Securities And Exchange Commission v. Mercury Interactive LLC et al

Filing 183

STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING DEPOSITIONS PURSUANT TO RULE 29 re 182 Stipulation filed by Susan Skaer (whalc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/7/2011)

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JAMES N. KRAMER (SBN 154709)
Email: [e-mail]
JAMES A. MEYERS (ADMITTED PRO HAC VICE)
Email: [e-mail]
M. TODD SCOTT (SBN 226885)
Email: [e-mail]
JENNIFER NEJAD (SBN 267109)
Email: [e-mail]
ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP
The Orrick Building
405 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-2669
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant
SUSAN SKAER

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION,
Plaintiff,

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v.
MERCURY INTERACTIVE, LLC
(F/K/MERCURY INTERACTIVE, INC.),
AMNON LANDAN, SHARLENE
ABRAMS, DOUGLAS SMITH and SUSAN
SKAER,

Case No. 3:07-cv-02822 WHA
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER REGARDING
DEPOSITIONS PURSUANT TO FED
R. CIV. PROC. 29
Judge:

Honorable William Alsup

Defendants.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING
DEPOSITIONS PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. PROC. 29
CASE NO. 5:07-CV-02822 WHA

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Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 29, the above-named Plaintiff and Defendants (collectively,
the “parties”), by and through their respective counsel, stipulate and agree as follows:
WHEREAS, the parties seek to take more depositions than the limit of ten (10) provided
per side pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 30;
WHEREAS, in its Initial Disclosures dated September 7, 2007, Plaintiff identified 85

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individuals likely to have discoverable information that Plaintiff may use to support its claims;

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WHEREAS, the parties agree and acknowledge that this is a complex matter involving

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three separately represented Defendants;
WHEREAS, the parties desire to have an opportunity to conduct depositions necessary
and sufficient to adequately represent their respective interests;

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NOW THEREFORE, the parties stipulate and agree, subject to the approval of the

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Court, that Defendants, collectively, on the one hand, and Plaintiff, on the other, are each entitled

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to forty (40) depositions in connection with this matter.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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Dated: September 30, 2011
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JAMES N. KRAMER
JAMES A. MEYERS
M. TODD SCOTT
JENNIFER NEJAD

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP
By:

/s/ James A. Meyers
JAMES A. MEYERS

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Attorneys for Defendant
SUSAN SKAER

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING
DEPOSITIONS PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. PROC. 29
CASE NO. 5:07-CV-02822 WHA

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Dated: September 30, 2011

FRANKLIN B. VELIE (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
ANDREW T. SOLOMON (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

SULLIVAN & WORCESTER LLP

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By:

/s/ Andrew T. Solomon
ANDREW T. SOLOMON

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Attorneys for Defendant
AMNON LANDAN

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Dated: September 30, 2011

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JEFFREY S. FACTER
PATRICK D. ROBBINS
EMILY V. GRIFFEN

SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP

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By:

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/s/ Patrick D. Robbins
PATRICK D. ROBBINS

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Attorneys for Defendant
DOUGLAS SMITH

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Dated: September 30, 2011

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By:

/s/ A. David Williams
A. DAVID WILLIAMS

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Attorney for Plaintiff
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: October 7, 2011.
THE HONORABLE WILLIAM ALSUP
William Alsup
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING
DEPOSITIONS PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. PROC. 29
CASE NO. 5:07-CV-02822 WHA