Rabin v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Filing 138

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 137 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER re Joint Letter Brief on ESI Search Process filed by Steve Rabin, John Chapman. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on July 24, 2017. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/24/2017)

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Jahan C. Sagafi (Cal. Bar No. 224887)
Cristina Schrum-Herrera (Cal. Bar No. 315319)
OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP
One Embarcadero Center, 38th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Michael P. Esser (Cal. Bar No. 268634)
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
555 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [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]

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

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Proposed Class
and Collective Members

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Additional counsel listed on the next page

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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STEVE RABIN and JOHN CHAPMAN,
on behalf of themselves, and all others
similarly situated,

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Attorneys for Defendant
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Plaintiffs,
v.

Case No. 16-cv-02276-JST
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
RE JOINT LETTER BRIEF ON ESI SEARCH
PROCESS
Hon. Judge Jon S. Tigar

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP,
Defendant.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE JOINT
LETTER BRIEF ON ESI SEARCH PROCESS
CASE NO. 16-CV-02276-JST

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

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Jennifer L. Liu (Cal. Bar No. 279370)
THE LIU LAW FIRM, P.C.
1170 Market Street, Suite 700
San Francisco, CA 94102
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

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-2STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE JOINT
LETTER BRIEF ON ESI SEARCH PROCESS
CASE NO. 16-CV-02276-JST

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Plaintiffs Steve Rabin and John Chapman (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant

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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) (collectively, “the Parties”) hereby stipulate and agree as

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follows:

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WHEREAS, on July 13, 2017, Plaintiffs and PwC participated in a telephonic hearing with
the Court regarding ongoing discovery disputes;
WHEREAS, the Court’s Minute Order, ECF No. 134, instructed the Parties to submit a joint

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letter brief by July 26, 2017, concerning the Parties’ dispute over Plaintiffs’ request for production

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of ESI from PwC;

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WHEREAS, the Parties have engaged in extensive negotiation over the course of
approximately five months to narrow the scope of their remaining ESI dispute;
WHEREAS, the Parties’ remaining ESI dispute involves complex issues related to
technology-assisted review (TAR) and ESI best practices;

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WHEREAS, the Parties have already begun to exchange text;

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WHEREAS, because of the technical complexity of the ESI issues involved and the

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approaches to be proposed, the Parties request that the page limit be extended to a total of eight

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pages, with each side allowed at most four pages.

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THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED that the page limit is extended to eight
pages, with at most four pages allocated per Party.

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Dated: July 24, 2017

Respectfully submitted,
By:

/s/ Jahan C. Sagafi
Jahan C. Sagafi

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Jahan C. Sagafi (Cal. Bar No. 224887)
Cristina Schrum-Herrera (Cal. Bar No. 315319)
OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP
One Embarcadero Center, 38th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
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LETTER BRIEF ON ESI SEARCH PROCESS
CASE NO. 16-CV-02276-JST

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

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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.
1170 Market Street, Suite 700
San Francisco, CA 94102
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Counsel for Plaintiffs and Proposed Class and
Collective Members

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LETTER BRIEF ON ESI SEARCH PROCESS
CASE NO. 16-CV-02276-JST

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Dated: July 24, 2017

By:

/s/

Gabor Balassa
Gabor Balassa

Emily Nicklin (pro hac vice)
Gabor Balassa (pro hac vice)
Christina Briesacher (pro hac vice)
Mark Premo-Hopkins (pro hac vice)
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
300 North LaSalle
Chicago, IL 60654
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
E-mail: [e-mail]
E-mail: [e-mail]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Michael P. Esser (Cal. Bar No. 268634)
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
555 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

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LETTER BRIEF ON ESI SEARCH PROCESS
CASE NO. 16-CV-02276-JST

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PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Date: _____________________
July 24, 2017

_____________________________
Honorable Jon S. Tigar
United States District Judge

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LETTER BRIEF ON ESI SEARCH PROCESS
CASE NO. 16-CV-02276-JST