Larkin v. Yelp! Inc.

Filing 44

Letter from Malcolm A. Heinicke regarding entry of notice changing the date of the hearing on the motion for final approval of class action settlement. (Heinicke, Malcolm) (Filed on 9/21/2012)

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MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP RONALD L OLSON’ ROBERT E. DENHAM JEFFREY I, WEINBERGER CARY B LEHMAN CHARLES D. SIEGAL GREGORY P. STONE BRAD D. BRIAN BRADLEY S PHILLIPS GEORGE M. GARVEY WILLIAM 0. TEMKO ROBERT B, KNAUSS STEPHEN H, KRISTOVICH JOHN W. SPIEGEL TERRY E. SANCHEZ STEVEN M, PERRY MARK B. HELM JOSEPH 0. LEE MICHAEL B. OOYEN MICHAEL E. SOLOFF GREGORY 0. PHILLIPS LAWRENCE C. BARTH KATHLEEN M. MCDOWELL GLENN D. POMERANTZ THOMAS B. WALPER RONALD C. HAUSMANN PATRICK J. CAFFERTY, JR. JAY M. FUJITANI O’MALLEY H. MILLER SANDRA A SEVILLE-JONES MARK H. EPSTEIN HENRY WETSSMANN KEVIN S. ALLRED BABY H. WILLIAMS JEFFREY A HEINTZ JUDITH T. KITAND KRISTIN LINSLEY MYLES MARC T.G. DWORSKY JEROME C. ROTH STEPHEN D ROSE GARTH T. VINCENT TED DANE STUART N. SENATOR MARTIN 0. BERN DANIEL P. COLLINS ROBERT L. DELL ANGELO BRUCE A ABBOTT JONATHAN E. ALTMAN MARY ANN TODD MICHAEL J, O’SULLIVAN KELLY H KLAUS DAVID B GOLDMAN KEVIN S MASUDA HOJOON HWANG DAVID C. DINIELLI PETER A DETRE CARL H MOOR DAVID H. FRY LISA J. DEMSKY MALCOLM A HEINICKE GREGORY J. WEINGART TAMERLIN J GOGLEY JAMES C. RLITTEN RICHARD ST. JOHN ROHIT K. SINGLE LOIS LI CAROLYN HOECKER LOEDTKE C. DAVID LEE MARK H. KIM BRETT J. RODDA SEAN ESKOVITZ FRED A ROWLEY, JR. KATHERINE H. FORSTER BLANCA FRDMM YOUNG RANDALL G. SOMMER MARIA SEFERIAN MANUEL F. CACHAN ROSEMARTE T. RING JOSEPH J. YBARRA KATHERINE K. HOARD MICHELLE T. FRIEDLAND TODD J. ROSEN TRUC T. DO MELINDA EADES LEMOINE SETH GOLDMAN GRANT A DAVIS-DENNY JONATHAN H. BLAVIN JOHN B. OWENS SUSAN B, SZABO 560 M IS S 0 N STREET TWENTY-SEVENTH SA N FRANCISCO FLOOR CAL! FOR N A 9.4105—2907 TELEPHONE (415) 512—40 00 FACSIMILE (415) 512—4077 355 50 UTH G WA NO AVENUE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90071-1560 TE LE PHONE (213) 663-9100 FACSIMILE (213) 687-3702 September 21, 2012 LIIKA C MIYAKE HAILYN J. CHEN BRAD SCHNEIDER MIRIAM TIM MISTY M. SANFORD KATHERINE KU KIMBERLY A CUT DEREK J, KAUFMAN BETHANY W. KRISTOVICH BENJAMIN W HOWELL JACOBS. KREILKAMP ERIC P. TUTTLE HEATHER E. TAKAHASI-Il KEITH R.D. HAMILTON, II SORAYA C. KELLY PATRICK ANDERSON JEFFREY Y. WU H. LANCE JASPER ALISSA BRANHAM ADAM B. LATNTON AVI BRAZ PUNEET K. SANOHU DAVID C. LACHMAN JENNY H. HONG AKRON SEIJI LOWENSTEIN LAURA D. SMOLOWE LED GDLDBARO MATTHEW A. MACDONALD MARGARET 0. ZIEGLER ESTHER H. SUNG BENJAMIN J. HARD RENEE DELPHIN-RODRIGUEZ MICHAEL J. MONGAN KATHRYN A EIDMANN JOEL M. PURLES KYLE A CASAZZA AKRON GREENE LEIDERMAN ERIN J. CDK CLAIRE TAN DAVID H. PENNINGTON BRAM ALDEN MARK R. SAYSON JOHN M. RAPPAPORT DAVID C. THOMPSON ANNE HENRY LEE MATTHEW H. STEINBERG CHRISTIAN K WREDE PETER E GRATZINGER ANJAN CHOUOHURY JEREMY A LAWRENCE BENJAMIN E. FRIEDMAN CHRISTOPHER H, LYNCH RAY S SEILIE NICHOLAS C. SOLTMAN ADAM I. KAPLAN AMELIA L B SARGENT KENNETH M. JAMISON BRYAN H. HECKENLIVELY LAURA WIRTH JASMINE M. ROBERTS JENNIFER A JONES LAURA K SULLIVAN KYLE W MACH JEFFREY M. DSOFSKV ENRIQUE B SCHAERER GREGORY H. SERGI ACHYUT J. PHADKE OF COUNSEL RICHARD D. ESBENSHADEt ROBERT K, JDHNSONt ALAN V FRIEDMANK RICHARD S. VOLPERT RONALD K METER RICHARD F. DRDOYAN ALLISON B STEIN ALLEN M KATZ WILLIANa CHANG DANIEL B. LEVIS E, LEROY TOLLES 11922-20081 ‘A PROFESSIONAL CGBPDB*TION WRITER’S DIRECT LINE (415) 512-4029 (415) 644-6929 FAX Malcolrn.Heinicke@mto.com The Honorable Edward M. Chen U.S. District Court Northern District of California 450 Golden Gate Ave., 16th Floor San Francisco, CA 94102 Re: Justin Larkin, et al. v. Yelp! Inc. Case No. CV 11-1503 EMC Dear Judge Chen: We represent Defendant in the above-referenced action. We have provided an advance copy of this letter to counsel for Plaintiffs, and they have authorized us to send this as a joint letter, i.e., a letter on behalf of both Plaintiffs and Defendant. On September 17, 2012, the Clerk of Court entered a notice changing the date of the hearing on the motion for final approval of the class action settlement in this matter from November 16, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. to November 15, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. Because this hearing is on the motion for final approval of the settlement, the class action notice already sent to the settlement class members advised them of the original hearing date and time. In other words, to the extent any settlement class members are planning to attend the hearing to raise objections or otherwise participate, the notice they received already told them that the hearing would be at the original time set forth in the preliminary approval order. MuNGER, T0LLES & OLSON LLP The Honorable Edward M. Chen September 21, 2012 Page 2 In light of this, we respectfully submit that it would be appropriate to address this issue. Specifically, we respectfully submit that there are three ways to address the issue, all of which would be acceptable to the parties provided of course they are acceptable to the Court. First, and perhaps most simply, to the extent it is possible, the Court could simply move the hearing back to the original date and time. Second, the Court could move the hearing to the next available hearing date after November 16, 2012, and then the Clerk (with the assistance of counsel) could place a notice on the Court calendar outside the courtroom on November 16, 2012 stating that the hearing has been moved. Third, the Court could keep the current November 15 date on calendar, with the understanding that if anyone objects to the settlement prior to the October 23, 2012 deadline to do so, the parties will advise the objector(s) of the new hearing time. We apologize for the need to raise this issue, but we trust Your Honor and staff understand why we felt obliged to do so. Jspefully submitted, /// //‘ ‘// Malcolm A. Heinicke MAH:mp 18717587.1

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