheung Bar No. 24116193 lauren.sibley@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 101599115 Filing Code Description: Other Document Filing Description: 20250604 Cheung Egbu Burns Notice of Appearance Status as of 6/4/2025 10:43 AM CST

Case Contacts

Lauren Sibley lauren.sibley@oag.texas.gov 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT

Samuel Baxter 1938000 sbaxter@mckoolsmith.com 6/4/2025 10:37:40 AM SENT