Openwave Systems, Inc. v. Fuld et al

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1 JAMES G. KREISSMAN (Bar No. 206740) [e-mail] 2 SIMONA G. STRAUSS (Bar No. 203062) [e-mail] 3 SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP 2550 Hanover Street 4 Palo Alto, California 94304 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] 6 Attorneys for Defendants Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Michael L. Ainslie, Roland A. 7 Hernandez, David Goldfarb, John F. Akers, Roger S. Berlind, Joseph M. Gregory, 8 Thomas H. Cruikshank, Marsha Johnson Evans, Henry Kaufman, John D. Macomber, 9 Thomas A. Russo, and Christopher M. O'Meara 10 11 12 13 14 15 OPENWAVE SYSTEMS INC., 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Defendants. 24 25 26 27 28 Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Taking Hearing Off Calendar Case No. C 08-05683-SI Plaintiff, CV 08 5683 (SI) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO TAKE OFF v. CALENDAR THE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO RICHARD S. FULD, JR., MICHAEL L. AINSLIE, DISMISS THE FIRST AMENDED ROLAND A. HERNANDEZ, DAVID GOLDFARB, COMPLAINT AND MOTION TO JOHN F. AKERS, ROGER S. BERLIND, JOSEPH COMPEL ARBITRATION M. GREGORY, THOMAS H. CRUIKSHANK, MARSHA JOHNSON EVANS, HENRY KAUFMAN, JOHN D. MACOMBER, THOMAS A. RUSSO, CHRISTOPHER M. O'MEARA, MICHAEL GELBAND, ALEX KIRK, MELISSA CONROY WHITNEY, TIM FORD, and DOES 1 50, inclusive,

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2, 7-7(b) and 7-12 of the Local Civil Rules for the

2 United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Plaintiff Openwave Systems 3 Inc. ("Plaintiff") and Defendants Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Michael L. Ainslie, Roland A. Hernandez, 4 David Goldfarb, John F. Akers, Roger S. Berlind, Joseph M. Gregory, Thomas H. Cruikshank, 5 Marsha Johnson Evans, Henry Kaufman, John D. Macomber, Thomas A. Russo, Christopher M. 6 O'Meara, Melissa Conroy Whitney, and Tim Ford ("Defendants"), by and through their respective 7 counsel, submit this Joint Stipulation and Proposed Order to take off calendar, not make any 8 rulings, tentative or final, or otherwise take any further action in connection with the hearing on 9 Defendants' motions to dismiss the First Amended Complaint and motion to compel arbitration of 10 this action. 11 WHEREAS, the parties have fully briefed two motions by Defendants to dismiss

12 the First Amended Complaint and one motion by Defendants to compel arbitration (Docket 13 Numbers 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, and 101) (collectively, the "Motions"); 14 WHEREAS, the Motions are scheduled to be heard at 9:00 a.m. on October 30,

15 2009 (the "Hearing"); 16 WHEREAS, on October 19, 2009, Plaintiff and Defendants reached an agreement

17 in principle to resolve the above-captioned matter; and 18 WHEREAS, the parties agree that this Stipulation does not waive any of the rights

19 or defenses available to any party, and that, pending execution of a formal settlement agreement, 20 each party reserves its rights to assert any and all rights and defenses in the future, including but 21 not limited to personal jurisdiction defenses and the right to compel arbitration; 22 23 NOW THEREFORE THE PARTIES JOINTLY REQUEST THE FOLLOWING: 1. The Hearing on the Motions to be taken off calendar, that the Court not

24 make any rulings, tentative or final, or otherwise take any further action on the Motions at this 25 time. 26 2. Pending execution of a formal settlement agreement, the parties do not

27 waive, and expressly reserve, all rights and defenses they may have in this action. 28
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The parties shall provide the Court with a stipulation of settlement or a

status report on or before December 4, 2009.

5 Dated: October 20, 2009 6 7 8 9 10 Dated: October 20, 2009 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Dated: October 20, 2009 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Dated: _____________________

COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY & BASS LLP

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/s/ Howard A. Slavitt Attorneys for Plaintiff Openwave Systems Inc.

SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP

By

/s/ James G. Kreissman Attorneys for Defendants Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Michael L. Ainslie, Roland A. Hernandez, David Goldfarb, John F. Akers, Roger S. Berlind, Joseph M. Gregory, Thomas H. Cruikshank, Marsha Johnson Evans, Henry Kaufman, John D. Macomber, Thomas A. Russo, and Christopher M. O'Meara

JONES DAY

By

/s/ Philip E. Cook Attorneys for Defendants Melissa Conroy Whitney and Tim Ford

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

____________________________________ The Honorable Susan Illston United States District Court Judge -3Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Taking Hearing Off Calendar

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ECF FILER'S ATTESTATION I, James G. Kreissman, as the e-filing signatory, attest that concurrence in filing the

3 Notice of Continuance of Motions to Dismiss and Motion to Compel Arbitration, and Stipulated 4 Briefing Schedule has been obtained from the other signatories Howard A. Slavitt and Philip E 5 Cook. In accordance with General Order 45, Section X(B), I shall maintain a record of their 6 concurrence for subsequent production for the court if so ordered or for inspection upon request by 7 a party until one year after final resolution of the action. 8 Dated: October 20, 2009 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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/s/ James G. Kreissman

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