Rainbow Business Solutions et al v. Merchant Services, Inc et al

Filing 301

ORDER Granting #300 Stipulation to continue class certification hearing and extend associated briefing schedule. Motion Hearing set for 7/12/2012 02:00 PM before Hon. Claudia Wilken. Further Case Management Conference set for 7/12/2012 02:00 PM. Case Management Statement due by 7/5/2012. Motions due by 4/27/2012. Responses due by 6/8/2012. Replies due by 6/29/2012. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 11/7/2011. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/7/2011)

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GUTRIDE SAFIER LLP
ADAM J. GUTRIDE (State Bar No. 181446)
SETH A. SAFIER (State Bar No. 197427)
KRISTEN SIMPLICIO (State Bar No. 263291)
835 Douglass Street
San Francisco, California 94114
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
MEYERS NAVE
MICHAEL SWEET (State Bar No. 184345)
575 Market Street
Suite 2600
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
(Additional counsel listed on signature page)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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OAKLAND DIVISION

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JUST FILM, INC.; ET AL.

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Plaintiffs,
v.
MERCHANT SERVICES, INC.; ET AL.,
Defendants.

Case No. CV 10-01993 CW
STIPULATION PURSUANT TO
LOCAL CIVIL RULE 6-2(b) TO
CONTINUE CLASS CERTIFICATION
HEARING AND EXTEND
ASSOCIATED BRIEFING SCHEDULE
AND [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

WHEREAS, on June 2, 2011 this Court held a case management conference and set the
class certification hearing date for January 31, 2012;
WHEREAS, this Court issued an order granting in part and denying in part the motions to
dismiss on August 29, 2011;

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STIPULATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL CIVIL RULE 6-2(B) TO EXTEND ASSOCIATED BRIEFING
SCHEDULE

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WHEREAS, the parties held their Rule 26(f) conference on September 14, 2011;

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WHEREAS, Defendants answered the Second Amended Complaint on September 30,
2011;
WHEREAS, the parties have only recently had the opportunity to begin full discovery;
WHEREAS, in light of the large number of parties and the potential complexity of the
issues presented, the parties require additional time to complete discovery and prepare their class
certification briefs;
WHEREAS, in their Rule 26 report to the Court, the parties jointly proposed a revised
schedule for the class certification hearing and briefing, but the Court has taken no action on the
report; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Local Civil Rule 6-1(b), a Court order is necessary to extend the
class certification briefing schedule and continue the hearing;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS STIPULATED, by and between the undersigned parties,
through their respective counsel of record, pursuant to Rule 6 and Local Civil Rules 6-1(b) and
2(a), that the Court set the following deadlines regarding class certification:

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Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification due

April 27, 2012

Defendants’ opposition to certification due

June 8, 2012

Plaintiffs’ certification reply due

June 29, 2012

Hearing on class certification

July 12, 2012

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Respectfully submitted,

Date: November 3, 2011

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GUTRIDE SAFIER LLP

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/s/ Kristen G. Simplicio
_______________________
Adam J. Gutride, Esq.
Seth A. Safier, Esq.
Kristen G. Simplicio, Esq.
835 Douglass Street
San Francisco, California 94114

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STIPULATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL CIVIL RULE 6-2(B) TO EXTEND ASSOCIATED BRIEFING
SCHEDULE

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MEYERS NAVE
Michael Sweet, Esq.
575 Market Street
Suite 2600
San Francisco, CA 94105

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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MOSES & SINGER LLP

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/s/ Jennifer Nigro
_______________________
Abraham Y Skoff (Pro Hac Vice)
Scott E. Silberfein (Pro Hac Vice)
Jennifer Nigro (Pro Hac Vice)
The Chrysler Building
405 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10174
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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MITCHELL SILBERBERG & KNUPP LLP
Kevin E. Gaut (State Bar No. 117352)
[e-mail]
Daniel M. Hayes (State Bar No. 240250)
[e-mail]
11377 W. Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendants Sam Buono, Jay
Cohen, Brian Fitzgerald, Golden Eagle
Leasing, LLC, Joseph I. Sussman, P.C., Sara
Krieger, Lease Finance Group, LLC, Lease
Source-LSI, LLC, MBF Leasing, LLC,
Leonard Mezei, Northern Funding, LLC,
Northern Leasing Systems, Inc., RBL Capital
Group, LLC, Joseph I. Sussman and SKS
Associates, LLC

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JONES DAY

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/s/ Cary D. Sullivan
_______________________
Thomas R. Malcolm (State Bar No. 39248)

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STIPULATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL CIVIL RULE 6-2(B) TO EXTEND ASSOCIATED BRIEFING
SCHEDULE

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[e-mail]
Cary D. Sullivan (State Bar No. 228527)
[e-mail]
3161 Michelson Drive, Suite 800
Irvine, California 92612
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Brian Hershman (State Bar No. 168175)
[e-mail]
555 South Flower Street
Fiftieth Floor
Los Angeles, California 90071-2300
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendants Merchant Services,
Inc., Universal Card, Inc., National Payment
Processing, Inc., Jason Moore, Eric Madura,
Nathan Jurczyk, Robert Parisi, Alicyn Roy and
Universal Merchant Services, LLC

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BROWN, WEGNER & BERLINER LLP

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/s/ Matthew K. Wegner
_______________________
Matthew K. Wegner (State Bar No. 223062)
[e-mail]
2603 Main Street, Suite 1050
Irvine, CA 92614
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant Fiona Walshe

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I, Kristen G. Simplicio, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this
document. In compliance with section X(B) of General Order 45, I hereby attest that Cary
Sullivan, Jennifer Nigro, and Matthew Wegner concurred in this filing.

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/s/ Kristen G. Simplicio

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STIPULATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL CIVIL RULE 6-2(B) TO EXTEND ASSOCIATED BRIEFING
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Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 6-2(a), and GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR,
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED:

11/7/2011

THE HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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