Smith v. The Procter & Gamble Co.

Filing 40

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 39 STIPULATION Postponing Case Management Conference filed by The Procter & Gamble Co. Case Management Statement due by 2/19/2013. Case Management Conference set for 2/26/2013 10:00 AM in Courtroom E, 15th Floor, San Francisco. Signed by Judge Elizabeth D Laporte on 1/4/2013. (knm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/4/2013)

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Lara T. Kollios (State Bar No. 235395)
[e-mail]
JONES DAY
555 California Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

Benjamin M. Lopatin (State Bar No. 281730)
THE LAW OFFICES OF
HOWARD W. RUBINSTEIN, P.A.
One Embarcadero Center, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

Hugh R. Whiting (admission pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Kevin D. Boyce (admission pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
JONES DAY
North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

Attorneys for Plaintiff
CHERISH M. SMITH

Attorneys for Defendant
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CHERISH M. SMITH, as an individual, and
on behalf of all other similarly situated,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 3:12-cv-00557-EDL
JOINT STIPULATION AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER POSTPONING
CASE MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE

THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO., a Ohio
corporation doing business as CREST,
Defendant.

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-1(b), all parties to this action, through their duly authorized
undersigned counsel, stipulate and request as follows:
WHEREAS, pursuant to Plaintiff Cherish M. Smith (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant The
Procter & Gamble Company’s (“Defendant”) joint stipulation, the Court scheduled a case
management conference for January 15, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. and ordered the parties to file a joint

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER POSTPONING CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

Case No. 3:12-CV-00557-EDL

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case management statement no later than January 8, 2013 (Doc. 37);

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WHEREAS, currently, there are five separate lawsuits (including the above-captioned

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matter) now pending in five different courts, all asserting similar claims based on allegations

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about marketing Crest Sensitivity Treatment & Protection toothpaste—the other four cases are:

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Rossi v. The Procter & Gamble Company, D.N.J., Case No. 2:11-cv-07238-JLL-MAH;

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Gilbert v. The Procter & Gamble Company, S.D. Ohio, Case No. 1:12-cv-00040-TSB;

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Immerman v. The Procter & Gamble Company, et al., Case No. 12-cv-779534 (Cuyahoga

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Cty. C.P.); and
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Alvandi v. The Procter & Gamble Distributing, LLC, Case No. BC486938 (Cal. Super.);

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WHEREAS, settlement discussions are currently taking place to resolve all five cases;

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WHEREAS, based on these settlement discussions, Plaintiff Cherish M. Smith

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(“Plaintiff”) and Defendant The Procter & Gamble Company (“Defendant”) have previously

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stipulated to extend Defendant’s time to answer, move, or respond to Plaintiff’s Amended

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Complaint to February 1, 2013 (Doc. 38);

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WHEREAS, other previous time modifications in this case include a Stipulation

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Extending Defendant’s Time to Answer, Move, or Respond to Complaint to March 29, 2012

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(Doc. 11), dated February 28, 2012; a Joint Stipulation and Order for Stay (Doc. 25), dated April

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10, 2012; a Stipulation Extending Defendant’s Time to Answer, Move, or Respond to Amended

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Complaint to December 1, 2012 (Doc. 35), dated November 5, 2012; and a Joint Stipulation and

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Order Postponing Case Management Conference to January 15, 2013 (Doc. 37), dated November

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19, 2012;

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WHEREAS, the requested postponement of the case management conference will not
otherwise affect the schedule for the case.
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties, through their respective

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counsel, that the case management conference scheduled on January 15, 2013, be postponed to

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February 26, 2013, and that a joint case management statement shall be filed no later than

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February 19, 2013.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.
JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER POSTPONING CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

Case No. 3:12-CV-00557-EDL

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/s/ Benjamin M. Lopatin
Benjamin M. Lopatin (State Bar No. 281730)
LAW OFFICES OF HOWARD W.
RUBINSTEIN, P.A.
One Embarcadero Center, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone [phone], ext. 2
Facsimile [phone]

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Attorney for Plaintiff Cherish M. Smith

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Dated: January 3, 2013

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Dated: January 3, 2013

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/s/ Kevin D. Boyce
Lara T. Kollios (State Bar No. 235395)
[e-mail]
JONES DAY
555 California Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Hugh R. Whiting (admission pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Kevin D. Boyce (admission pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
JONES DAY
North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant
The Procter & Gamble Company

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.
January 4
Dated: ________________, 2013

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___________________________________
Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

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Dated: January 3, 2013

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Respectfully submitted,
Jones Day

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By: /s/ Kevin D. Boyce
Kevin D. Boyce

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Counsel for Defendant

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ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO CIVIL LOCAL RULE 5-1(i)(3)
I, Kevin D. Boyce, attest that I obtained the concurrence of Benjamin M. Lopatin in the
filing of this document. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that
the forgoing is true and correct. Executed this 3rd day of January, 2013, in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Dated: January 3, 2013

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JONES DAY,

By: /s/ Kevin D. Boyce
Kevin D. Boyce

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Attorneys for Defendant
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO.

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