O'Bannon, Jr. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association et al

Filing 82

NOTICE by Edward C. O'Bannon, Jr. re #56 MOTION to Extend All Deadlines Pending Determination on Motion to Consolidate Actions Notice of Withdrawal of Motion and Scheduling Suggestion (King, Jon) (Filed on 9/22/2009) Modified on 9/24/2009 (cp, COURT STAFF).

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Robert B. Carey (pro hac vice) Leonard W. Aragon (pro hac vice) HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 2425 East Camelback Road, Suite 650 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] Counsel for Plaintiffs in Keller Action Michael P. Lehmann (Cal. Bar No. 77152) Jon T. King (Cal. Bar No. 205073) Arthur N. Bailey, Jr. (Cal. Bar No. 248460) HAUSFELD LLP 44 Montgomery Street, 34th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Counsel for Plaintiffs in O'Bannon Action [Additional counsel listed on signature page] UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAMUEL MICHAEL KELLER, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. ELECTRONIC ARTS, INC., NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION; COLLEGIATE LICENSING COMPANY, Defendants. Case No. CV 09 1967 (CW) PLAINTIFFS SAMUEL MICHAEL KELLER'S AND EDWARD C. O'BANNON, JR.'S (1) NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND ALL DEADLINES PENDING DETERMINATION ON MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE ACTIONS; and (2) CASE SCHEDULING SUGGESTION REGARDING OCTOBER 1, 2009 HEARING AND CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE Judge: The Hon. Claudia Wilken

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EDWARD C. O'BANNON, JR., on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (a/k/a the "NCAA"); and COLLEGIATE LICENSING COMPANY (a/k/a "CLC"), Defendants.

Case No. CV 09-3329 (CW)

Judge: The Hon. Claudia Wilken

TO THE HONORABLE COURT AND TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiffs Samuel Michael Keller and Edward C. O'Bannon, Jr. ("Plaintiffs"), the plaintiffs in the above-captioned actions, hereby withdraw their Joint Motion to Extend all Deadlines Pending Determination on Motion to Consolidate Actions (Keller Dkt. Entry No. 70; O'Bannon Dkt. Entry No. 56) filed on September 1, 2009 (the "Motion"). The oppositions to the Motion were filed on September 4, 2009, and the motion was ripe for adjudication as of that date. See Civil L.R. 6-3(d). The parties have not received a ruling from the Court on the Motion, and the premises underlying it have changed. In the Motion, the Plaintiffs noted that efficiencies could be gained by stopping briefing and hearings on ancillary issues until the Court rules on Plaintiffs' pending Joint Motion to Consolidate Actions. The relevant briefing on various issues is now largely submitted. Specifically, the reply briefs in support of the motions to dismiss and strike in the Keller action are now submitted, and a hearing is set on October 1, 2009, along with a Case Management Conference. That hearing and Case Management Conference appear to be going

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forward on the designated day. For ease of preparation and planning for all concerned, Plaintiffs have chosen to withdraw their Motion. Additionally, as of tomorrow, the briefing on Plaintiffs' Joint Motion to Consolidate Actions will be fully submitted, and a hearing is set for October 8th. Plaintiffs also submitted a Joint Motion for Appointment of Interim Co-Lead Counsel Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(g)(3). See Keller Dkt. Entry No. 81; O'Bannon Dkt. Entry No. 76. The hearing on that motion currently is set for October 22, 2009. Defendants previously opposed a similar motion by counsel for Plaintiff Keller; Plaintiff Keller has since withdrawn as being moot in view of the joint co-lead counsel appointment filing with counsel for Plaintiff O'Bannon. Defendants contended that any lead counsel appointment is currently unnecessary due to the pendency of their motions to dismiss, and are expected to do the same in connection with the joint lead counsel application. Defendants NCAA and CLC also have filed a motion to transfer the O'Bannon action, which had a hearing date set for October 22, 2009, but the Court's clerk then issued a Notice indicating that the matter will be decided without a hearing. See O'Bannon Dkt. Entry No. 78. There are thus three hearings on various matters set in October on the 1st, 8th, and 22nd, and the Court may wish to set all matters for hearing on October 1st for the sake of efficiency, along with a joint Case Management Conference. Alternatively, if the Court is inclined to keep the consolidation motion set for October 8th, Plaintiffs respectfully suggest that efficiency could still be gained by moving the hearing on colead counsel appointment motion (currently set for October 22nd), to October 8th.1

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Plaintiffs' counsel conferred via email with counsel for the Defendants seeking their consent, but they do not consent to moving all hearing dates to October 1, 2009, and also do not consent to moving the co-lead counsel appointment hearing to October 8, 2009. PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL 2 Case Nos. CV 09 1967 (CW) ; CV 09-3329 (CW) OF JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINES

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Dated: September 22, 2009 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP /s/ Robert B. Carey__________________ Robert B. Carey (pro hac vice) Leonard W. Aragon (pro hac vice) 2425 East Camelback Road, Suite 650 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] Counsel for Plaintiff Samuel Michael Keller

Respectfully submitted, HAUSFELD LLP /s/ Jon T. King_____________________ Michael P. Lehmann (Cal. Bar No. 77152) Jon T. King (Cal. Bar No. 205073) Arthur N. Bailey, Jr. (Cal. Bar No. 248460) 44 Montgomery Street, 34th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Counsel for Plaintiff Edward C. O'Bannon, Jr.

Steve Berman (pro hac vice) HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 1301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2900 Seattle, Washington 98101 Telephone: [phone]Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] Shana E. Scarlett (Cal. Bar No. 217895) HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202 Berkeley, CA 94710 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] Additional Counsel for Plaintiff Samuel Michael Keller

Stuart M. Paynter (Cal. Bar. No. 226147) THE PAYNTER LAW FIRM PLLC 1200 G Street N.W., Suite 800 Washington DC 20005 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail]

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Michael D. Hausfeld (pro hac vice) Megan E. Jones (pro hac vice) HAUSFELD LLP 1700 K Street, NW, Suite 650 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail]

William A. Isaacson (pro hac vice) Tanya Chutkan (pro hac vice) Jack Simms (pro hac vice) BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP 5301 Wisconsin Avenue, 8th Floor Washington, DC 20015 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Jonathan W. Cuneo Daniel M. Cohen CUNEO GILBERT & LaDUCA LLP 507 C Street NE Washington, D.C. 20002 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] Daniel S. Mason (Cal. Bar No. 54065) ZELLE HOFMANN VOELBEL & MASON LLP 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400 San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Brian M. Sund Joshua G. Hauble MORRISON FENSKE & SUND, P.A. 5125 County Road 101, Suite 202 Minnetonka, MN 55345 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail]

John F. Cove, Jr. (Cal. Bar No. 212213) BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP 1999 Harrison Street, Suite 900 Oakland, CA 94612 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Vincent J. Esades HEINS MILLS & OLSON, P.L.C. 310 Clifton Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55403 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Mitchell J. Rapp (Michigan Bar No. P43081) Shawn D. Stuckey (MN Bar No. 0388976) ZELLE HOFMANN VOELBEL & MASON LLP 500 Washington Avenue South, Suite 400 Minneapolis, MN 55415 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail]

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Steven J. Greenfogel MEREDITH COHEN GREENFOGEL & SKIRNICK, P.C. 1521 Locust Street, 8th Floor Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Bruce L. Simon (Cal. Bar. No. 96241) Jessica L. Grant (Cal. Bar. No. 178138) PEARSON, SIMON, WARSHAW & PENNY, LLP 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 1430 San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] Jay L. Himes Morissa Falk LABATON SUCHAROW LLP 140 Broadway New York, NY 10005 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] Stanley D. Bernstein Ronald J. Aranoff Dana Statsky Smith BERSTEIN LIEBHARD LLP 10 East 40th Street, 22nd Floor New York, New York 10016 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] Carl A. Taylor Lopez LOPEZ & FANTEL 1510 114th Avenue Seattle, WA 98122-4024 Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Eugene A. Spector SPECTOR ROSEMAN KODROFF & WILLIS, P.C. 1818 Market Street, Suite 2500 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Gordon Ball BALL & SCOTT, A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION 550 Main Avenue, Suite 750 Knoxville, TN 37902 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Allan Steyer (Cal. Bar. No. 100318) STEYER LOWENTHAL BOODROOKAS ALVAREZ & SMITH LLP One California Street, Third Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Additional Attorneys for Plaintiff Edward Charles O'Bannon, Jr.

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I, Jon T. King, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this PLAINTIFFS SAMUEL MICHAEL KELLER'S AND EDWARD C. O'BANNON, JR.'S (1) NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND ALL DEADLINES PENDING DETERMINATION ON MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE ACTIONS; and (2) CASE SCHEDULING SUGGESTION REGARDING OCTOBER 1, 2009 HEARING AND CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest that Robert B. Carey has concurred in this filing.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Jon T. King, declare that I am over the age of eighteen (18) and not a party to the entitled action. I am a partner in the law firm of HAUSFELD LLP. My office is located at 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400, San Francisco, California 94104. On September 22, 2009, I filed the following: PLAINTIFFS SAMUEL MICHAEL KELLER'S AND EDWARD C. O'BANNON, JR.'S (1) NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND ALL DEADLINES PENDING DETERMINATION ON MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE ACTIONS; and (2) CASE SCHEDULING SUGGESTION REGARDING OCTOBER 1, 2009 HEARING AND CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE with the Clerk of the Court using the Official Court Electronic Document Filing System which served copies on all interested parties registered for electronic filing. I also certify that I caused true and correct Chambers Copies of the foregoing document(s) to be hand-delivered to the following Judge pursuant to Civil L.R. 3-12(b) by noon of the next day. The Hon. Claudia Wilken, Judge U.S.D.C., Northern District of California Oakland Division 1301 Clay Street, Suite 400 S Oakland, CA 94612-5212 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

/s/ Jon T. King_____________________

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