Bui et al v. NYK Line (North America) Inc. et al

Filing 7

STIPULATION AND ORDER re #6 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER to Extend Time filed by Nicholas Letourneau, Tiffany Bui. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on September 3, 2013. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/3/2013)

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Daniel C .Girard (SBN: 114826)
Dena C. Sharp (SBN: 245869)
Adam E. Polk (SBN: 273000)
Scott M. Grzenczyk (SBN: 279309)
GIRARD GIBBS LLP
601 California Sreet, 14th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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Counsel for Plaintiffs Tiffany Bui
and Nicholas Letourneau

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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TIFFANY BUI and NICHOLAS LETOURNEAU
Individually and on Behalf of and All Others
Similarly Situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
NYK LINE (NORTH AMERICA) INC.; NIPPON
YUSEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA; WILH.
WILHELMSEN HOLDING ASA, WILH.
WILHELMSEN ASA, MITSUI O.S.K. LINES.
LTD.; KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD.; “K”
LINE AMERICA, INC.; EUKOR CAR
CARRIERS INC.; WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN
LOGISTICS AS; WILH. WILHELMSEN ASA;
WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN LOGISTICS
AMERICAS LLC; WALLENIUS LINES AB,
COMPAÑÍA SUD AMERICANA DE
VAPORES, S.A.; TOYOFUJI SHIPPING CO.,
LTD.; AND NISSAN MOTOR CAR CARRIER
CO., LTD.,
Defendants.

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STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME

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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have filed a complaint on behalf of indirect purchasers of

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vehicle carrier services against a number of defendants alleging violations of Section 1 of the

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Sherman Act and various state laws in connection with sales of vehicle carrier services (the

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“Complaint”);

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WHEREAS, several related civil actions have been filed in District Courts across

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the country, including F. Ruggiero & Sons, Inc., et al. v. NYK Line (North America) Inc. et al., No.

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2:13-cv-00016-ES-SCM (D.N.J. May 24, 2013); Nelson v. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, No.

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3:13-cv-00604-HLA-MCR (M.D. Fla. May 24, 2013); MacQuarrie, et al. v. Nippon Yusen

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Kabushiki Kaisha, No. 3:13-cv-2409-JST (N.D. Cal. May 28, 2013); Knudson v. NYK Line (North

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America), Inc., No. 2:13-cv-03485-ES-SCM (D.N.J. June 5, 2013); Schroeder v. Nippon Yusen

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Kabushiki Kaisha, No. 3:13-cv-01319-DHB (S.D. Cal. June 6, 2013); Adame v. Nippon Yusen

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Kabushiki Kaisha, No. 3:13-cv-00651-HAL-JBT (M.D. Fla. June 6, 2013); Martens Cars of

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Wash., Inc., et al. v. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, No. 3:13-cv-02696-EDL (N.D. Cal. June 12,

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2013); Levis, et al. v. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, et al., No. 3:13-cv-02895-NC (N.D. Cal.

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June 24, 2013); Spicer et al. v. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, et al., No. 3:13-cv-02894-DMR

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(N.D. Cal. June 24, 20133); Stasik v. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki et al., No. 13-cv-1467-LAB-BLM

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(S.D. Cal. June 25, 2013); and it is possible that other such related actions will continue to be filed

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(collectively, the “Related Actions”);

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WHEREAS, on June 13, 2013, a Motion for Consolidation and Transfer under

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28 U.S.C. section 1407 was filed before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (the “JPML”)

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for transfer and consolidation and/or coordination of several of the Related Actions, and Plaintiffs

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and Defendants in the Related Actions expect that a consolidated amended complaint (“CAC”)

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will be filed in this action following an order of the JPML;

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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Defendants in the Related Actions have entered into a

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stipulation dated July 3, 2013, a copy of which is annexed as Exhibit A, extending Defendants’

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time to move or answer or otherwise respond to the complaints in the Related Actions or the CAC;

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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs in this case desire to join that stipulation and extend the

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deadlines in this case in accordance with its terms;

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the undersigned,
that:

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Subject to paragraph 4 below, the Stipulating Defendants shall have no obligation

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to respond to the Complaints in the Related Actions until after the JPML has entered an order in

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connection with the motion for transfer and consolidation and/or coordination.

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If any of the Related Actions are consolidated and/or coordinated for pretrial

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proceedings, the Stipulating Defendants shall, as permitted by Fed. R. Civ. P. 12, answer, move, or

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otherwise respond to the CAC that consolidates this action and any Related Actions within 45 days

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after a CAC is filed, unless the transferee court sets a different schedule. In the event the Plaintiffs

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serve notice that they will not file a CAC, then the Stipulating Defendants will have 45 days from

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the date of the notice to respond to the Complaints.

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If any of the Related Actions are not consolidated and/or coordinated for pretrial

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proceedings, the Stipulating Defendants shall, as permitted by Fed. R. Civ. P. 12, answer, move, or

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otherwise respond to the Complaints within 45 days after entry of any such order.

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Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3), above, if any Stipulating Defendant

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responds to any discovery request, participates in any meet and confer, files an answer, moves,

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and/or otherwise responds pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 in any of the Related Actions before the

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date required by this Stipulation, that Stipulating Defendant will serve Plaintiffs with discovery,

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meet and confer, answer, move, and/or otherwise respond concurrently in any Related Action,

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unless such action has not been filed with a court for 21 days, in which case the Stipulating

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Defendant will serve Plaintiffs with discovery, meet and confer, answer, move, and/or otherwise

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respond within the time required by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in that action.

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Defendants do not waive: (a) any jurisdictional defenses that may be available

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under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12; (b) any affirmative defenses under Fed. R. Civ. P. 8; (c) any other

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statutory or common law defenses that may be available to the Stipulating Defendants in any of the

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Related Actions; or (d) any right to seek or oppose any reassignment, transfer, or consolidation

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alternatives with respect to any of the Related Actions. The Stipulating Defendants expressly

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reserve their rights to raise any such defenses (or any other defense) in response to either the extant

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complaints or any amended and/or consolidated complaint that may be in any of the Related

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Actions. Nothing herein shall be construed as an acknowledgment of service of process, a waiver

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of objections to service of process, or an appearance by any defendant in any of the Related

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Actions.

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Plaintiffs’ obligations to serve a copy of the complaint on Defendants shall not

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begin to run until the filing of the CAC (or any other date set by the transferee court) or the date

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the JPML denies transfer.

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Plaintiffs further agree that this Stipulation is available, without further stipulation,

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to all other named defendants who notify the Plaintiffs in writing of their intention to join this

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Stipulation (such defendants will become a Stipulating Defendant).

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The undersigned, in accordance with Local Rule 5-5(a)(1), hereby acknowledge

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service of this Stipulation. The undersigned parties agree that until they have made an appearance

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in this matter and registered for notifications via ECF, they agree to accept service of documents

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other than the complaint via electronic mail at the addresses listed below.

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Nothing in this Stipulation shall preclude Plaintiffs or the Defendants from seeking

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to amend the filing deadlines set forth herein.

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Dated: August 29, 2013
By:

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Counsel for Plaintiffs Tiffany Bui
and Nicholas Letourneau

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/s/ Dena C. Sharp
Daniel C .Girard (SBN: 114826)
Dena C. Sharp (SBN: 245869)
Adam E. Polk (SBN: 273000)
Scott M. Grzenczyk (SBN: 279309)
GIRARD GIBBS LLP
601 California Street, 14th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS:
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
HALE & DORR LLP

CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN
& HAMILTON LLP

By: /s/ Steven F. Cherry

By: /s/ Jeremy Calsyn

Steven F. Cherry

Jeremy Calsyn

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1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: [phone]
Counsel for Defendant Compania Sud
Americana de Vapores, S.A.

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Mark W. Nelson
2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Telephone: [phone]

Counsel for Defendants “K” Line America,
Inc. and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

ARNOLD & PORTER LLP

BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

By: /s/ James L. Cooper

By: /s/ John R. Fornaciari

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James L. Cooper
Danielle M. Garten
555 Twelfth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004-1206
Telephone: [phone]

John R. Fornaciari
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Telephone: [phone]
Counsel for Defendants NYK Line (North
America) Inc. and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki
Kaisha

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Counsel for Defendants Mitsui O.S.K.
Lines, Ltd., Nissan Motor Car Carrier
Co., Ltd.

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MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP

By: /s/ Scott A. Stempel______

By: /s/ Steven M. Edwards

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Scott A. Stempel
J. Clayton Everett, Jr.
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20004-2541
Telephone: [phone]
Counsel for Defendant Toyofuji Shipping
Co., Ltd.

Steven M. Edwards
Megan Dixon
875 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Telephone: [phone]
Counsel for Defendants Wilh. Wilhelmsen
Holding ASA, Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA,
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics AS,
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics Americas
LLC, Wallenius Lines AB, EUKOR Car
Carriers Inc.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED:

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Dated: September 3, 2013

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