Caccuri v. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC

Filing 42

STIPULATION AND ORDER CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER NO. 2. Signed by Judge Richard Seeborg on 1/10/22. (cl, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/10/2022)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Michael M. Buchman (pro hac vice) Michelle C. Clerkin (pro hac vice) Jacob O. Onile-Ere (pro hac vice) MOTLEY RICE LLC 777 Third Avenue, 27th Floor New York, NY 10017 Tel: (212) 577-0050 mbuchman@motleyrice.com mclerkin@motleyrice.com jonlineere@motleyrice.com Interim Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class 8 9 11 [ADDITIONAL COUNSEL ON SIGNATURE PAGE] 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Ryan A. Shores (pro hac vice) ryan.shores@shearman.com SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP 401 9th Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington DC 20004 Telephone: (202) 508-8000 Facsimile: (202) 508-8100 Attorneys for Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC 10 12 John F. Cove, Jr. (State Bar No. 212213) john.cove@shearman.com Patrick D. Robbins (State Bar No. 152288) probbins@shearman.com SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP 535 Mission Street, 25th Floor San Francisco, California 94105 Telephone: (415) 616-1100 Facsimile: (415) 616-1199 AGUSTIN CACCURI, ADRIAN CENDEJAS and ALLEN NEUMARK on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, v. Plaintiffs, SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC, Defendant. Case Nos. 3:21-cv-03361-RS 3:21-cv-03447-RS 3:21-cv-05031-RS JOINT STIPULATION AND CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER NO. 2 23 24 25 26 27 28 JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER 1 WHEREAS, each of the named plaintiffs in the above-captioned action separately filed a 2 class action alleging violations of antitrust laws in connection with the marketing, distribution 3 and sale of digital PlayStation games: Caccuri v. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, Case No. 4 21-cv-03361, ECF No. 1 (the “Caccuri Action”); Cendejas v. Sony Interactive Entertainment 5 LLC et al., Case No. 21-cv-03447, ECF No. 1 (the “Cendejas Action”); Neumark v. Sony 6 Interactive Entertainment LLC et al., Case No. 21-cv-05031, ECF No. 1 (the “Neumark 7 Action”); 8 9 WHEREAS, the Caccuri and Cendejas Plaintiffs and defendant Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (“Sony Interactive”) filed a Joint Stipulation And [Proposed] Case 10 Management Order No. 1 (Caccuri Action, ECF No. 28; Cendejas Action, ECF No. 18), which 11 the Court ordered (Caccuri Action, ECF No. 29; Cendejas Action, ECF No. 19), and which 12 deferred responses to the above complaints pending the appointment of Interim Lead or Co-Lead 13 Counsel and the filing of a single Consolidated Class Action Complaint (the “Consolidated 14 Complaint”); 15 WHEREAS, Plaintiff Neumark and Sony Interactive filed a similar Joint Stipulation And 16 [Proposed] Case Management Order in the Neumark Action (Neumark Action, ECF No. 17), 17 which the Court ordered (Neumark Action, ECF No. 18), and which also deferred responses to 18 the Neumark Complaint pending the appointment of Interim Lead or Co-Lead Counsel and the 19 filing of the Consolidated Class Action Complaint encompassing all three actions; 20 WHEREAS, on December 20, 2021, Plaintiffs filed the Consolidated Class Action 21 Complaint in the above-captioned action (Caccuri Action, ECF No. 40) alleging violations of the 22 antitrust law and other claims in the alleged market for digital PlayStation video game content; 23 24 25 26 WHEREAS, no extension has been previously granted for Sony Interactive to respond to the Consolidated Class Action Complaint; WHEREAS, under Case Management Order No. 1, Sony Interactive’s current deadline to respond to the Consolidated Class Action Complaint is January 19, 2022; 27 28 -1- JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER 1 WHEREAS, to provide Sony Interactive adequate time to evaluate the allegations set 2 forth in the Consolidated Class Action Complaint, including in view of the intervening holidays, 3 and to prepare a response, the undersigned Parties met and conferred and agreed to a thirty-day 4 extension for Sony Interactive to respond to the Consolidated Class Action Complaint (from 5 January 19, 2022 to February 18, 2022); 6 WHEREAS, the undersigned Parties agree that this Stipulation and Proposed Order is not 7 intended to bar Sony Interactive from filing any motion to compel arbitration or motion under 8 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12 after February 18, 2022, that it would otherwise be permitted 9 to file by law, nor intended to affect Plaintiffs’ ability to seek motion-related discovery in order 10 to oppose any such motion, or Sony Interactive’s ability to oppose such discovery; 11 WHEREAS, the undersigned Parties agree that the execution and filing of this Stipulation 12 and Proposed Order does not waive or prejudice any right, claim or defense of any party to the 13 above-captioned action; 14 WHEREAS, the undersigned Parties agree that this Stipulation and Proposed Order does 15 not preclude any further agreement between the Parties on scheduling or any request to the Court 16 for additional orders related to scheduling; 17 NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned Parties, through their counsel, hereby stipulate, 18 agree and respectfully request the Court enter an Order setting the deadline for Sony Interactive 19 to respond to the Consolidated Class Action Complaint (including by way of a motion to compel 20 arbitration as to the named Plaintiffs or a motion to dismiss under Rule 12) to February 18, 2022, 21 with appropriate adjustments to the briefing schedule set forth in the Proposed Order below. 22 Dated: January 7, 2022 Respectfully submitted, 23 SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP MOTLEY RICE LLC 25 /s/ John F. Cove, Jr. /s/ Michael M. Buchman 26 John F. Cove, Jr. (SBN 212213) Patrick D. Robbins (SBN 152288) 535 Mission Street, 25th Floor Michael M. Buchman (pro hac vice) Michelle C. Clerkin (pro hac vice) 24 27 28 -2- JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER 1 2 3 San Francisco, California 94105 Telephone: (415) 616-1100 Facsimile: (415) 616-1199 john.cove@shearman.com probbins@shearman.com 6 Ryan A. Shores (pro hac vice) 401 9th Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington DC 20004 Telephone: (202) 508-8000 Facsimile: (202) 508-8100 ryan.shores@shearman.com 7 SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP 8 Attorneys for Defendant Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC 4 5 9 Jacob O. Onile-Ere (pro hac vice) MOTLEY RICE LLC 777 Third Avenue, 27th Floor New York, NY 10017 Tel: (212) 577-0050 mbuchman@motleyrice.com mclerkin@motleyrice.com jonlineere@motleyrice.com Interim Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class Jeff S. Westerman (SBN 94559) WESTERMAN LAW CORP. 16133 Ventura Blvd., Suite 685 Encino, CA 91436 Tel: (310) 698-7450 jwesterman@jswlegal.com 10 Attorneys for Plaintiff Agustin Caccuri 11 16 Peggy J. Wedgworth (pro hac vice) Elizabeth McKenna (pro hac vice) Blake Yagman (pro hac vice) MILBERG COLEMAN BRYSON PHILLIPS GROSSMAN, PLLC 100 Garden City Plaza, Suite 500 Garden City, New York 11530 Tel: (212) 868-1229 pwedgworth@milberg.com emckenna@milberg.com byagman@milberg.com 17 Attorneys for Plaintiff Allen Neumark 18 Joseph R. Saveri (SBN 130064) Steven N. Williams (SBN 175489) Katharine Malone (SBN 290884) Chris K.L. Young (SBN 318371) Anupama K. Reddy (SBN 324873) JOSEPH SAVERI LAW FIRM, LLP 601 California Street, Suite 1000 San Francisco, California 94108 Telephone: (415) 500-6800 jsaveri@saverilawfirm.com swilliams@saverilawfirm.com kmalone@saverilawfirm.com cyoung@saverilawfirm.com areddy@saverilawfirm.com 12 13 14 15 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 JOSEPH SAVERI LAW FIRM, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Adrian Cendejas 28 -3- JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 E-Filing Attestation I, John F. Cove, Jr., am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this document. In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that each signatory identified above has concurred in this filing. By: /s/ John F. Cove, Jr.___ John F. Cove, Jr. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER ORDER 1 2 3 The above Stipulation of the Parties is hereby approved. It is HEREBY ORDERED that the case management schedule be revised as follows: 4 5 EVENT DEADLINE 6 Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (“Sony 7 Interactive”) Response to Consolidated 8 Complaint 9 Opposition to Sony Interactive’s Motion March 21, 2022 10 Reply in Support of Sony Interactive’s April 12, 2022 11 Motion 12 Hearing on Sony Interactive’s Motion February 18, 2022 May 12, 2022 at 1:30 pm 13 14 If Sony Interactive’s Motion is denied, the Parties will meet and confer within seven days of the 15 Court’s order denying the Motion to discuss scheduling matters. Within 14 days of the order, the 16 Parties shall submit an agreed-upon schedule, or, if they cannot agree, separate proposed 17 schedules. No discovery or Rule 26 disclosures shall take place before the resolution of any motion 18 to compel arbitration and/or any motion to dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12 19 absent good cause shown. 20 21 22 23 24 Dated: January 10 2022 __, __________________________________ HON. RICHARD G. SEEBORG UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 25 26 27 28 JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

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