Cobalt Partners, LP, et al v. SunEdison, Inc. et al

Filing 133

ORDER GRANTING (131) STIPULATION REGARDING SCHEDULING.Associated Cases: 3:16-cv-02263-WHA, 3:16-cv-02264-WHA, 3:16-cv-02268-WHA(whalc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/23/2016)

1 ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN
& DOWD LLP
2 DARREN J. ROBBINS (168593)
JAMES I. JACONETTE (179565)
3 SCOTT H. SAHAM (188355)
SUSAN G. TAYLOR (190753)
4 JENNIFER N. CARINGAL (286197)
655 West Broadway, Suite 1900
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Telephone: [phone]
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DENNIS J. HERMAN (220163)
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Post Montgomery Center
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San Francisco, CA 94104
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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Case No. 3:16-cv-02264-WHA

Case No. 3:16-cv-02268-WHA

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Pursuant to the Court’s instruction during the August 18, 2016 hearing in the above-

2 captioned actions, the parties, by and through their respective undersigned counsel of record, submit
3 the following stipulation and proposed order:
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WHEREAS, on March 28, 2016, the action captioned Cobalt Partners, LP, et al. v.

5 SunEdison, Inc., et al. (“Cobalt”) was filed in the Superior Court of California, San Mateo County;
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WHEREAS, on March 29, 2016, the action captioned Glenview Capital Partners, L.P., et al.

7 v. SunEdison, Inc., et al. (“Glenview”) was filed in the Superior Court of California, San Mateo
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WHEREAS, on March 30, 2016, the action captioned Omega Capital Investors, L.P., et al. v.

10 SunEdison, Inc., et al. (“Omega”) was filed in the Superior Court of California, San Mateo County;
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WHEREAS, on April 26, 2016, defendants removed the Cobalt, Glenview and Omega

12 actions to federal court;
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WHEREAS, on August 12, 2016, defendants, pursuant to extensions of time previously

14 agreed to by plaintiffs and granted by the Court, filed eight motions to dismiss the Glenview and
15 Omega complaints and two joinders on a variety of grounds (see Omega Dkt. Nos. 118, 120, 121,
16 123, 125; Glenview Dkt. Nos. 129, 131, 133, 134, 136) (collectively, the “Motions”);
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WHEREAS, pursuant to N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 7-3, plaintiffs’ responses to the Motions would

18 be due by August 26, 2016, and defendants’ replies would be due by September 2, 2016;
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WHEREAS, the hearing on the Motions was set for September 22, 2016, a date on which

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WHEREAS, in the Cobalt action, defendants’ motion to dismiss is fully briefed, and on

22 August 4, 2016, the Court entered an order postponing the hearing on the motion to dismiss until a
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WHEREAS, a hearing on motions to establish an MDL proceeding including the Cobalt,

25 Glenview and Omega actions is set for September 29, 2016 in Washington D.C. and the hearing on
26 motions to remand or transfer the Terraform Global Inc. IPO actions pending in front of Judge
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WHEREAS, due to the number and complexity of the issues raised in defendants’ Motions

2 and in light of other pending or anticipated filings in these actions, plaintiffs have requested
3 additional time to prepare their responses to defendants’ Motions; and
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WHEREAS, the Court, at the August 18, 2016 hearing, said it would grant plaintiffs an

5 additional two weeks and defendants an additional one week to submit their opposition and reply
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NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree and stipulate to the following:

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Plaintiffs’ oppositions to the Motions shall be filed on or before September 9, 2016;

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Defendants’ replies in support of their Motions shall be filed on or before

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The hearing on the motions to dismiss in the Cobalt, Glenview and Omega actions

12 shall be reset for October 13, 2016 or such other date as may be determined by the Court.
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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN
& DOWD LLP
DENNIS J. HERMAN
DAVID W. HALL

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s/Dennis J. Herman
DENNIS J. HERMAN
Post Montgomery Center
One Montgomery Street, Suite 1800
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: [phone]
415/288-4534 (fax)

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ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN
& DOWD LLP
DARREN J. ROBBINS
JAMES I. JACONETTE
SCOTT H. SAHAM
SUSAN G. TAYLOR
JENNIFER N. CARINGAL
655 West Broadway, Suite 1900
San Diego, CA 92101
Telephone: [phone]
619/231-7423 (fax)

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WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
HALE AND DORR LLP
MICHAEL BONGIORNO
TIMOTHY PERLA

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TIMOTHY PERLA

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60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Telephone: [phone]
617/526-5000 (fax)

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WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
HALE AND DORR LLP
JIE (LISA) LI (260474)
950 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
Telephone: [phone]
650/858-6100 (fax)

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Attorneys for Defendants TerraForm Global, Inc.,
TerraForm Global, LLC and Peter Blackmore

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SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
SARA B. BRODY (130222)
JAIME A. BARLETT (251825)
SARAH A. HEMMENDINGER (298659)

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JAIME A. BARLETT
555 California Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: [phone]
415/772-7400 (fax)
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
NORMAN J. BLEARS (95600)
1001 Page Mill Road, Building 1
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Telephone: [phone]
650/565-7100 (fax)

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SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
ROBIN WECHKIN
701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4200
Seattle, WA 98104
Telephone: [phone]
650/565-7100 (fax)

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Attorneys for Defendants Ahmad Chatila, Jeremy
Avenier, Brian Wuebbels, Martin Truong,
Emmanuel Hernandez, Antonio R. Alvarez,
Clayton Daley, Jr., Georganne Proctor, Steven
Tesoriere, James B. Williams and Randy H.
Zwirn

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RAMSEY & EHRLICH LLP
ISMAIL J. RAMSEY (189820)
KATHARINE ANN KATES (155534)

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ISMAIL J. RAMSEY

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Berkeley, CA 94710
Telephone: [phone]
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HINCKLEY ALLEN & SNYDER LLP
KEVIN J. O’CONNOR
JAMES L. TUXBURY
RHIANNON A. CAMPBELL
28 State Street
Boston, MA 02109-1775
Telephone: [phone]
617/378-4191 (fax)

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Attorneys for Defendant Carlos Domenech
Zornoza

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O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
DANIEL H. BOOKIN (78996)

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DANIEL H. BOOKIN

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San Francisco, CA 94111-3823
Telephone: [phone]
415/984-8701 (fax)

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SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP
PATRICK D. ROBBINS (152288)

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s/Patrick D. Robbins
PATRICK D. ROBBINS

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San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: [phone]
415/616-1199 (fax)

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SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP
ADAM S. HAKKI
DANIEL C. LEWIS
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022-6069
Telephone: [phone]
646/848-4924 (fax)

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Attorneys for Defendants Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital
Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan
Stanley & Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc., BTG Pactual US Capital LLC,
Itaú BBA USA Securities, Inc., SMBC Nikko
Securities America Inc., SG Americas Securities,
LLC and Kotak Mahindra, Inc.

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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August 22, 2016.
DATED: _________________________

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THE HONORABLE WILLIAM ALSUP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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