E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company v. USA Performance Technology, Inc. et al

Filing 70

ORDER GRANTING 69 STIPULATION EXTENDING STAY OF ACTION. Signed by Judge JEFFREY S. WHITE on 9/23/13. (jjoS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/23/2013)

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Case3:11-cv-01665-JSW Document69 Filed09/10/13 Page1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 GLYNN & FINLEY, LLP CLEMENT L. GLYNN, Bar No. 57117 MORGAN K. LOPEZ, Bar No. 215513 JONATHAN A. ELDREDGE, Bar No. 238559 One Walnut Creek Center 100 Pringle Avenue, Suite 500 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Telephone: (925) 210-2800 Facsimile: (925) 945-1975 6 Attorneys for E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, 13 Plaintiff, v. 14 16 USA PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY, INC., PERFORMANCE GROUP (USA), INC., WALTER LIEW, and JOHN LIU, 17 Defendants. 15 18 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 3:11-cv-01665-JSW JOINT STATUS REPORT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING STAY OF ACTION Judge: Hon. Jeffrey S. White Hearing Date: None 19 20 Pursuant to the Court’s July 12, 2013 Order, Plaintiff E. I. du Pont de Nemours and 21 Company (“DuPont”) and defendants Walter Liew and USA Performance Technology, Inc. 22 (collectively “USAPT”) submit this Joint Status Report. The parties request that the stay in this 23 matter set to expire on September 17, 2013, remain in place for an additional 60 days, through 24 November 18, 2013. 25 On April 6, 2011, DuPont filed the instant suit. (Docket # 1.) Defendants filed their 26 Substituted Answer and Counterclaim on July 11, 2011. (Docket # 35.) The action was first 27 stayed on July 22, 2011. (Docket # 39.) 28 /// -1JOINT STATUS REPORT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING STAY Case3:11-cv-01665-JSW Document69 Filed09/10/13 Page2 of 5 On August 23, 2011, the United States filed United States v. Walter Liew and Christina 1 2 Liew, No. CR-11-0573-RS. On February 7, 2012, the United States filed a superseding 3 indictment in said action. (Id. at Docket # 64.) On March 12, 2013, the United States filed a 4 Second Superseding Indictment. (Id. at Docket # 269.) DuPont’s Position: The second superseding indictment alleges that defendant Walter 5 6 Liew, his wife, Christina Liew, and several other individual defendants violated multiple federal 7 trade secret and economic espionage laws when they stole – and utilized – the trade secrets at 8 issue in this action. Inter alia, Mr. Liew is charged with Conspiracy to Commit Economic 9 Espionage, Conspiracy to Commit Theft of Trade Secrets, Possession of Trade Secrets, 10 Conveying Trade Secrets, Witness Tampering, and False Statements. (See id. ¶¶ 16-97.) In 11 addition, the second superseding indictment identifies five DuPont trade secrets relating to its 12 TiO2 technology at issue in the criminal action. (Id. ¶ 14.) The second superseding indictment 13 also names various of the Pangang Companies and charges them with 1) Conspiracy to Commit 14 Economic Espionage, 2) Conspiracy to Commit Theft of Trade Secrets, and 3) Attempted 15 Economic Espionage. (Id. ¶¶ 9-10, 17, 22-31, 39-40, 45, 52-54, 57-58.) USAPT’s Position: Defendants believe that the second superseding indictment speaks for 16 17 itself, and no further explanation or commentary is appropriate or needed. 18 History Relating to the Stay in this Action 19 On September 7, 2011, this Court issued an Order relating the criminal proceeding with 20 this action, pursuant to its determination that this action and the criminal proceeding are related 21 within the meaning of Crim. L.R. 8-1(b). (Docket # 42.) 1 On September 23, 2011, the parties filed a joint status report requesting that the stay 22 23 initially entered on July 22, 2011 (Docket # 39), be extended for an additional 60 days. (Docket 24 # 44.) On September 29, 2011, the Court granted the parties’ request. (Docket # 45.) 25 /// 26 1 27 28 On September 16, 2011, DuPont dismissed without prejudice defendant John Liu pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1). (Docket # 43.) Thus, the only remaining defendants in this action are Walter Liew and his companies, USA Performance Technology Inc. and Performance Group, Inc. -2JOINT STATUS REPORT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING STAY Case3:11-cv-01665-JSW Document69 Filed09/10/13 Page3 of 5 On November 23, 2011, the parties filed an additional joint status report requesting that 1 2 the stay be extended for an additional 60 days. (Docket # 46.) The Court granted the parties’ 3 request on November 29, 2011. (Docket # 48.) On January 24, 2012, the parties filed an additional joint status report requesting that the 4 5 stay be extended for an additional 60 days. (Docket # 49.) The Court granted the parties’ 6 request on January 31, 2012. (Docket # 50.) On March 26, 2012, the parties filed an additional joint status report requesting that the 7 8 stay be extended for an additional 60 days. (Docket # 51.) The Court granted the parties’ 9 request on March 27, 2012. (Docket # 52.) On May 23, 2012, the parties filed an additional joint status report requesting that the 10 11 stay be extended for an additional 60 days. (Docket # 53). The Court granted the parties’ 12 request on May 23, 2012. (Docket # 54). 13 On July 23, 2012, the parties filed an additional joint status report requesting that the stay 14 be extended for an additional 60 days. (Docket # 55). The Court granted the parties’ request on 15 July 24, 2012. (Docket # 56). On September 21, 2012, the parties filed an additional joint status report requesting that 16 17 the stay be extended for an additional 60 days. (Docket # 57). The Court granted the parties’ 18 request later that day. (Docket # 58). On November 20, 2012, the parties filed an additional joint status report requesting that 19 20 the stay be extended for an additional 60 days. (Docket # 59). The Court granted the parties’ 21 request later that day. (Docket # 60). On January 18, 2013, the parties filed an additional joint status report requesting that the 22 23 stay be extended for an additional 60 days. (Docket # 61). The Court granted the parties’ 24 request later that day. (Docket # 62). On March 26, 2013, the parties filed an additional joint status report requesting that the 25 26 stay be extended for an additional 60 days. (Docket # 63). The Court granted the parties’ 27 request later that day. (Docket # 64). 28 /// -3JOINT STATUS REPORT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING STAY Case3:11-cv-01665-JSW Document69 Filed09/10/13 Page4 of 5 1 On May 20, 2013, the parties filed an additional joint status report requesting that the 2 stay be extended for an additional 60 days. (Docket # 65). The Court granted the parties’ 3 request on May 21, 2013. (Docket # 66). 4 On July 12, 2013, the parties filed an additional joint status report requesting that the stay 5 be extended for an additional 60 days. (Docket # 67). The Court granted the parties’ request 6 later that day. (Docket # 68). 7 8 The undersigned counsel request that the stay remain in place for an additional 60 days, at which time the parties will update the Court. 9 10 Dated: September 10, 2013 11 12 13 GLYNN & FINLEY, LLP CLEMENT L. GLYNN MORGAN K. LOPEZ JONATHAN A. ELDREDGE One Walnut Creek Center 100 Pringle Avenue, Suite 500 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 14 By /s/ Morgan K. Lopez Attorneys for Plaintiff 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Dated: September 10, 2013 MOUNT & STOELKER, P.C. DANIEL S. MOUNT ON LU KEVIN M. PASQUINELLI RiverPark Tower, Suite 1650 333 West San Carlos Street San Jose, CA 95110-2740 By /s/ Daniel S. Mount Attorneys for Defendants USA Performance Technology, Inc., and Walter Liew 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -4JOINT STATUS REPORT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING STAY Case3:11-cv-01665-JSW Document69 Filed09/10/13 Page5 of 5 [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 2 Having read and considered the Joint Status Report, 3 IT IS ORDERED THAT: 4 The parties’ request that the stay be extended until November 18, 2013 is hereby 5 GRANTED. Counsel shall submit a joint status report on or before November 11, 2013. 6 7 Due to this Court's unavailability the week of November 18, 2013 and the Thanksgiving Holiday, the Court extends the stay until December 6, 2013. The parties shall file a joint status report on or before December 2, 2013. 8 September ____, 2013 23 9 Honorable Jeffrey S. White UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -5JOINT STATUS REPORT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING STAY

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