Oliver et al v. SD-3 LLC et al

Filing 125

ORDER GRANTING AS MODIFIED 124 STIPULATION Regarding Time To File Second Amended Complaint, Motion To Dismiss Briefing Schedule and Page Limits, and Stay of Discovery. Signed by Judge JEFFREY S. WHITE on 2/3/15. (jjoS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/3/2015)

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Jeffrey L. Kessler (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Aldo A. Badini (SBN 257086)
[e-mail]
Susannah P. Torpey (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
James F. Lerner (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
212-294-4601
212-294-4700 (fax)
Ian L. Papendick (SBN 275648)
[e-mail]
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
101 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-591-6905
415-591-1400 (fax)

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Attorneys For Defendants
Panasonic Corporation
Panasonic Corporation of North America

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[Counsel For Additional Stipulating Parties 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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DR. DAN OLIVER, JEANNIE OLIVER,
JOE SOLO, BERNARD GROSS, SUSAN
KEELIN, WALTER KVASNIK, KOU
SRIMOUNGHANCH, HUMBERTO
GONZALEZ, SAMUEL D. LEGGETT,
BRIAN ALBEE, MARY LOUISE
FOWLER, JOE SHAW, and RHONDA
SHULTZ, on their own behalves and on
behalf of all others similarly situated,

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Plaintiffs,
v.

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SD-3C LLC; PANASONIC CORP.;
PANASONIC CORP. OF NORTH
AMERICA; TOSHIBA CORP.; TOSHIBA
AMERICA ELECTRONIC
COMPONENTS, INC.; and
SANDISK CORP.
Defendants.

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Case No. 4:11-cv-01260-JSW
JOINT STIPULATION AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING
TIME TO FILE SECOND AMENDED
COMPLAINT, MOTION TO DISMISS
BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND PAGE
LIMITS, AND STAY OF DISCOVERY
The Hon. Jeffrey S. White
Courtroom 5, 2nd Floor

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
CASE NO. 11-cv-01260-JSW

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WHEREAS, on December 12, 2014 the Court granted the joint motion to set a Case

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Management Conference filed by the indirect purchaser plaintiffs (“Plaintiffs”) and defendants

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Panasonic Corporation, Panasonic Corporation of North America, Toshiba Corporation, Toshiba

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America Electronic Components, Inc., SD-3C, LLC, and SanDisk Corporation (collectively,

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“Defendants”) and set a Case Management Conference for February 6, 2015;

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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs seek to file a Second Amended Complaint;

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WHEREAS, in light of the Court’s orders in connection with the Case Management

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Conference held in the related Samsung action on January 9, 2015, the parties in this action have

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reached certain agreements that they believe will obviate the need for the Court to hold a Case

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Management Conference at this time;
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO, through
their respective counsel, subject to the approval to the Court, that:
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The Case Management Conference on calendar for February 6, 2015, and the

deadline to file a Joint Case Management Statement, should be taken off calendar;

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2.

Plaintiffs will file their Second Amended Complaint on or before February 3, 2015;

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3.

By stipulating to the filing of the Second Amended Complaint, Defendants do not

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consent to any amendment that would expand the legal issues to be resolved by the Court. To the

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extent Defendants believe any particular amendment is improper, they shall advise Plaintiffs of

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which portions of the Second Amended Complaint they deem improper, in which case Plaintiffs

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shall promptly move for leave to amend the complaint in those respects, and Defendants reserve all

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rights to oppose the amendment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Plaintiffs have advised

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Defendants that they intend to amend to add a cause(s) of action under Florida law for the alleged

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Florida subclass, and Defendants do not object in principle that such amendment is improper;

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4.

Defendants may file a single joint motion to dismiss the Plaintiffs’ Second

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Amended Complaint and a consolidated memorandum of points and authorities in support of their

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joint motion; Plaintiffs may file a single opposition to Defendants’ joint motion to dismiss; and

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Defendants may file a single consolidated reply to Plaintiffs’ opposition;

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5.

Defendants will file their motion to dismiss on or before February 27, 2015;
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6.

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March 13, 2015;

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Defendants will file their reply to Plaintiffs’ opposition on or before March 20,

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Defendants shall have a page limit of thirty-five (35) pages for their consolidated

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Plaintiffs will file their opposition to Defendants’ motion to dismiss on or before

2015;

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brief in support of their joint motion to dismiss (notwithstanding that the six defendants would be

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entitled to an aggregate of ninety pages, or fifteen pages each, pursuant to the Court’s Civil

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Standing Orders); Plaintiffs shall have a page limit of thirty-five (35) pages for their brief in

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opposition; and Defendants shall have a page limit of twenty (20) pages for their consolidated brief

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in reply;
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Plaintiffs request that that Defendants’ motion to dismiss be set for hearing on

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March 27, 2015, at 9:00 a.m., the same date and time that the motion to dismiss in the related

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action, Samsung v. Panasonic Corp., No. 10-cv-3098, is scheduled for hearing. Defendants

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neither oppose nor join this request. Should the Court deny Plaintiffs’ request and strike this

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paragraph from this Stipulation, Defendants will notice their motion to dismiss for hearing on the

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first date available in accordance with the N.D. Cal. Civil Local Rules and the Court’s Calendar
The hearing in the related matter shall be continued to same date as hearing
Scheduling Notes;
in this matter.
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The stay of discovery in this case, which has been in effect pursuant to a stipulation

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among the parties that was So Ordered by the Court on June 28, 2011 and renewed on February

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13, 2012, shall remain in effect pending further order of the Court lifting or modifying the stay, or

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setting a Case Management Conference in the event that the Court denies or denies in part

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Defendants’ motion to dismiss;

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No party shall serve requests for discovery until the stay has expired;

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The parties shall not be required to serve initial disclosures, pursuant to Federal

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Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a), until the stay of discovery has expired;
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This Stipulation is made without prejudice to any party’s right to move to extend

the stay of discovery;
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The parties agree and stipulate that they will confer and propose to the Court a date
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for the Case Management Conference and associated discovery and ADR obligations after the stay

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requested herein expires;

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This Stipulation applies to this proceeding only.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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February 2
Dated: ________________________, 2015

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____________________________________
Hon. Jeffrey S. White
United States District Judge

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Dated: January 30, 2015

Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Amanda K. Bonn

By: /s/ Jeffrey L. Kessler

Max L. Tribble Jr. pro hac vice
[e-mail]
Joseph S. Grinstein pro hac vice
[e-mail]
Eric J. Mayer pro hac vice
[e-mail]
SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
1000 Louisiana, Suite 5100
Houston, TX 77002-5096
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 713-654-6666

Jeffrey L. Kessler (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Aldo A. Badini (SBN 257086)
[e-mail]
Susannah P. Torpey (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
James F. Lerner (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
212-294-4601
212-294-4700 (fax)

Marc M. Seltzer (Bar No. 54534)
[e-mail]
Amanda K. Bonn (Bar No. 270891)
[e-mail]
SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 950
Los Angeles, CA 90067-6029
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 310-789-3150
Isaac L. Diel pro hac vice
[e-mail]
Sharp McQueen PA
6900 College Blvd., Suite 285
Overland Park, Kansas 66211-1547
Tel. [phone]
Daniel L. Karon pro hac vice
[e-mail]
GOLDMAN SCARLATO & KARON, PC
700 West St. Clair Avenue, Suite 204
Cleveland, OH 44113
Tel. [phone]

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Thomas J.H. Brill pro hac vice
[e-mail]
Law Office of Thomas H. Brill
8012 State Line Road, Suite 102
Leawood, Kansas 66208-3712
Tel. [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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Ian L. Papendick (SBN 275648)
[e-mail]
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
101 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-591-6905
415-591-1400 (fax)
Attorneys For Defendants
Panasonic Corporation
Panasonic Corporation of North America
By: /s/ Richard S. Taffet
Richard S. Taffet
[e-mail]
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022-4689
212-705-7729
212-705-5378 (fax)
Kristen A. Palumbo
[e-mail]
Bess Kennedy
[e-mail]
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Three Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-393-2000
415-393-2286 (fax)
Attorneys For Defendant
SanDisk Corp.

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By: s/ Christopher B. Hockett
Christopher B. Hockett
[e-mail]
Neal Alan Potischman
[e-mail]
Samantha Harper Knox
[e-mail]
Davis Polk & Wardwell
1600 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
650-752-2000
650-752-2111 (fax)
Attorneys For Defendant
SD-3 LLC

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By:/s/ Belinda S Lee
Daniel M. Wall
[e-mail]
Belinda S Lee
[e-mail]
Sarah M. Ray
[e-mail]
Latham & Watkins LLP
505 Montgomery Street
Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-391-0600
415-395-8095 (fax)

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Attorneys For Defendants
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.,
and Toshiba Corporation

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Pursuant to N.D. Cal. L.R. 5-1(i)(3), the filer attests that concurrence
in filing of this document has been obtained from the above signatories

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