Wolph et al v. ACER America Corporation

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Amended ORDER Granting 91 Stipulation Regarding Briefing Schedule As Modified. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on October 15, 2010. (jswlc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/15/2010)

Wolph et al v. ACER America Corporation

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1 DANIEL L. WARSHAW (Bar No. 185365) [e-mail] 2 BOBBY POUYA (Bar No. 245527) [e-mail] 3 PEARSON, SIMON, WARSHAW & PENNY, LLP 15165 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 400 4 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] 6 MICHAEL P. LEHMANN (Bar No. 77152) [e-mail] 7 HAUSFELD, LLP 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400 8 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

LORA AND CLAY WOLPH, on behalf of 15 themselves and all others similarly situated, 16 17 vs. Plaintiffs,

CASE NO. CV-09-01314 JSW (Assigned to the Honorable Jeffrey S. White) CLASS ACTION AMENDED JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING BRIEFING SCHEDULE CONCERNING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION [Complaint Filed: March 25, 2009] Trial Date: None

18 ACER AMERICA CORPORATION, a California corporation, 19 Defendant. 20 21 22 23

Plaintiffs LAURA and CLAY WOLPH ("Plaintiffs") and Defendant ACER AMERICA

24 CORPORATION ("Defendant") hereby enter into the following Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] 25 Order regarding Plaintiffs' motion for class certification ("Order") in the above-captioned 26 proceeding: 27 WHEREAS, on July 9, 2010, pursuant to a previous stipulation and order (Docket No. 81),

28 the Court set the following schedule regarding Plaintiffs' motion for class certification:
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Plaintiffs' motion for class certification shall be filed on October 18, 2010; Defendant's opposition to Plaintiffs' motion for class certification shall be filed on

3 December 17, 2010; 4 · Plaintiffs' reply to Defendant's opposition to Plaintiffs' motion for class

5 certification shall be filed on January 31, 2011; and 6 · The hearing date on Plaintiffs' motion for class certification is set for February 15,

7 2011 at 9:00 a.m. 8 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs recently discovered that an unrelated class action against Acer

9 America Corporation is pending in the Northern District entitled Embry v. Acer America
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10 Corporation, Case No. 09-CV-01808. Plaintiffs believe the Declaration of Mark Groveunder filed
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11 by Acer in the Embry matter may lead Plaintiffs to discover potentially relevant documents 12 relating to class certification. See, Declaration of Mark Groveunder in Embry v. Acer America 13 Corp., Docket No. 83-2. Acer does not believe there are additional documents relevant to class 14 certification, but has agreed to search for six broad categories of subject matter provided by 15 Plaintiffs, and to produce Mr. Groveunder for deposition if necessary. Acer estimates that it will 16 take approximately two weeks to gather and produce the aforementioned documents to Plaintiffs. 17 The parties anticipate setting the Groveunder deposition shortly after the production of documents. 18 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs set the deposition of Kevin Chang for October 8, 2010, and later

19 requested that Mr. Chang, who is located in Taiwan, respond under oath to written questions in 20 lieu of the deposition. Mr. Chang agreed to respond to the written questions. Plaintiffs believe the 21 responses may be relevant to class certification. 22 WHEREAS, counsel for Acer in the Wolph matter1 has agreed to obtain and produce these

23 documents on an expedited basis. Further, Acer has stipulated to the deposition of Kevin Chang, 24 an employee of Acer, Inc. via written questions. Acer estimates that the written responses will be 25 served by October 27, 2010. 26 27 28
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP does not represent Acer America Corporation in the Embry matter.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the parties' meet and confer discussions, the parties agree that

2 Plaintiffs' motion for class certification should again be continued for approximately one month 3 pending the production of documents from Acer and responses to the written deposition of Kevin 4 Chang of Acer, Inc. 5 6 7 THE PARTIES STIPULATE AND AGREE AS FOLLOWS: 1. 2. Plaintiffs' motion for class certification shall be filed on November 22, 2010; Defendant's opposition to Plaintiffs' motion for class certification shall be filed on

8 January 24, 2011; Plaintiffs' reply to Defendant's opposition to Plaintiffs' motion for class February 25, 10 certification shall be filed on March 7, 2011; and 9
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The hearing date on Plaintiffs' motion for class certification shall be set for Friday,

March 18, 2010 2011 12 __________________________, at 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: October 14, 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]

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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] Pursuant to General Order 45, I, Daniel L. Warshaw attest that Chad Stegeman has

10 provided his authority and concurrence to file the instant document and place his electronic
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11 signature on the document, as set forth below. 12 13 14 DATED: October 14, 2010 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class

/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

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. October 15 DATED: __________________, 2010

Honorable Jeffrey S. White UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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