Rupa Marya v. Warner Chappell Music Inc

Filing 51

Certificate of Interested Parties filed by Defendant Warner Chappell Music Inc, (Kaplan, Adam)

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GLENN D. POMERANTZ (State Bar No. II2503)
g_l~nn. [e-mail]
KELLY M. KLAUS (State BarNo. I6I09I)
kelly .klaus(@mto.com
ADAM I. Kl\PLAN (State Bar No. 268I82)
adam.k~lan(@mto.com

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MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP
3 55 South Grand A venue
Thirty-Fifth Floor
Los Angeles, California 9007I-I560
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [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, eta/.,
Plaintiffs,

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v.

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WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC,
INC.,

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Defendant.

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Lead Case No. CV 13-04460-GHK
(MRWx)

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CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED
PARTIES OF DEFENDANT
WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC,
INC.

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Courtroom: 650 (Roybal)
Judge: Hon. George H. King, Chief Judge

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Pursuant to Rule 7.I ofthe Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Rule 7.I-I
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the undersigned~ counsel of record for Defendant

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of the Local

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Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., certifies that the following listed persons, associations

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of persons, firms, partnerships, corporations (including parent corporations) or other

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entities may have a pecuniary interest in the outcome of this case. These

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representations are made to enable the Court to evaluate possible disqualification or

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recusal:

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Defendant Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary

of WMG Acquisition Corp., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of WMG Holdings

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Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group Corp., a wholly owned

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subsidiary of AI Entertainment Holdings LLC (formerly known as Airplanes Music

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LLC), an affiliate of Access Industries, Inc., which is an entity indirectly controlled

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by Mr. Len Blavatnik. No publicly traded corporation owns 10% or more of the

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stock of Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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Summy-Birchard Music, Inc., is a defendant in a related action, Case

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No. CV I3-05164-GHK (MRWx) (Majar v. Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. and

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Summy-Birchard, Inc.). Summy-Birchard Music, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary

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of Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. No publicly traded corporation owns I 0% or more

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of the stock of Summy-Birchard Music, Inc.

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Dated: August 29, 20I3

Respectfully submitted,
MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP

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By: -------~~I~K<~e~ll~v~Af.~·~K~w=u=s___________
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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 ofthe

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United Sta~es 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 29, 2013, declarant served the CERTIFICATE OF

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INTERESTED PARTIES OF DEFENDANT WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC,

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INC. via the CMIECF System to the parties who are registered participants of the

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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 29th day of August 2013, at San Francisco, California.

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