Petru et al v. Apple, Inc. et al

Filing 8

MOTION to Relate Case filed by Patsy Diamond. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order, # 2 Declaration of Michael F. Ram, # 3 Exhibit A to Declaration of Michael F. Ram, # 4 Exhibit B to Declaration of Michael F. Ram, # 5 Certificate/Proof of Service)(Ram, Michael) (Filed on 8/19/2011)

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Michael F. Ram (SBN 104805)
RAM, OLSON, CEREGHINO
& KOPCZYNSKI LLP
555 Montgomery Street, Suite 820
San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Eugene A. Spector
Jeffrey L. Kodroff
Jonathan M. Jagher
SPECTOR ROSEMAN KODROFF
& WILLIS P.C.
1818 Market Street, Suite 2500
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ANTHONY PETRU and MARCUS MATHIS,
Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly
Situated,
Plaintiffs,

No. 3:11-cv-03892 EMC
CLASS ACTION

v.
APPLE INC.; HACHETTE BOOK GROUP, INC.;
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS, INC.;
MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS, INC.; PENGUIN
GROUP (USA) INC.; and SIMON & SCHUSTER,
INC.,
Defendants.
PATSY DIAMOND, Individually and on Behalf of
All Others Similarly Situated,
Plaintiff,
v.
APPLE INC.; HACHETTE BOOK GROUP, INC.;
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS, INC.;
MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS, INC; PENGUIN
GROUP (USA) INC.; and SIMON & SCHUSTER,
INC.,

No. 3:11-CV-03954-NC
DECLARATION OF MICHAEL F.
RAM IN SUPPORT OF
ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO
CONSIDER WHETHER CASES
SHOULD BE RELATED [L.R. 3-12]

Defendants.

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Case No. 3:11-CV-03954-NC – DECLARATION OF MICHAEL F. RAM IN SUPPORT
OF ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED

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I, Michael F. Ram, declare as follows:

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I am a member in good standing of the California State Bar and an attorney at the law

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firm of Ram, Olson, Cereghino & Kopczynski LLP, counsel of record for Plaintiff in Patsy Diamond

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v. Apple, Inc. et al., Case No. 3:11-CV-03954-NC (“Diamond”). I make this declaration based on

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my personal knowledge, and if called to testify to the contents, I could and would competently do so.

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Attached as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of the class action complaint filed on

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August 9, 2011 in Petru et al. v. Apple, Inc. et al. Case No. 3:11-CV-03892 EMC, and assigned to

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the Honorable Edward M. Chen.

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Attached as Exhibit B is a true and accurate copy of the class action complaint filed

on August 11, 2011 in Diamond v. Apple, Inc. et al., Case No. 3:11-CV-03954-NC.
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Defendants that have been sued in Diamond have yet to appear in the action. Local

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Rule 3-12 requires an Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Cases Should Be Related to be

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filed promptly. Therefore, a stipulation could not be entered prior to the filing of Plaintiffs’

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Administrative Motion.

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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing facts are true and correct and that this
declaration was executed on this 19th day of August, 2011 in San Francisco, California.

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/s/ Michael F. Ram
Michael F. Ram (SBN 104805)
RAM, OLSON, CEREGHINO
& KOPCZYNSKI LLP
555 Montgomery Street, Suite 820
San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Case No. 3:11-CV-03954-NC – DECLARATION OF MICHAEL F. RAM IN SUPPORT
OF ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED

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