Case 8:24-cv-02221-AH-KES Document 102 Filed 07/30/26 Page 1 of 3 Page ID #:1375 1 BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER 2 & GROSSMANN LLP JEREMY P. ROBINSON (pro hac vice) 3 1251 Avenue of the Americas 4 New York, NY 10020 Telephone: (212) 554-1400 5 jeremy@blbglaw.com 6 Tel: (310) 819-3481 7 Lead Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs 8 Louisiana Sheriffs’ Pension & Relief Fund and City of Fort Lauderdale Police & Firefighters’ 9 Retirement System and the Settlement Class 10 11 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN DIVISION 14 15 DHIMANT PATEL, Individually and on Case No. 8:24-cv-02221-AH-KES 16 Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, LEAD PLAINTIFFS’ LETTER TO 17 Plaintiff, THE COURT ENCLOSING 18 REVISED PROPOSED v. PRELIMINARY APPROVAL 19 ORDER WITH REVISED 20 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES SCHEDULE CORPORATION and BERNARD J. 21 ZOVIGHIAN, Judge: Hon. Anne Hwang 22 Courtroom: 9C, 9th Floor Defendants. 23 24 25 26 27 28 LEAD PLAINTIFFS’ LETTER TO THE COURT CASE NO. 8:24-cv-02221-AH-KES Case 8:24-cv-02221-AH-KES Document 102 Filed 07/30/26 Page 2 of 3 Page ID #:1376 B E R NS T EI N LIT O WI T Z BE R GE R & G ROSS MA N N L LP ATTORNEYS AT LAW NEW YORK ● CALIFORNIA ● ILLINOIS ● LOUISIANA ● DELAWARE JEREMY P. ROBINSON (212) 554-1492 Jeremy@blbglaw.com July 30, 2026 Via ECF The Honorable Anne Hwang Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez United States Courthouse 350 W. 1st Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Re: Patel v. Edwards Lifesciences Corp., Case No. 8:24-cv-02221-AH-KES (C.D. Cal.) Dear Judge Hwang: We represent Lead Plaintiffs in the above-referenced class action. Further to yesterday’s hearing, attached as Exhibit 1 is a revised version of the Parties’ [Proposed] Order Preliminarily Approving Settlement and Providing for Notice of Settlement (“Preliminary Approval Order”). As discussed at the hearing, the revised Preliminary Approval Order accommodates a Claims-filing deadline prior to the final approval hearing as well as a final approval hearing scheduled for this year. A full schedule of the applicable calendar dates, assuming that the Preliminary Approval Order is entered on Friday, July 31, 2026, and that the Court schedules the final approval hearing for Wednesday, December 16, 2026, follows: EVENT DEADLINE CALENDAR DATE Deadline to commence mailing 15 business days after Friday, August 21, 2026 the Notice and Claim Form entry of the Preliminary to Settlement Class Members Approval Order (“Notice Date”) Deadline for publishing the 10 business days after the Friday, September 4, 2026 Summary Notice Notice Date Deadline for submitting Claim 100 calendar days after Monday, November 30, 2026 Forms the Notice Date Deadline for requesting exclusion 100 calendar days after Monday, November 30, 2026 from the Settlement Class or filing the Notice Date an objection to the Settlement 1251 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS ● NEW YORK ● NY 10020-1104 TELEPHONE: 212-554-1400 ● www.blbglaw.com ● FACSIMILE: 212-554-1444 Case 8:24-cv-02221-AH-KES Document 102 Filed 07/30/26 Page 3 of 3 Page ID #:1377 LLP BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER & GROSSMANN Hon. Anne Hwang July 30, 2026 Page 2 Deadline for filing papers in 35 calendar days before Wednesday, November 11, support of final settlement the date scheduled for the 2026 approval, the Plan of Allocation, Settlement Hearing and the request for attorneys’ fees and Litigation Expenses Deadline for filing reply papers 7 calendar days before Wednesday, December 9, 2026 the date scheduled for the Settlement Hearing Settlement Hearing Wednesday, December 16, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. The Parties have conferred and Defendants do not oppose the proposed schedule and respectfully defer to the Court’s preference. We thank the Court for its attention to this matter. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Jeremy P. Robinson Jeremy P. Robinson Lead Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs City of Fort Lauderdale Police & Firefighters’ Retirement System and Louisiana Sheriffs’ Pension & Relief Fund cc: All counsel of record (via ECF)