Edstrom et al v. Anheuser-Busch InBEV SA/NV et al

Filing 59

NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AND SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT GRUPO MODELO S.A.B. DE C.V. AND ORDER. Signed by Judge Maxine M. Chesney on June 11, 2013. (mmclc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/11/2013)

1 ALLEN RUBY (Bar No. 47109)
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
2 525 University Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94301-1908
3 Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
4 Email: [e-mail]
5 STEVEN C. SUNSHINE (admitted pro hac vice)
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
6 1440 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-2111
7 Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
8 Email: [e-mail]
9 JAMES A. KEYTE (admitted pro hac vice)
KAREN HOFFMAN LENT (admitted pro hac vice)
10 SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
Four Times Square
11 New York, New York 10036
Telephone: [phone]
12 Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
13 Email: [e-mail]
14 Attorneys for Defendants ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV and GRUPO MODELO S.A.B.
DE C.V.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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STEVEN EDSTROM, BARRY
20 GINSBURG, MARTIN GINSBURG,
EDWARD LAWRENCE, SHARON
21 MARTIN, MARK M. NAEGER, JOHN
NYPL, DANIEL SAYLE, WILLIAM
22 STAGE,
Plaintiffs,

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v.

25 ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV,
GRUPO MODELO S.A.B. de C.V., and
26 CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC.
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Defendants.

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CASE NO. C-13-1309-MMC
NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AND
SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL FOR
DEFENDANT GRUPO MODELO S.A.B.
DE C.V. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
The Honorable Maxine M. Chesney

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NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AND SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

Case No.: C-13-1309-MMC

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Defendant Grupo Modelo S.A.B. de C.V. (“Modelo”), now

2 a subsidiary of Defendant Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, has retained Skadden, Arps, Slate,
3 Meagher & Flom LLP to substitute as counsel for Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and Fenwick &
4 West LLP in the above-captioned matter. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 11-5, Modelo requests that
5 the Court approve the withdrawal and substitution.
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Withdrawing counsel for Defendant Modelo are:

7 Yonatan Even (admitted pro hac vice)
CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP
8 825 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
9 Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
10 Email: [e-mail]

Marie Caroline Bafus (Bar No. 157646)
FENWICK & WEST LLP
555 California St., 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

11 Rowan D. Wilson (Bar No. 118488)
CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP
12 825 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
13 Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
14 Email: [e-mail]

Dean S. Kristy (Bar No. 212297)
FENWICK & WEST LLP
555 California Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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Christopher James Steskal (Bar No. 212297)
FENWICK & WEST LLP
555 California Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AND SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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All pleadings, orders and notices should henceforth be served upon the following

2 substituted counsel for Defendant Grupo Modelo S.A.B. de C.V.:
3 Allen Ruby (Bar No. 47109)
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER &
4 FLOM LLP
525 University Avenue
5 Suite 1100
Palo Alto, CA 94301
6 Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
7 Email: [e-mail]

Steven C. Sunshine (admitted pro hac vice)
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER &
FLOM LLP
1440 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-371-7860
202-661-0560 (fax)
Email: [e-mail]
Karen Hoffman Lent (admitted pro hac vice)
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER &
FLOM LLP
Four Times Square
New York, NY 10036
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

8 James A. Keyte (admitted pro hac vice)
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER &
9 FLOM LLP
Four Times Square
10 New York, NY 10036
Telephone: [phone]
11 Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
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Ian G. John (admitted pro hac vice)
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER &
FLOM LLP
Four Times Square
New York, NY 10036
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AND SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

Case No.: C-13-1309-MMC

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The undersigned parties consent to the above withdrawal and substitution of counsel.

2 DATED: June 7, 2013

GRUPO MODELO S.A.B. DE C.V.

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BY:
/s/ Margarita Hugues Velez
Margarita Hugues Velez
Vice President, Legal Affairs
GRUPO MODELO S.A.B. DE C.V.

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SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
BY:
/s/ Allen Ruby
Allen Ruby
Attorneys for Defendants
ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV
GRUPO MODELO S.A.B. DE C.V.

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DATED: June 7, 2013

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CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP
BY:

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/s/ Yonatan Even
Yonatan Even
Former Attorneys for Defendant
GRUPO MODELO S.A.B. DE C.V.

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FENWICK & WEST LLP

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BY:
/s/ Dean S. Kristy
Dean S. Kristy
Former Attorneys for Defendant
GRUPO MODELO S.A.B. DE C.V.

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The above withdrawal and substitution of counsel is approved and so ORDERED.

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MAXINE M. CHESNEY
United States District Judge

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SIGNATURE ATTESTATION
Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that I have obtained the concurrence

3 in the filing of this document from all the signatories for whom a signature is indicated by a
4 “conformed” signature (/s/) within this e-filed document and I have on file records to support this
5 concurrence for subsequent production for the court if so order or for inspection upon request.
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DATED: June 7, 2013

/s/ Allen Ruby

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Allen Ruby

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