Fenerjian v. Nong Shim Company, Ltd et al

Filing 37

STIPULATION TO EXTEND THE TIME WITHIN WHICH TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT; ORDER THEREON re 34 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER. Case Management Conference set for 2/4/2014 02:00 PM in Courtroom 2, 17th Floor, San Francisco. Signed by Judge William H. Orrick on 11/18/2013. (jmdS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/18/2013)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Squire Sanders (US) LLP Mark C. Dosker (CA Bar No. 114789) mark.dosker@squiresanders.com Anne Choi Goodwin (CA State Bar # 216244) anne.goodwin@squiresanders.com Joseph P. Grasser (CA State Bar # 255156) joseph.grasser@squiresanders.com 275 Battery Street, Suite 2600 San Francisco, California 94111 Tel: +1.415.954.0200 Fax: +1.415.393.9887 Attorneys for Defendant NONGSHIM AMERICA, INC. 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 STEPHEN FENERJIAN, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. NONG SHIM COMPANY, LTD.; NONGSHIM AMERICA, INC.; OTTOGI COMPANY, LTD.; OTTOGI AMERICA, INC.; SAMYANG FOODS COMPANY LTD.; SAM YANG (U.S.A.) INC.; KOREA YAKULT CO, LTD.; KOREA YAKULT CO., LTD. D/B/A PALDO AMERICA, and PALDO COMPANY, LTD., Case No. 13-CV-04115-WHO Class Action STIPULATION TO EXTEND THE TIME WITHIN WHICH TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT; ORDER THEREON Civil L.R. 6-1(a) Defendants. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SQUIRE SANDERS (US) LLP 275 Battery Street, Suite 2600 San Francisco, California 94111 STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; ORDER THEREON CASE NO. 13-CV-04115-WHO 1 2 RECITALS 3 WHEREAS, on October 7, 2012, through stipulation, the Parties, by and through their 4 respective counsel, extended Nongshim America, Inc.’s (“NS America”) time to respond to the 5 complaint in this action until November 25, 2013; 6 7 WHEREAS, the Initial Case Management Conference (“CMC”) in this action is currently set for November 26, 2013; 8 WHEREAS, this action is one of ten currently-pending lawsuits arising out of an alleged 9 conspiracy to manipulate the prices of Korean noodle products (the “Related Actions”). Each of 10 the ten actions names the same four Korea-based companies and their alleged U.S. subsidiaries as 11 Defendants; 12 WHEREAS, in light of the overlapping factual and legal issues presented by these 13 different cases, on September 19, the Plaintiff in this action filed a motion before the Judicial 14 Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) to transfer and consolidate the Related Actions (the 15 “MDL Motion”); 16 17 WHEREAS, the JPML set the MDL Motion for hearing on December 5 and, in ruling on that motion, will decide (a) if the cases should be consolidated and (b) in which court; 18 WHEREAS, to date, all of the parties that have appeared before the JPML have filed a 19 response in support, joinder or non-opposition to transfer the related cases to the Northern District 20 of California to be presided over by this Court; 21 WHEREAS, the purpose of the MDL Motion is “to eliminate duplicative discovery, 22 prevent inconsistent pretrial rulings (especially with respect to class certification matters), and 23 conserve the resources of the parties, their counsel and the judiciary.” In re Hypodermic Prods. 24 Antitrust Litig., 408 F. Supp. 2d 1356, 1357 (J.P.M.L. 2005); 25 WHEREAS, on November 5, 2013, Plaintiff in this action filed a motion for an order (1) 26 naming an “Interim Lead Class Counsel” and “Liaison Counsel,” (2) setting a schedule for the 27 filing of a “Consolidated Complaint” by the consolidated Plaintiffs and (3) consolidating the 28 STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; ORDER THEREON CASE NO. 13-CV-04115-WHO SQUIRE SANDERS (US) LLP 275 Battery Street, Suite 2600 San Francisco, California 94111 -2- 1 following five actions pending in this Court (the “Indirect Purchaser Actions”): Fenerjian v. 2 Nong Shim Co., Ltd., Case No. 13-4115-WHO; Bonnington v. Nong Shim Co., Ltd., Case No. 13- 3 4296-WHO; Christina Nguyen v. Nong Shim Co., Ltd., Case No. 13-4308-WHO ; Thu-Thuy 4 Nguyen v. Nong Shim Co., Ltd., Case No. 13-4335-WHO; and Pelobello v. Nong Shim Co., Ltd., 5 Case No. 13-4898-EDL (the “Motion to Consolidate”). This Motion to Consolidate was jointly 6 filed by the Plaintiffs in all five of the Indirect Purchaser Actions. 7 WHEREAS, in the Motion to Consolidate, Plaintiffs also request leave to file a 8 consolidated complaint with the Court on or before 45 days from the date the Court enters the 9 consolidation order or at such other time as the Court shall order. 10 WHEREAS, the Motion to Consolidate is currently set for hearing on December 18, 2013; 11 WHEREAS, NS America’s current deadline to respond to the Complaint in this action is 12 before the hearings on the MDL Motion and the Motion to Consolidate; 13 WHEREAS, depending on the JPML’s ruling and/or if the Court grants Plaintiffs’ Motion 14 to Consolidate and Plaintiffs file a consolidated complaint, response to the current complaint will 15 become moot; 16 WHEREAS, the interests of justice and judicial efficiency will be furthered by continuing 17 the date by which NS America must respond to the complaint in this action to January 6, 2014, a 18 date following the December 5, 2013 hearing before the JPML and the December 18, 2013 19 hearing before this Court on the Motion to Consolidate; and 20 WHEREAS, the interests of justice and judicial efficiency will be furthered by also 21 continuing the CMC to a date after the December 5, 2013 hearing before the JPML and the 22 December 18, 2013 hearing before this Court on the Motion to Consolidate. 23 RECITALS 24 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties, by and through their respective undersigned counsel, 25 hereby stipulate, and the Court ORDERS, that (1) NS America shall have an extension of time 26 through and including January 6, 2014 within which to respond to the complaint in this action, 27 28 SQUIRE SANDERS (US) LLP 275 Battery Street, Suite 2600 San Francisco, California 94111 -3- STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; ORDER THEREON CASE NO. 13-CV-04115-WHO 1 whether by answer or motion or otherwise allowed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and 2 (2) the CMC is continued until February 4, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. 3 4 Dated: November 14, 2013 5 Squire Sanders (US) LLP By:/s/ Anne Choi Goodwin Anne Choi Goodwin Attorneys for Defendant NONGSHIM AMERICA, INC. 6 7 8 9 Dated: November 14, 2013 BRAMSON, PLUTZIK, MAHLER & BIRKHAEUSER LLP 10 11 By:/s/ Alan R. Plutzik Alan R. Plutzik Attorneys for Plaintiff STEPHEN FENERJIAN and the Proposed Class 12 13 14 15 IT IS SO ORDERED. 16 17 18 19 Dated: November 18, 2013 HONORABLE WILLIAM H. ORRICK UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SQUIRE SANDERS (US) LLP 275 Battery Street, Suite 2600 San Francisco, California 94111 -4- STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; ORDER THEREON CASE NO. 13-CV-04115-WHO

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