Newett v. Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc. et al

Filing 139

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 138 TO EXTEND THE CLASS CERTIFICATION DEADLINES filed by KBC Asset Management NV. Class Certification Motion Hearing set for 3/1/2018 01:30 PM in Courtroom 5, 17th Floor, San Francisco before Edward M. Chen. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 8/22/17. (bpfS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/22/2017)

1 ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN
& DOWD LLP
2 SHAWN A. WILLIAMS (213113)
WILLOW E. RADCLIFFE (200087)
3 MATTHEW S. MELAMED (260272)
Post Montgomery Center
4 One Montgomery Street, Suite 1800
San Francisco, CA 94104
5 Telephone: [phone]
415/288-4534 (fax)
6 [e-mail]
[e-mail]
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8 MOTLEY RICE LLC
JAMES M. HUGHES (pro hac vice)
9 WILLIAM S. NORTON
CHRISTOPHER F. MORIARTY (pro hac vice)
10 28 Bridgeside Blvd.
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
11 Telephone: [phone]
843/216-9450 (fax)
12 [e-mail]
[e-mail]
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14 Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

17 In re LEAPFROG ENTERPRISES, INC.
SECURITIES LITIGATION
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ALL ACTIONS.

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Master File No. 3:15-cv-00347-EMC
CLASS ACTION
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
TO EXTEND THE CLASS
CERTIFICATION DEADLINES

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2 and 7-12, the parties – lead plaintiff KBC Asset

2 Management NV (“Lead Plaintiff”) and defendants LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc., John Barbour, and
3 Raymond L. Arthur (“Defendants”) – by and through their undersigned counsel of record, submit the
4 following stipulation and proposed order:
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WHEREAS, the Court has previously made time modifications in this case (Dkt. Nos. 49, 69,

6 96, 99, 108, 125, 130, 133);
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WHEREAS, this is the first request for a modification of the deadlines to move for class

8 certification;
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WHEREAS, on April 6, 2017, the Court referred this case to private mediation and ordered

10 that private mediation be completed by July 6, 2017 (Dkt. No. 123);
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WHEREAS, the parties anticipate that class certification may require discovery from the

12 class representative, the submission of expert reports, and depositions of the experts;
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WHEREAS, the Court also ordered that, in the event the case does not settle, Lead Plaintiff’s

14 class certification motion shall be filed by September 7, 2017, and oral argument shall be heard on
15 December 7, 2017, with the parties to agree on a briefing schedule and submit the stipulated
16 schedule to the Court (Dkt. No. 123);
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WHEREAS, on May 31, 2017, the Court continued the deadline to conduct private mediation

18 to September 7, 2017 due to availability of the parties and the Honorable James Ware (Ret.), who
19 will preside over the private mediation (Dkt. No. 130);
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WHEREAS, proceeding to class certification on the schedule that existed when the mediation

21 was scheduled to take place in July may, at this point, needlessly waste judicial resources and may
22 constitute a substantial and unnecessary burden on the parties;
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WHEREAS, the parties have conferred and agreed that, subject to Court approval, the

24 deadline for Lead Plaintiff to move for class certification should be continued to November 7, 2017;
25 Defendants shall have until December 21, 2017 to file any opposition to class certification; Lead
26 Plaintiff shall have until February 7, 2018 to file any reply in support of class certification; and oral
27 argument should be continued to March 1, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. or to another date and time convenient
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WHEREAS, the parties agree that, in the event anyone other than Lead Plaintiff moves for

2 appointment as class representative, the parties will revisit this schedule to ensure Defendants have
3 sufficient time to take discovery relevant to the class certification determination regarding the
4 previously unnamed proposed representative;
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NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree and stipulate that:

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The deadline for Lead Plaintiff to move for class certification is continued to

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Defendants shall have until December 21, 2017 to file any opposition to class

9 certification;
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Lead Plaintiff shall have until February 7, 2018 to file any reply in support of class

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Oral argument on Lead Plaintiff’s class certification motion shall be rescheduled for

13 March 1, 2018 at 1:30 p.m., or another date and time convenient to the Court other than February 22,
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15 DATED: August 17, 2017
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ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN
& DOWD LLP
SHAWN A. WILLIAMS
WILLOW E. RADCLIFFE
MATTHEW S. MELAMED

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s/ Matthew S. Melamed
MATTHEW S. MELAMED

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Post Montgomery Center
One Montgomery Street, Suite 1800
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: [phone]
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MOTLEY RICE LLC
JAMES M. HUGHES
WILLIAM S. NORTON
CHRISTOPHER F. MORIARTY
28 Bridgeside Blvd.
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
Telephone: [phone]
843/216-9450 (fax)

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Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs

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DATED: August 17, 2017

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Mark R.S. Foster
MARK R.S. FOSTER

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425 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-2482
Telephone: [phone]
416/268-7522 (fax)

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Attorneys for Defendants
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Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that Mark R.S. Foster has concurred in this filing.
s/ Matthew S. Melamed
MATTHEW S. MELAMED
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on August 17, 2017, I authorized the electronic filing of the foregoing

3 with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to
4 the e-mail addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I
5 caused to be mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non6 CM/ECF participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List.
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I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the

8 foregoing is true and correct. Executed on August 17, 2017.
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s/ Matthew S. Melamed
MATTHEW S. MELAMED

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