In re JDS Uniphase Corporation ERISA Litigation

Filing 217

ORDER re 213 GRANTING AS MODIFIED Stipulation Regarding Preliminary Approval of Settlement; Conditional Certification of Settlement Class; Approval of Notice to Class Members; and Setting a Date for a Final Approval. Signed by Judge CLAUDIA WILKEN on 10/23/09. (scc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/23/2009)

1 IZARD NOBEL LLP Robert A. Izard 2 Wayne T. Boulton 29 South Main Street 3 Suite 215 West Hartford, CT 06107 4 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] -and6 BARROWAY TOPAZ KESSLER 7 MELTZER & CHECK, LLP Joseph H. Meltzer 8 Edward W. Ciolko Mark K. Gyandoh 9 280 King of Prussia Road Radnor, PA 19087 10 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Co-Lead Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Stipulation and Proposed Order to Shorten Time Period of Motion Hearing Case No. 03-cv-04743 This Document Relates To: ALL ACTIONS STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT; CONDITIONAL CERTIFICATION OF SETTLEMENT CLASS; APPROVAL OF NOTICE TO CLASS MEMBERS; AND SETTING A DATE FOR A FINAL FAIRNESS HEARING AS MODIFIED IN RE JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION ERISA LITIGATION Master File No. C 03-CV-04743 (CW) CLASS ACTION

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Plaintiffs Eric Jason Carey, Douglas A. Pettit, and Alice Hodges-Toby (together, the

2 "Plaintiffs"), and Defendants, JDS Uniphase Corporation JDSU, Jennifer Bernauer, Craig Collins, 3 4 5 6 7 Steve Moore, Tom Moser, Holly Neal, Andrew Pollack, Dena Regan, Garry Ronco, Jeff Ryan, Jill Sanford, Donald Scifres, Wendy Serrano, Wilson Sibbett, William J. Sinclair, Casimir Skrzypczak, Bruce Day, Robert Enos, Rick Fieber, Steve Fife, Peter Guglielmi, Gary Hochman, Martin Kaplan, Mike Kasper, Angela Kupps, Kevin Kennedy, Donald J. Listwin, Marie Lynch, John MacNaughton,

8 Jozef Straus, and Lori Zaret (hereinafter the "Defendants") hereby submit this stipulation to shorten 9 the time period in which the Court will hear the Motion for Preliminary Approval of Settlement, 10 Conditional Certification of Settlement Class, Approval of Notice to Class Members; and Setting A 11 12 13 14 15 Date for a Final Fairness (the "Motion"). WHEREAS, the Motion was filed with the Northern District of California on October 15, 2009 via the Court's Electronic Filing System and appears on the docket as document number 210; WHEREAS, pursuant to L. Civ. R. 7-2 (a), requiring all motions be filed, served and noticed

16 in writing on the motion calendar of the assigned Judge for hearing not less than 35 days after 17 service of the motion, 18 19 20 21 22 WHEREAS, the Motion was inadvertently filed without a motion hearing date to be docketed on the Judge's motion calendar; WHEREAS, counsel for the Defendants do not intend to oppose the Motion; WHEREAS, counsel for the Plaintiffs and Defendants have conferred and agree upon a date

23 before the 35 days specified in L. Civ. R. 7-2(a) in order to expedite the preliminary approval of 24 settlement; 25 26 27 28 Stipulation and Proposed Order to Shorten Time Period of Motion Hearing Case No. 03-cv-04743 -1WHEREAS, there would be no substantial harm or prejudice that would occur if the Court granted the proposed shortened time for hearing the Motion;

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NOW, THEREFORE, Plaintiffs and Defendants stipulate that the Motion Hearing date be

2 shortened to November 12, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 By: __[signature appears on filed copy]_____ Paul Flum (CA SBN 104424) 10 425 Market Street 11 San Francisco, California 94105-2482 Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 THE MOTION IS SUBMITTED ON THE PAPERS. 22 23 ___________________________ Honorable Claudia Wilken 24 United States District Judge 25 26 27 28 Stipulation and Proposed Order to Shorten Time Period of Motion Hearing Case No. 03-cv-04743 -2Counsel for Defendants MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP BARROWAY TOPAZ KESSLER MELTZER & CHECK, LLP By: /s/ Edward W. Ciolko Joseph H. Meltzer Edward W. Ciolko Mark K. Gyandoh 280 King of Prussia Road Radnor, PA 19087 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Robert A. Izard Wayne T. Boulton IZARD NOBEL LLP 29 South Main Street Suite 215 West Hartford, CT 06107 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Co-Lead Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs Dated this 21st day of October, 2009. Respectfully submitted,