Rupa Marya v. Warner Chappell Music Inc

Filing 41

STATEMENT of No Position Regarding MOTION for Appointment of Counsel Wolf Haldenstein as Interim Lead Class Counsel 26 filed by Defendant Warner Chappell Music Inc. (Klaus, Kelly)

1 GLENN D. POMERANTZ (State Bar No. 112503)
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KELLY M. KLAUS (State Bar No. 161091)
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3 ADAM I. :KA.PLAN (State Bar No. 268182)
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4 MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP
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Telephone: [phone]
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Attorneys for Defendant Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
WESTERN DIVISION

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RUPA MARYA, etal.,
Plaintiffs,

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v.

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WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC,
INC.,
Defendant.

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DEFENDANT
WARNER/CHAPPELL'S
STATEMENT OF NO POSITION
REGARDING PLAINTIFFS'
MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT
OF WOLF HALDENSTEIN
ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ LLP
AS INTERIM LEAD CLASS
COUNSEL
Date:
Time:
Dept.:
Judge:

September 9, 2013
9:30a.m.
650
Hon. George H. King,
Chief Judge

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Defendant Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. ("Warner/Chappell") takes no

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position on the relief requested by Plaintiffs' motion for appointment of Wolf

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Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP as interim lead counsel for the putative

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class.

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Warner/Chappell's statement of no position on this motion does not indicate

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agreement with Plaintiffs' statements regarding the purported merits of their

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complaint. Warner/Chappell will set forth its arguments on these issues at the

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appropriate juncture.

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Respectfully submitted,

Dated: August 19, 2013

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP

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By:

Is/ Kelly M Klaus
Attorneys for Defendant Warner/Chappell
Music, Inc.

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DECLARATION OF SERVICE

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I, Sandra Chao, the undersigned, declare:
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That declarant is and was, at all times herein mentioned, a citizen of the

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United States and a resident of the City and County of San Francisco, over the age

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of 18 years, and not a party to or interested in the within action; that declarant's

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business address is 560 Mission Street, San Francisco, California 94105.

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That on August 19, 2013, declarant served the DEFENDANT

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WARNER/CHAPPELL'S STATEMENT OF NO POSITION REGARDING

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PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF WOLF HALDENSTEIN

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ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ LLP AS INTERIM LEAD CLASS COUNSEL

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(L.R. 8-3) via the CM/ECF System to the parties who are registered participants of

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the CMIECF System.

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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

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That there is regular communication between the parties.

Executed this 19th day of August 2013, at San Francisco, California.

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SANDRA CHAO

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