Alfred H. Siegel v. Sony Corporation et al

Filing 85

STIPULATION AND ORDER (#84 in 3:15-cv-03248-RS) (#2371 in 3:10-md-02143-RS) (#68 in 3:15-cv-06325-RS) REGARDING MODIFICATION OF BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR DISPOSITIVE AND DAUBERT MOTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE CIRCUIT CITY AND RADIOSHACK ACTIONS. Signed by Judge Richard Seeborg on 7/20/17. (cl, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/20/2017)

KLEE, TUCHIN, BOGDANOFF & STERN LLP
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90067
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David M. Stern (State Bar No. 67697)
1 Michael L. Tuchin (State Bar No. 150375)
Robert J. Pfister (State Bar No. 241370)
2 Jonathan M. Weiss (State Bar No. 281217)
KLEE, TUCHIN, BOGDANOFF & STERN LLP
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9 BRUTZKUS GUBNER ROZANSKY SEROR WEBER LLP
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Attorneys for Plaintiff Alfred H. Siegel, as Trustee
14 for the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust
and Peter Kravitz, as Trustee for the RSH
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

19 IN RE OPTICAL DISK DRIVE ANTITRUST
LITIGATION
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22 Siegel v. Sony Corporation, et al.
No. 3:15-cv-03248-RS
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Kravitz v. Sony Corporation, et al.
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Case Nos. 3:15-cv-03248-RS; No. 3:15-cv06325-RS
Master File No. 3:10-md-2143-RS
JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER REGARDING MODIFICATION
OF BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR
DISPOSITIVE AND DAUBERT MOTIONS
SPECIFIC TO THE CIRCUIT CITY AND
RADIOSHACK ACTIONS

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Plaintiffs Alfred H. Siegel, in his capacity as Trustee for the Circuit City Stores, Inc.

2 Liquidating Trust, and Peter Kravitz, in his capacity as Trustee for the RSH Liquidating Trust
3 (together, the “Trustees”) and defendants Koninklijke Philips N.V., Philips North America LLC,
4 Lite-On IT Corporation, Line-On Sales and Distribution Inc., Philips and Lite-On Digital
5 Solutions Corporation, and Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (collectively, the
6 “PLDS Defendants,” and together with the Trustees, the “Parties”), by and through undersigned
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WHEREAS, on January 25, 2017, this Court entered a Case Management Order (“Case

9 Management Order”) setting a schedule for dispositive and Daubert motions and other deadlines
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10 in the multi-district litigation styled In re Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Litig., MDL No 2143 (the
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WHEREAS, the Case Management Order set a July 21, 2017 deadline for Daubert

13 motions in the MDL, and an August 11, 2017 deadline for oppositions to dispositive motions;
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WHEREAS, on June 30, 2017 the PLDS Defendants filed, among other dispositive

15 motions, the Defendants Philips North America LLC and Lite-On Sales & Distribution, Inc.’s
16 Joint Motion for Summary Judgment [Dkt. No. 2333] (the “PLDS MSJ”), which motion relates
17 only to the Trustees’ Actions (Siegel v. Sony Corporation, et al., No. 3:15-cv-03248-RS and
18 Kravitz v. Sony Corporation, et al., No. 3:15-cv-06325-RS, the “Trustees’ Actions”);
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WHEREAS, the Trustees have reached an agreement in principle with the PLDS

20 Defendants concerning a resolution between the Trustees and the PLDS Defendants;
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WHEREAS, in order to complete settlement negotiations and finalize the terms of any

22 settlement agreement, and in the interests of judicial economy, the Trustees and the PLDS
23 Defendants request that the Court temporarily take off calendar the July 21 deadline for the PLDS
24 Defendants to file any Daubert motions in the Trustees’ Actions only and the August 11 deadline
25 for the Trustees to file any opposition to the PLDS MSJ; and
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WHEREAS, in the unlikely event that settlement between the Trustees and the PLDS
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STIPULATION RE BRIEFING SCHEDULE
MODIFICATION
MDL No. 3:10-md-02143-RS
Case No. 3:15-cv-03248 RS
Case No. 3:15-cv-06325 RS

1 Defendants is not finalized, counsel for the Trustees and the PLDS Defendants agree to meet and
2 confer in good faith in order to submit a joint report regarding the need for a revised briefing
3 schedule for responsive dispositive and/or Daubert motions specific to the Trustees’ Actions as it
4 relates to the PLDS Defendants, no later than August 25, 2017; and
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WHEREAS, nothing in this Stipulation alters or is intended to alter any other dates or

6 Orders of this Court in the MDL or in any other individual or related action;
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY JOINTLY STIPULATED by and between the

8 undersigned counsel for the Trustees and the PLDS Defendants, as follows:
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The filing deadlines for the PLDS Defendants to file Daubert motions specific to

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10 the Trustees’ Actions, and the filing deadlines for the Trustees to oppose the PLDS MSJ, are taken
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If necessary, no later than August 25, 2017, the Trustees and the PLDS Defendants

13 shall submit to this Court a joint report regarding the need for a revised briefing schedule, and a
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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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MDL No. 3:10-md-02143-RS
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DATED: July 19, 2017

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KLEE, TUCHIN, BOGDANOFF & STERN LLP
Counsel for Plaintiff Alfred H. Siegel, as Trustee for the
Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust

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/s/ Jonathan M. Weiss
Jonathan M. Weiss

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KLEE, TUCHIN, BOGDANOFF & STERN LLP
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KLEE, TUCHIN, BOGDANOFF & STERN LLP
Counsel for Plaintiff Peter Kravitz, as Trustee for the
RSH Liquidating Trust

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/s/ Jonathan M. Weiss
Jonathan M. Weiss

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DATED: July 19, 2017

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BAKER BOTTS LLP
Attorneys for Defendants Lite-On IT Corp., Lite-On
Sales & Distribution Inc., Koninklijke Philips N.V.,
Philips Electronics North America Corporation, Philips
& Lite-On Digital Solutions Corp., and Philips & LiteOn Digital Solutions USA, Inc.

/s/ Evan Werbel
Evan Werbel

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ATTESTATION

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KLEE, TUCHIN, BOGDANOFF & STERN LLP
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Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this

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DATED: July 19, 2017

/s/ Jonathan M. Weiss
Jonathan M. Weiss

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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In accordance with Rule 5-5 of the Local Rules of Practice in Civil Proceedings Before the

17 United States District Court for the Northern District of California, I, Jonathan M. Weiss, hereby
18 certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that on July 19,
19 2017, a true copy of the above document was filed through the Court’s Case
20 Management/Electronic Case Filing (“CM/ECF”) System and served by that System upon all
21 counsel of record registered for the System and deemed to have consented to electronic service in
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DATED: July 19, 2017
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/s/ Jonathan M. Weiss
Jonathan M. Weiss

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, AND WITH GOOD CAUSE APPEARING
1 THEREFORE, IT IS SO ORDERED.
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July 20
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Hon. Richard Seeborg
United States District Judge

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STIPULATION RE BRIEFING SCHEDULE
MODIFICATION
MDL No. 3:10-md-02143-RS
Case No. 3:15-cv-03248 RS
Case No. 3:15-cv-06325 RS