Synopsys, Inc. v. Mentor Graphics Corporation

Filing 25

STIPULATION AND ORDER SELECTING ADR PROCESS. Signed by Judge Maxine M. Chesney on March 12, 2013. (mmclc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/12/2013)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SYNOPSYS, INC.,

CASE NO. 3:12-cv-06467-MMC
Plaintiff,

v.

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER SELECTING ADR PROCESS

MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION,
Defendant.

Counsel report that they have met and conferred regarding ADR and have reached the
following stipulation pursuant to Civil L.R. 16-8 and ADR L.R. 3-5:
The parties agree to participate in the following ADR process:
Court Processes:
Non-binding Arbitration (ADR L.R. 4)
Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) (ADR L.R. 5)
Mediation (ADR L.R. 6)
(Note: Parties who believe that an early settlement conference with a Magistrate Judge is
appreciably more likely to meet their needs than any other form of ADR must participate in an
ADR phone conference and may not file this form. They must instead file a Notice of Need for
ADR Phone Conference. See Civil Local Rule 16-8 and ADR L.R. 3-5)
Private Process:
X
Private ADR (please identify process and provider). Mediation before JAMS
mediator Hon. Edward A. Infante (Ret.) was conducted on January 21, 2013. The
parties agree to continue the discussions started with Judge Infante.
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The parties agree to hold the ADR session by:
the presumptive deadline (The deadline is 90 days from the date of the order
referring the case to an ADR process unless otherwise ordered. )
X

other requested deadline. The parties conducted mediation on January 21, 2013.

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Dated: March 8, 2013

I. NEEL CHATTERJEE
WILLIAM H. WRIGHT
VICKIE L. FEEMAN
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
DOUGLAS E. LUMISH
JEFFREY G. HOMRIG
GABRIEL S. GROSS
JOSEPH H. LEE
Kasowitz, Benson, Torres &
Friedman, LLP
M. PATRICIA THAYER
PHILIP W. WOO
Sidley Austin LLP

By: /s/ William H. Wright_________
Attorneys for Plaintiff
SYNOPSYS, INC.

Dated: March 8, 2013

GEORGE A. RILEY
MARK E. MILLER
MICHAEL SAPOZNIKOW
ELIZABETH OFFEN-BROWN
O’Melveny & Meyers, LLP
By: /s/ Mark E. Miller__________
Attorneys for Defendant
MENTOR GRAPHICS
CORPORATION

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), counsel for SYNOPSYS, INC. has obtained the
concurrence of MENTOR GRAPHICS counsel in the filing of this Stipulation.

By: /s/ William H. Wright____
William H. Wright
Attorneys for Plaintiff
SYNOPSYS, INC.

[PROPOSED] ORDER
The parties’ stipulation is adopted and IT IS SO ORDERED.
The parties’ stipulation is modified as follows, and IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

March 12, 2013

__________________________________
HONORABLE MAXINE M. CHESNEY
United States Senior District Judge

When filing this document in ECF, please be sure to use the appropriate Docket
Event, e.g., “Stipulation and Proposed Order Selecting Mediation.”

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