Wolph et al v. ACER America Corporation

Filing 79

ORDER GRANTING AS MODIFIED 78 JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING PLAINTIFFS MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION AND MEDIATION COMPLETION DATE. Motion Hearing set for 12/10/2010 09:00 AM in Courtroom 11, 19th Floor, San Francisco.. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on 4/15/10. (jjo, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/15/2010)

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DANIEL L. WARSHAW (SBN 185365) ([e-mail]) BOBBY POUYA (SBN 245527) ([e-mail]) PEARSON, SIMON, WARSHAW & PENNY, LLP 15165 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 400 Sherman Oaks, California 91403 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class CHAD A. STEGEMAN (SBN 225745) ([e-mail]) AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP 580 California Street, Suite 1500 San Francisco, California 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] JAMES J. SCHESKE (admitted pro hac vice) ([e-mail]) AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP 300 West 6th Street, Suite 2100 Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant Acer America Corporation UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION LORA and CLAY WOLPH, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. ACER AMERICA CORPORATION, a California corporation, Defendant. Case No. CV 09 1314 JSW CLASS ACTION JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION AND MEDIATION COMPLETION DATE

Plaintiffs LORA AND CLAY WOLPH ("PLAINTIFFS") and Defendant ACER AMERICA CORPORATION ("DEFENDANT") hereby enter the following Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Regarding Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification and Mediation Completion Date
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("Order") in the above-captioned proceeding: WHEREAS the current briefing schedule requires for PLAINTIFFS to file their Motion for Class Certification on April 21, 2010, DEFENDANT to file its Opposition to PLAINTIFFS' Motion for Class Certification on June 21, 2010; PLAINTIFFS to file their Reply to DEFENDANT'S Opposition on July 21, 2010; WHEREAS since entering into the aforementioned briefing schedule the parties have exchanged discovery requests, scheduled depositions, met and conferred regarding DEFENDANT'S responses and worked diligently in order to complete the discovery necessary to file and oppose PLAINTIFFS' Motion for Class Certification. WHEREAS despite the parties best efforts to complete the discovery necessary for PLAINTIFFS' Motion for Class Certification, the following items are still pending completion: (1) DEFENDANT'S search and production of all relevant documents requested by PLAINTIFFS; (2) the production of documents in the possession, custody or control of the Taiwanese corporation Acer, Inc.; (3) the production of documents subpoenaed by PLAINTIFFS from Microsoft Corporation; (4) the production of documents to be subpoenaed from EMI; and (5) the deposition of DEFENDANTS' designated witnesses pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 30(b)(6). The parties have tentatively scheduled that all of the aforementioned discovery be completed in May 2010, subject to the trial schedule of defense counsel. WHEREAS pursuant to the parties' meet and confer discussions, the parties agree that this case is not ripe for settlement via mediation prior to the outcome of PLAINTIFFS' Motion for Class Certification. The parties have reached an impasse concerning the merits of PLAINTIFFS' claims and do not think mediation would be valuable at this time. THE PARTIES STIPULATE AND AGREE AS FOLLOWS: 1. 2. PLAINTIFFS' Motion for Class Certification shall be filed on July 22, 2010; DEFENDANT'S Opposition to PLAINTIFFS' Motion for Class Certification shall

be filed on September 21, 2010; 3.
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Class Certification shall be filed on October 21, 2010; 4. The hearing date on PLAINTIFFS' Motion for Class Certification shall be set for

Friday, November 19, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter at this matter may be heard. 5. The mediation completion date in the above-entitled action shall be reset at the

hearing regarding PLAINTIFFS' Motion for Class Certification. IT IS SO STIPULATED DATED: April 13, 2010 /s/____________________________________________ Daniel L. Warshaw (185365) [e-mail] Bobby Pouya (245527) [e-mail] Pearson, Simon, Warshaw & Penny, LLP 15165 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 400 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Michael P. Lehmann (77152) [e-mail] Hausfeld, LLP 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Richard S. Lewis [e-mail] James J. Pizzirusso [e-mail] Melinda Coolidge [e-mail] Hausfeld, LLP 1700 K Street NW Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Jori Bloom Naegele [e-mail] Robert D. Gary [e-mail] Gary, Naegele & Theado, LLC 446 Broadway Avenue Lorain, OH 44052 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class
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DATED: April 13, 2010

/s/___________________________________________ Chad Stegeman (225745) [e-mail] Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 580 California Street, Suite 1500 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] James J. Scheske [e-mail] Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 300 West 6th Street, Suite 2100 Austin, TX 78701 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant Acer America Corporation

The motion for class certification shall be heard on December 10, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. April 15, 2010 Dated: _____________________ __________________________________________ Honorable Jeffrey S. White UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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