MMCA Group Ltd. v. Hewlett-Packard Company et al

Filing 684

ORDER SHORTENING TIME ON BRIEFING AND HEARING OF DEFENDANT HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY'S MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL AND PRETRIAL DATES OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, TO MODIFY BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR DAUBERT MOTION. The deadline for filing opposition to HP 9;s motion to continue is December 8, 2009. The deadline for filing reply is December 10, 2009 at 10:00 a.m., with chambers copies due by noon on the same day. The hearing is set for December 11, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. Signed by Judge Maxine M. Chesney on December 4, 2009. (mmclc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/4/2009)

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP WILLIAM F. ABRAMS, SBN 88805 [e-mail] DAVID S. CANNON, SBN 209501 [e-mail] 1900 University Avenue East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2223 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP JEFFREY T. THOMAS, SBN 106409 [e-mail] SAMUEL LIVERSIDGE, SBN 180578 [e-mail] 333 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys For Defendant HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION MMCA GROUP, LTD., a Virginia corporation, Plaintiff, v. HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, PINKERTON CONSULTING & INVESTIGATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation; BUSINESS RISKS INTERNATIONAL, LIMITED, an United Kingdom corporation, d/b/a PINKERTON CONSULTING & INVESTIGATIONS ­ EUROPE, PICA, an Ohio corporation, Defendants. CASE NO. C06-7067MMC (EMC) STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SHORTENING TIME ON BRIEFING AND HEARING OF DEFENDANT HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY'S MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL AND PRETRIAL DATES OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, TO MODIFY BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR DAUBERT MOTION [Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b); Civ. L.R. 6-1, 6-2, 7-11 712] [No Hearing Required] Place: Judge: Courtroom 7, Floor 19 Hon. Maxine M. Chesney

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SHORTENING TIME ON BRIEFING AND HEARING OF HP'S MOTION TO CONTINUE; CASE NO. C06-7067MMC (EMC)

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STIPULATION Plaintiff MMCA Group Ltd. ("MMCA") and defendants Hewlett-Packard Company ("HP") and PICA Corporation ("PICA") respectfully submit this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(b) and Civil Local Rules 6-1, 6-2, 7-11, and 7-12, requesting that the Court shorten the time for the briefing and hearing of HP's Motion to Continue Trial and Pretrial Dates or, in the Alternative, to Modify Pretrial Briefing Schedule for Daubert Motion ("HP's Motion to Continue"), filed on December 4, 2009. This Stipulated Request is supported by good cause. Pursuant to the Second Amended Pretrial Preparation Order dated June 15, 2009 (Docket No. 544), trial is set to begin in this case on January 19, 2010, and the pretrial conference is scheduled for January 5, 2010. The deadline for filing motions in limine, and other pretrial documents, is 10 court days before the pretrial conference, or December 18, 2009. For reasons that will be addressed in the moving and opposing papers in the Motion to Continue, MMCA's damages expert, Randy Sugarman, will likely be unavailable for deposition until December 21, 2009, which is three days after the current deadline for filing motions in limine. In HP's Motion to Continue, HP requests a brief continuance of the trial and pretrial dates, so that it can depose Mr. Sugarman and prepare its Daubert motion on a reasonable schedule. MMCA opposes HP's request for a continuance of the trial. In the alternative, HP requests an extension of the deadline for filing its Daubert motion until December 24, 2009, or three days after Mr. Sugarman's deposition. MMCA does not oppose this alternative request. If HP's Motion to Continue were to follow the regular motion schedule, it would not be heard until January 8, 2010, on the eve of trial and well after the December 18, 2009 deadline for filing motions in limine. The parties agree that the issues raised in HP's Motion to Continue should be expedited to the extent possible.

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

For the reasons discussed above, the parties respectfully request the Court to set the briefing and hearing schedule of HP's Motion to Continue as follows:

Deadline for Filing Opposition to HP's Motion to Continue Deadline for Filing Reply in Support of HP's Motion to Continue Hearing on HP's Motion to Continue DATED: December 4, 2009

December 8, 2009 December 10, 2009 December 11, 2009, 9:00 a.m.

BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP William F. Abrams David S. Cannon 1900 University Avenue East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2223 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP Jeffrey T. Thomas Samuel Liversidge 333 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] By: _______ /s/ Samuel Liversidge____________ Samuel Liversidge Attorneys for Defendant HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY DATED: December 4, 2009 PICA CORPORATION Kate E. Manka One Embarcadero Center Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: [phone] By: _________ /s/ Kate E. Manka_____________ Kate E. Manka

Attorneys for Defendant PICA CORPORATION

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

DATED: December 4, 2009 GEONETTA & FRUCHT Frederick J. Geonetta Kenneth N. Frucht 100 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] By: ___________/s/ Fred Geonetta____________ Fred Geonetta Attorneys for Plaintiff MMCA GROUP, LTD.

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

[PROPOSED] ORDER SHORTENING TIME IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the time for the briefing and hearing of HP's Motion to Continue Trial and Pretrial Dates or, in the Alternative, to Modify Pretrial Briefing Schedule for Daubert Motion ("HP's Motion to Continue"), filed on December 4, 2009, shall be set as follows:

Deadline for Filing Opposition to HP's Motion to Continue Deadline for Filing Reply in Support of HP's Motion to Continue Hearing on HP's Motion to Continue

December 8, 2009 December 10, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.; chambers copies due by noon same day December 11, 2009, 9:00 a.m.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

December 4, 2009 Dated: ________________________

___________________________________ Hon. Maxine M. Chesney United States District Court Judge

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