City of Miami General Employees' & Sanitation Employees' Retirement Trust v. RH, Inc. et al

Filing 133

ORDER RE STIPULATED PRELIMINARY APPROVAL SCHEDULE; All pending deadlines are VACATED. Set/Reset Deadlines as to: Lead Plaintiff shall file Motion for Preliminary approval of proposed settlement by 5/6/2019. Any Opposition/Responses filed by 5/2 0/2019. Replies filed by 5/27/2019. Motion for Preliminary Approval of Settlement Hearing set for 6/18/2019 02:00 PM in Oakland, Courtroom 1, 4th Floor before Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. Signed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on 3/27/2019. (fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/27/2019)

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JORDAN ETH (CA SBN 121617)
[e-mail]
MARK R.S. FOSTER (CA SBN 2236822)
[e-mail]
AMANDA TRELEAVEN (CA SBN 266934)
[e-mail]
SU-HAN WANG (CA SBN 284863)
[e-mail]
MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
425 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94105-2482
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
ERIK J. OLSON (CA SBN 175815)
[e-mail]
MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
755 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304-1018
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants
RH, GARY FRIEDMAN, and KAREN BOONE

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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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Case No. 4:17-cv-00554-YGR

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IN RE RH, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION

CLASS ACTION
STIPULATED PRELIMINARY
APPROVAL SCHEDULE AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER

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STIPULATED PRELIMINARY APPROVAL SCHEDULE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
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In accordance with Local Rule 7-12, Lead Plaintiffs Public School Teachers’ Pension &

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Retirement Fund of Chicago and Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (“Lead Plaintiffs”) and

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Defendants RH, Gary Friedman, and Karen Boone (“Defendants” and collectively with Lead

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Plaintiffs, the “Parties”), by and through their undersigned counsel, submit the following stipulation

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and proposed order:

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WHEREAS, on March 1, 2019, the Parties participated in an all-day mediation before the

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former United States District Judge Layn R. Phillips and thereafter engaged in further settlement

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negotiations culminating in an agreement in principle to a class-wide settlement, the basic terms of

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which are set forth in a fully executed Memorandum of Understanding dated March 21, 2019;

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WHEREAS, the proposed settlement, if approved by the Court, will fully resolve all
pending claims in the action;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate and agree as follows, and respectfully
request that the Court enter the [Proposed] Order:

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All pending deadlines shall be vacated;

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Lead Plaintiffs shall file a motion for preliminary approval of the proposed

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settlement on or before May 6, 2019;
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Any opposition to the motion for preliminary approval shall be filed on or before

May 20, 2019;
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Lead Plaintiffs’ reply in support of preliminary approval shall be filed on or before

May 27, 2019;
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Lead Plaintiffs shall notice the hearing on their motion for preliminary approval

for June 18, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.

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Dated:

March 25, 2019

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

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By:

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/s/ Mark R.S. Foster
Mark R.S. Foster

Attorneys for Defendants
RH, Gary Friedman, and Karen Boone

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Dated:

March 25, 2019

BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER
& GROSSMANN LLP

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By:

/s/ Jonathan D. Uslaner
Jonathan D. Uslaner

Attorneys for Lead Plaintiffs Public School
Teachers’ Pension & Retirement Fund of
Chicago and Arkansas Teacher Retirement
System and Lead Counsel for the Class

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ORDER

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

March 27, 2019

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HONORABLE YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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ATTESTATION (CIVIL LOCAL RULE 5-1(i)(3))
In accordance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I attest that concurrence in the filing of
this document has been obtained from the signatories.

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Dated: March 25, 2019

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

/s/ Mark R.S. Foster
Mark R.S. Foster

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