DSS Technology Management, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.

Filing 169

ORDER by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. Granting 168 Motion to Substitute Attorney Permitting Withdrawal and Substitution of Counsel. Attorney Marc Christopher Belloli; Margaret Elizabeth Day; Ian N. Feinberg; David L. Alberti and Jeremiah Aaron Armstrong terminated.(ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/14/2018)

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DLA PIPER LLP (US)
MARK FOWLER (Bar No. 124235)
[e-mail]
CLAYTON THOMPSON (Bar No. 291331)
[e-mail]
YAKOV M. ZOLOTOREV (Bar No. 224260)
[e-mail]
SUMMER TORREZ (Bar No. 264858)
[e-mail]
JONATHAN HICKS (Bar No. 274634)
[e-mail]
2000 University Avenue
East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2214
Tel: [phone]

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JACOB D. ANDERSON (Bar No. 265768)
[e-mail]
DLA PIPER LLP (US)
401 B Street, Suite 1700
San Diego, CA 92101-4297
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
FEINBERG DAY ALBERTI LIM & BELLOLI LLP
DAVID ALBERTI (SBN 220625)
[e-mail]
MARC BELLOLI (SBN 244290)
[e-mail]
JEREMIAH ARMSTRONG (SBN 253705)
[e-mail]
1600 El Camino Real, Suite 280
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendant
Apple Inc.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DSS TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT,
INC.,
Plaintiff,

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v.

CASE NO. 14-cv-05330 HSG
APPLE INC.’S MOTION FOR ORDER AND
ORDER PERMITTING WITHDRAWAL
AND SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL

APPLE INC.
Defendant.

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Pursuant to Civil L.R. 5-1(c)(2)(E), 7-11 and 11-5, defendant Apple Inc. (“Apple”) hereby

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moves the Court for an order permitting the withdrawal of its counsel of record, Margaret

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Elizabeth Day, David L. Alberti, Ian N. Feinberg, Jeremiah Aaron Armstrong and Marc

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Christopher Belloli of Feinberg Day Alberti Lim & Belloli LLP, and the appearance of substitute

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counsel, Mark Fowler, Clayton Thompson, Yakov M. Zolotorev, Summer Torrez, Jacob

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Anderson and Jonathan Hicks of DLA Piper LLP (US), on its behalf in this action. Apple

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respectfully submits that such substitution of counsel is in the interests of justice, and this motion

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is not being made for purposes of delay or any other improper purpose.

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Apple, Feinberg Day Alberti Lim & Belloli LLP and DLA Piper LLP (US) consent to

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such withdrawal and substitution of counsel. Further, on November 8, 2018, counsel for plaintiff

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DSS Technology Management, Inc., Brian Carpenter of Buether Joe & Carpenter, LLC, was

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informed of the proposed substitution and confirmed on November 9, that plaintiff does not

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oppose this motion.

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Accordingly, Apple respectfully requests that the Court enter an order permitting

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withdrawal and substitution of counsel for Apple; that all necessary changes be made to the

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Court’s records and ECF system for this case by removing Margaret Elizabeth Day, David L.

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Alberti, Ian N. Feinberg, Jeremiah Aaron Armstrong and Marc Christopher Belloli of Feinberg

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Day Alberti Lim & Belloli LLP as counsel of record and substituting in their place Mark Fowler,

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Clayton Thompson, Yakov M. Zolotorev, Summer Torrez and Jonathan Hicks of DLA Piper LLP

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(US); and that all future communications regarding this case be directed to the following:

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DLA PIPER LLP (US)
MARK FOWLER (Bar No. 124235)
[e-mail]
CLAYTON THOMPSON (Bar No. 291331)
[e-mail]
YAKOV M. ZOLOTOREV (Bar No. 224260)
[e-mail]
SUMMER TORREZ (Bar No. 264858)
[e-mail]
JONATHAN HICKS (Bar No. 274634)
[e-mail]
2000 University Avenue
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East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2214
Tel: [phone]
JACOB D. ANDERSON (Bar No. 265768)
[e-mail]
401 B Street, Suite 1700
San Diego, CA 92101-4297
Tel: [phone]

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Respectfully submitted,

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Dated: November 13, 2018

DLA PIPER LLP (US)

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By: /s/ Clayton Thompson
CLAYTON THOMPSON

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Dated: November 13, 2018

FEINBERG DAY ALBERTI LIM & BELLOLI
LLP

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By: /s/ David Alberti
DAVID ALBERTI

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Attorneys for Defendant
APPLE INC.

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Dated: November 13, 2018

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APPLE INC.
By: /s/ Kim Moore
KIM MOORE

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ECF CERTIFICATION

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I, David Alberti, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this

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document. In compliance with Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that Clayton Thompson and

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Kim Moore have given their concurrence in the filing of this document.
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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is
true and correct.

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Dated: November 13, 2018

By:

/s/ David Alberti
DAVID ALBERTI

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ORDER
Having reviewed and considered defendant Apple Inc.’s Motion for Order Permitting

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Withdrawal and Substitution of Counsel, and good cause appearing, the Court hereby orders that

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Margaret Elizabeth Day, David L. Alberti, Ian N. Feinberg, Jeremiah Aaron Armstrong and Marc

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Christopher Belloli of Feinberg Day Alberti Lim & Belloli LLP be permitted to withdraw as

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counsel of record, and Mark Fowler, Clayton Thompson, Yakov M. Zolotorev, Summer Torrez,

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Jacob Anderson and Jonathan Hicks of DLA Piper LLP (US) be permitted to appear as substitute

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counsel of record for Apple Inc. The Court’s records and ECF system shall be updated to reflect

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these changes.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: November 14, 2018

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HONORABLE HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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