Barton v. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. et al

Filing 136

ORDER GRANTING 135 Stipulation to Extend Page Limits and Briefing and Continuing Hearing Date. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on September 17, 2009. (jswlc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/17/2009)

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GUIDO SAVERI (22349) [e-mail] R. ALEXANDER SAVERI (173102) [e-mail] CADIO ZIRPOLI (179108) [e-mail] SAVERI & SAVERI, INC. 706 Sansome Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Interim Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class Additional Counsel Listed on Signature Page UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA In re CALIFORNIA TITLE INSURANCE ANTITRUST LITIGATION THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: ALL ACTIONS No. 08-cv-1341-JSW CLASS ACTION STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING PAGE LIMIT OF PLAINTIFFS' MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS AND EXTENDING TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS' OPPOSITION AND DEFENDANTS' REPLY AND CONTINUING HEARING DATE ON MOTION TO DISMISS Honorable Jeffrey S. White

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING PAGE LIMIT OF PLAINTIFFS' MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS AND EXTENDING TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS' OPPOSITION AND DEFENDANTS' REPLY -- 08-CV-1341-JSW

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WHEREAS, on May 21, 2009, the Court issued an Order Granting Motion to Dismiss and Granting Leave to Amend (Docket No. 124); WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed their Consolidated Second Amended Class Action Complaint on July 6, 2009 (Docket No. 127); WHEREAS, Defendants' time to move against, answer or otherwise respond to the Consolidated Second Amended Class Action Complaint was extended through and including August 19, 2009 by an Order of this Court (Docket No. 129); WHEREAS, Plaintiffs consented to Defendants' request to seek relief from the Court's standing order regarding the length of legal memorandum and agreed by stipulation that Defendants may seek the Court's permission to expand the page limit for their Joint Motion to Dismiss to no more than 25 pages in length; WHEREAS, on August 12, 2009 a Stipulation and [PROPOSED] Order Extending Page Limit of Defendants' Joint Memorandum In Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss was presented to the Court (Docket No. 130); WHEREAS, on August 12, 2009 the Court Granted the Stipulation and Order Extending Page Limit of Defendants' Joint Memorandum in Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Docket No. 131); WHEREAS, Defendants filed a Joint Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Consolidated Second Amended Class Action Complaint and Defendant Old Republic International Corporation filed a separate Motion to Dismiss and supporting memoranda of points and authorities on August 19, 2009 (Docket No. 132 & 133); WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court's Order Continuing Hearing and Setting Briefing Schedule, dated August 19, 2009, Plaintiffs' briefs in opposition to Defendants' motions to

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dismiss are due on September 18, 2009, and Defendants' reply briefs in further support of their motions to dismiss are due on September 25, 2009 (Docket No. 134); WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have met and conferred with Defendants on a request by Plaintiffs for relief from the Court's standing order regarding the length of legal memoranda to be filed in support of or in opposition to any motion, to permit the filing of a memorandum of no more than 25 pages in length and on Plaintiffs' request for a five-day extension of the time for Plaintiffs to submit papers in opposition to Defendants' motions to dismiss; WHEREAS, Defendants consent to Plaintiffs' request for relief from this Court's standing order to permit the filing of a memorandum of points and authorities in opposition to Defendants' Joint Motion to Dismiss, not to exceed 25 pages in length, and to Plaintiffs' request for a five-day extension of time for Plaintiffs to submit papers in opposition to Defendants' motions to dismiss; WHEREAS, given the need to coordinate among numerous Defendants, Defendants have met and conferred with Plaintiffs and requested a one-week extension of the time for Defendants to submit reply papers in further support of their motion to dismiss, so that Defendants have two weeks from filing of Plaintiffs' opposition papers to submit reply papers instead of one week; and WHEREAS, Plaintiffs consent to Defendants' request for a one-week extension of the time for Defendants to submit reply papers in further support of their motion to dismiss, so that Defendants have two weeks from the filing of Plaintiffs' opposition papers to submit reply papers; IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between Plaintiffs and Defendants, through their respective counsel, and subject to Court approval, that (i) Plaintiffs may seek relief from the Court's standing order and, subject to Court approval and said relief being granted, Plaintiffs may file and serve a memorandum in opposition to Defendants' Joint Motion to Dismiss of no more than 25 pages in length; (ii) Plaintiffs' time to file and serve their briefs in opposition to Defendants' Joint Motion to Dismiss and Old Republic International Corporation's Motion to 2

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING PAGE LIMIT OF PLAINTIFFS' MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS AND EXTENDING TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS' OPPOSITION AND DEFENDANTS' REPLY -- 08-CV-1341-JSW

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Dismiss is extended from September 18, 2009 until September 23, 2009; and (iii) Defendants' time to file and serve reply briefs in further support of Defendants' Joint Motion to Dismiss and Old Republic International Corporation's Motion to Dismiss is extended from September 25, 2009 until October 7, 2009. Dated: September 17, 2009 SAVERI & SAVERI, INC. By /s/ Cadio Zirpoli Guido Saveri (CA Bar No. 22349) R. Alexander Saveri (CA Bar No. 173102) Cadio R. Zirpoli (CA Bar No. 179108) 706 Sansome Street San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP By /s/ Steve W. Berman Steve W. Berman (pro hac vice) Thomas E. Loeser (CA Bar No.202724) 1301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2900 Seattle, Washington 98101 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP Reed R. Kathrein (CA Bar No. 139304) Jeff D. Friedman (CA Bar No.173886) 715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202 Berkeley, California 94710 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] GIRARD GIBBS LLP By /s/ Elizabeth C. Pritzker Daniel C. Girard (CA Bar No. 114826) Elizabeth C. Pritzker (CA Bar No. 146267) Aaron M. Sheanin (CA Bar No. 214472) 601 California Street, 14th Floor San Francisco, California 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Interim Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class 3

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GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP By /s/ Frank E. Merideth, Jr. FRANK E. MERIDETH, JR. -andGREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP James I. Serota Kenneth Lapatine Stephen L. Saxl Anastasia A. Angelova 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendants The First American Corporation, First American Title Insurance Company and United General Title Insurance Company

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GLASER, WEIL, FINK, JACOBS & SHAPIRO, LLP James S. Schreier Bryan M. Sullivan 10250 CONSTELLATION BOULEVARD 19th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] - andSIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP Barry R. Ostrager Kevin J. Arquit Patrick T. Shilling 425 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017-3954 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendants Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, Ticor Title Insurance Company, Ticor Title Insurance Company of Florida, Chicago Title Insurance Company, Security Union Title Insurance Company, Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation and Transnation Title Insurance Co.

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SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP Samuel R. Miller 555 California St. San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] -andFULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P. David M. Foster 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] -andFULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P. Mark A. Robertson 666 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10103 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 212-318-3400 [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendants Stewart Title Guaranty Company and Stewart Title Insurance Company

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LOCKE LORD BISSELL & LIDDELL LLP Curtis Stanfield Leavitt 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1460 Sacramento, California 95814 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] -andLOCKE LORD BISSELL & LIDDELL LLP David G. Greene Kevin J. Walsh Joseph N. Froehlich 885 Third Avenue, 26th Floor New York, New York 10022 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Of Counsel: LOCKE LORD BISSELL & LIDDELL LLP Michael J. Gaertner Thomas J. Cunningham Simon A. Fleischmann 111 South Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606-4410 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendants Old Republic National Title Insurance Company and Old Republic International Corporation

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DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP Margaret A. Keane One Embarcadero Center, Suite 400 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant National Title Insurance of New York, Inc.

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The Court shall approve the stipulation. However, in order to ensure the Court has adequate time to consider the parties' briefs, the hearing set for October 16, 2009, is HEREBY CONTINUED to Friday, October 30, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS HEREBY SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 17 _, 2009 __

_____________________________________ The Honorable Jeffrey S. White UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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