Rabin v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Filing 111

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 110 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER - JOINT STIPULATION & (PROPOSED) ORDER RE AGE PROXY AND COMPARATORS filed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on May 16, 2017. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/16/2017)

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Michael P. Esser (SBN 268634)
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
555 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Jahan C. Sagafi (Cal. Bar No. 224887)
OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP
One Embarcadero Center, 38th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Emily Nicklin (admitted pro hac vice)
Gabor Balassa (admitted pro hac vice)
Christina Breisacher (admitted pro hac vice)
Mark Premo-Hopkins (admitted pro hac vice)
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
300 N. LaSalle
Chicago, IL 60654
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

[Additional counsel listed on next page]

Attorneys for Defendant
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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Attorneys for Plaintiff and Proposed Class
and Collective Members

STEVE RABIN and JOHN CHAPMAN, on behalf
of themselves, and all others similarly situated,
Plaintiff,
v.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP,

Case No. 3:16-cv-02276-JST
Hon. Jon S. Tigar
JOINT STIPULATION & [PROPOSED]
ORDER RE AGE PROXY AND
COMPARATORS

Defendant.

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JOINT STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER
RE AGE PROXY AND COMPARATORS

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Adam T. Klein (admitted pro hac vice)
Daniel Stromberg (admitted pro hac vice)
Melissa L. Stewart (admitted pro hac vice)
OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP
685 Third Avenue, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Daniel Kohrman (admitted pro hac vice)
Laurie McCann (admitted pro hac vice)
Dara Smith (admitted pro hac vice)
AARP FOUNDATION LITIGATION
601 E. Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20049
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
E-mail: [e-mail]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Jennifer L. Liu (Cal. Bar No. 279370)
THE LIU LAW FIRM, P.C.
1390 Market Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94102
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

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JOINT STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER
RE AGE PROXY AND COMPARATORS

CASE NO. 3:16-CV-02276-JST

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Plaintiffs Steve Rabin and John Chapman (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) (collectively, the “Parties”) hereby stipulate as follows:

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WHEREAS, on April 19, 2017, the Court denied Plaintiffs’ request for PwC’s entire

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applicant database and ordered that, at this pre-conditional certification stage, the Parties should

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pursue an agreed-upon two-step process for Plaintiffs’ selection of an age proxy and for PwC’s

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production of information from certain data fields related to potential class members and their

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comparators. Dkt. No. 105 (“Discovery Order”) at 3;

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WHEREAS, the Parties are in discussions about an age proxy, including about the propriety
and substance of Plaintiffs’ request for additional information about PwC’s applicant database, as

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well as the next question of what constitutes an appropriate “comparator” for purposes of providing

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data at this stage;

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WHEREAS, if the Parties do not reach agreement on these issues, they will submit a joint
letter brief on May 23, 2017, presenting their disagreement;

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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT, the Parties’
briefing on these issues shall adhere to the following schedule:
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May 10 and 12, 2017 -- Plaintiffs provided PwC with an update on Plaintiffs’ position on the
age proxy and comparator issues;

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May 16, 2017 -- PwC to provide Plaintiffs with any revision to its position on the age proxy
and comparator issues;

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May 18, 2017 -- Plaintiffs to provide PwC with initial text for the joint letter brief to the
Court, including legal argument and attachments;

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May 22, 2017 -- PwC to provide Plaintiffs with initial text for the joint letter brief to the
Court, including legal argument and attachments; and

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May 26, 2017, by 3:00 p.m. PT -- the Parties to file the joint letter brief.

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To the extent that the Parties’ negotiations in the interim are productive, the Parties may
inform the Court and request an extension of these dates.
Finally, given that there are two issues under consideration and given the substance of the
issues, the Parties request that each side be allowed up to five pages, in total, for briefing them.

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JOINT STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER
RE AGE PROXY AND COMPARATORS

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CASE NO. 3:16-CV-02276-JST

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Dated: May 12, 2017

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/s/ Jahan C. Sagafi

/s/ Gabor Balassa

Jahan C. Sagafi (Cal. Bar No. 224887)
OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP
One Embarcadero Center, 38th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3339
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Emily Nicklin (pro hac vice)
Gabor Balassa (pro hac vice)
Christina Breisacher (pro hac vice)
Mark Premo-Hopkins (pro hac vice)
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
300 N. LaSalle
Chicago, IL 60654
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

Adam T. Klein (admitted pro hac vice)
Daniel Stromberg (admitted pro hac vice)
Melissa L. Stewart (admitted pro hac vice)
OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP
685 Third Avenue, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

Michael P. Esser (SBN 268634)
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
555 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendant
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Daniel Kohrman (admitted pro hac vice)
Laurie McCann (admitted pro hac vice)
Dara Smith (admitted pro hac vice)
AARP FOUNDATION LITIGATION
601 E. Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20049
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
E-mail: [e-mail]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Jennifer L. Liu (Cal. Bar No. 279370)
THE LIU LAW FIRM, P.C.
1390 Market Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94102
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiff and Proposed Class
and Collective Members

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RE AGE PROXY AND COMPARATORS

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ORDER
Pursuant to the Stipulation, it is so ORDERED.

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May__, 2017
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Dated: May 15 2017

By:
The Honorable Jon S. Tigar
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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