Securities and Exchange Commission v. Kara et al

Filing 122

ORDER RESETTING CMC to 6/26/14 at 10:30 a.m. re 121 Status Report filed by Securities and Exchange Commission Case Management Statement due by 6/19/2014. Further Case Management Conference set for 6/26/2014 10:30 AM in Courtroom 5, 17th Floor, San Francisco.. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 3/18/14. (bpf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/18/2014)

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MICHAEL S. DICKE (Cal. Bar No. 158187)
ROBERT L. TASHJIAN (Cal. Bar No. 191007)
[e-mail]
LLOYD FARNHAM (Cal. Bar No. 202231)
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Attorneys for Plaintiff
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
44 Montgomery Street, 28th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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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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Case No. 3:09-cv-1880-EMC

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION,

JOINT STATUS REPORT AND
UPDATED CASE MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE STATEMENT ; ORDER

Plaintiff,
v.
MAHER F. KARA, MICHAEL F. KARA,
BASSAM Y. SALMAN, and
KARIM I. BAYYOUK,

Further Case Management Conference:
March 20, 2014, 10:30 a.m.
Honorable Edward M. Chen
Courtroom 5, 17th Floor

Defendants.

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This matter is currently set for a Further Case Management Conference on March 20,
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2014. The parties submit this Joint Status Report and Updated Case Management Conference
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Statement to update the Court on the status of the proceedings in this civil case. The defendants
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remaining in this action are also involved in pending criminal cases, with sentencing hearings for
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each defendant currently set for dates in April and May 2014.
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There are four remaining defendants in this insider trading action brought by the
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Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”), (1) Maher Kara, (2) Michael Kara,
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SEC V. KARA, ET AL.
CASE NO. 3:09-CV-1880-EMC

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JOINT STATUS REPORT
AND UPDATED CMC STATEMENT

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(3) Bassam Salman, and (4) Karim Bayyouk. Each of the defendants in the Commission action

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is also a defendant in related criminal matters arising from the insider trading allegations or

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investigation that are also the subject of the Commission’s enforcement action. Maher Kara and

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Michael Kara have pled guilty but have not been sentenced (U.S. v. Kara, et al., Case No. 09-

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CR-0417 EMC). Michael Kara is scheduled to be sentenced on May 14, 2014, and Maher Kara

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is scheduled to be sentenced on May 21, 2014.

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On September 30, 2013, a jury returned a guilty verdict regarding the charges against

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Bassam Salman, U.S. v. Bassam Yacoub Salman, Case No. 11- CR-0625 EMC. The Court has

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scheduled a sentencing hearing regarding Mr. Salman for April 9, 2014.

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On September 3, 2013, a jury returned a guilty verdict regarding the charge against

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Karim Bayyouk, U.S. v. Karim Iskander Bayyouk, Case No. 12-CR-0420 EMC. The Court has

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scheduled a sentencing hearing regarding Mr. Bayyouk for April 16, 2014.

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No trial date has been set for the Commission’s civil action, and dates regarding

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discovery deadlines and pretrial dates have been vacated by prior orders. The Court held a case

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management conference in this case on October 26, 2012, the last time the parties to the civil

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case appeared before the Court, and directed the Commission matter stayed until the criminal

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matters are resolved. (Docket No. 113) On November 22, 2013, the Court continued the Further

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Case Management Conference until March 20, 2014 (after the criminal sentencing dates that

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were at that time set for January). The parties believe it is premature to set a discovery schedule

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until the criminal cases are resolved.

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Dated: March 13, 2014

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Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Lloyd Farnham
LLOYD FARNHAM
Attorney for Plaintiff
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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/s/ George C. Harris
GEORGE C. HARRIS
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Attorneys for Defendant MAHER KARA

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JOINT STATUS REPORT
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/s/ Ismail Ramsey
ISMAIL RAMSEY
MILES EHRLICH
Ramsey & Ehrlich LLP
Attorneys for Defendant MICHAEL F. KARA

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/s/ Patrick W. Blegen
PATRICK W. BLEGEN
Attorneys for Defendant BASSAM Y. SALMAN

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/s/ Brian H. Getz
BRIAN H. GETZ
Attorneys for Defendant KARIM I. BAYYOUK

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In accordance with General Order 45, each of the signatories to this document has
concurred in its filing, and I shall maintain records to support these concurrences.

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/s/ Lloyd Farnham
LLOYD FARNHAM

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IT IS SO ORDERED that the further CMC is reset from 3/20/14 to
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