Jeanne Stathakos, et al v. Columbia Sportswear Company

Filing 116

CASE MANAGEMENT AND PRETRIAL ORDER. Signed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on 7/20/2017. (fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/20/2017)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JEANNE STATHAKOS, et al.,

Case No. 15-cv-04543-YGR

Plaintiffs,
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v.

CASE MANAGEMENT AND
PRETRIAL ORDER

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COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR COMPANY,
et al.,
Defendants.

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TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:
The Court hereby sets the following trial and pretrial dates:

PRETRIAL SCHEDULE

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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REFERRED TO PRIVATE MEDIATION TO BE
COMPLETED BY (SEE NOTE 1):

September 15, 2017

NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF (SEE NOTE 2):

August 1, 2017

DISCLOSURE OF EXPERTS (RETAINED/NONRETAINED) (SEE NOTE 3):

Opening: September 29, 2017
Rebuttal: October 27, 2017

EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF:

November 10, 2017

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS1 / DAUBERT MOTIONS To BE
HEARD BY (SEE NOTE 4):

October 31, 2017

COMPLIANCE HEARING (SEE PAGE 2)

Friday, December 8, 2017 at 9:01 a.m.

JOINT PRETRIAL CONFERENCE STATEMENT:

December 18, 2017

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE:

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Friday, January 12, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.

TRIAL DATE AND LENGTH:

Monday, January 29, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. for
10 days
(Defendants requests a Jury Trial)

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Pursuant to the Court’s Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases at Section 2, trial counsel shall meet

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and confer in advance of the Pretrial Conference. The compliance hearing on Friday, December 8,

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See Standing Order regarding Pre-filing Conference Requirements for motions for
summary judgment.

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2017 at 9:01 a.m. is intended to confirm that counsel have reviewed the Court’s Pretrial Setting

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Instructions and are in compliance therewith. The compliance hearing shall be held in the Federal

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Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, in Courtroom 1. Five (5) business days prior

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to the date of the compliance hearing, the parties shall file a one-page JOINT STATEMENT

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confirming they have complied with this requirement or explaining their failure to comply. If

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compliance is complete, the parties need not appear and the compliance hearing will be taken off

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calendar. Telephonic appearances will be allowed if the parties have submitted a joint statement

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in a timely fashion. Failure to do so may result in sanctions.

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The parties must comply with both the Court’s Standing Order in Civil Cases and Standing
Order for Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases for additional deadlines and procedures. All

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Standing Orders are available on the Court’s website at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/ygrorders.

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Based on the Court’s discussion with the parties at the case management conference, the
Court further ORDERS thus:

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Note 1: The Court SETS a compliance hearing for August 4, 2017 at 9:01 a.m. regarding

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the parties’ mediation efforts. No later than July 28, 2017, the parties must file a joint statement

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either (i) providing the Court with the name of their chosen mediator and the date of their

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mediation or (ii) explaining their failure to do so. If compliance is complete, the Court may vacate

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the hearing and the parties need not appear.

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Note 2: The parties represented that plaintiffs may require and seek to obtain the

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deposition of Columbia’s Chairman of the Board, Gert Boyle, or Columbia’s Chief Executive

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Officer, Timothy Boyle. Defendants agree that such depositions can proceed after the August 1,

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2017 cut-off for non-expert discovery, but are subject to the discovery dispute resolution

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procedures set forth in this Court’s Standing Order. If a dispute as to the propriety of taking such

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depositions arises, the parties will submit a joint letter brief outlining such dispute no later than

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July 28, 2017.

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Note 3: The parties believe that a dispute may arise with regard to certain experts taking a

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survey of potential members of the certified class. If such a dispute exists, the parties will address

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the same with the following procedure: Opening letter briefs must be filed no later than July 27,
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2017, and response briefs no later than August 2, 2017. Such briefs shall not exceed four (4)

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pages in length. The parties request that the Court provide a ruling on any such dispute by August

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4, 2017.

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Note 4: The Court SETS the following briefing schedule for dispositive and Daubert

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motions, which are set for hearing on Tuesday, October 31, 2017: Plaintiffs’ opening brief must

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be filed by August 18, 2017. Defendants’ opposition shall be due on September 15, 2017, and

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plaintiffs’ reply on October 13, 2017.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Dated: July 20, 2017
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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
United States District Judge

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