Baird v. BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. et al

Filing 146

ORDER by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. Granting 142 Stipulation to Modify Briefing Schedule on 133 Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint. (ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/6/2018) Modified on 8/6/2018 (ndrS, COURT STAFF).

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BRIAN D. BOYLE (S.B. #126576)
[e-mail]
MEAGHAN VERGOW (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
1625 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-4061
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
RANDALL W. EDWARDS (S.B. #179053)
[e-mail]
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor
San Francisco, California 94111-3823
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Attorneys for Defendants
Anne Ackerley, BlackRock Institutional Trust
Company, N.A., BlackRock, Inc., Catherine Bolz, Chip
Castille, Paige Dickow, Daniel A. Dunay, Amy Engel,
Nancy Everett, Joseph Feliciani, Jr., Michael
Fredericks, Corin Frost, Daniel Gamba, Kevin Holt,
Chris Jones, Philippe Matsumoto, John Perlowski, Ann
Marie Petach, Andy Phillips, Kurt Schansinger, Tom
Skrobe, Jeffrey A. Smith, the BlackRock, Inc.
Retirement Committee, and the Investment Committee
of the Retirement Committee

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Charles Baird and Lauren Slayton,
individually, and on behalf of all others
similarly situated, and on behalf of the
BlackRock Retirement Savings Plan,

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Plaintiffs,

Case No. 17-cv-01892-HSG
STIPULATION AND ORDER TO
MODIFY BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON
PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE
TO FILE SECOND AMENDED
COMPLAINT

v.
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.,
et al.,
Defendants.

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STIPULATION RE BRIEFING SCHEDULE
ON PLS.’ MOT. FOR LEAVE TO AMEND
17-CV-01892-HSG

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Pursuant to Northern District of California Rule 6-2, Plaintiffs Charles Baird and Lauren

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Slayton, and Defendants Anne Ackerley, BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.,

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BlackRock, Inc., Catherine Bolz, Chip Castille, Paige Dickow, Daniel A. Dunay, Amy Engel,

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Nancy Everett, Joseph Feliciani, Jr., Michael Fredericks, Corin Frost, Daniel Gamba, Kevin Holt,

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Chris Jones, Philippe Matsumoto, John Perlowski, Ann Marie Petach, Andy Phillips, Kurt

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Schansinger, Tom Skrobe, Jeffrey A. Smith, the BlackRock, Inc. Retirement Committee, and the

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Investment Committee of the Retirement Committee (collectively, the “Defendants”), by and

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through their respective counsel, stipulate and agree to the following:

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1. On July 16, 2018, Plaintiffs filed a Motion for Leave to File Second Amended
Complaint (“Motion for Leave to Amend”).1

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2. Pursuant to Local Rule 7-3, Defendants’ response to the Motion for Leave to

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Amend would be due on July 30, 2018, and Plaintiffs’ reply in support would be

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due on August 6, 2018. Before Plaintiffs filed the Motion for Leave to Amend, the

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Parties stipulated and agreed to the following briefing schedule for the Motion for

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Leave to Amend:

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August 3, 2018

Defendants’ opposition due

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August 17, 2018

Plaintiffs’ reply due

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3. The Parties have not requested any previous enlargement of time with respect to

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Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to Amend.

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4. There have been six previous time adjustments in this matter, none of which

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affected discovery or the trial date and each of which related to the motions to

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dismiss the original complaint and the Amended Complaint, or alternatively for

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Summary Judgment, and the related hearing schedules (ECF Nos. 28, 38, 48, 55,

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82, 89).

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Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to Amend was originally filed under seal on July 13, 2018 (ECF
No. 129), but was later permanently removed from the docket (ECF No. 132) and re-filed on July
16, 2018 (ECF No. 133).
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STIPULATION RE BRIEFING SCHEDULE
ON PLS.’ MOT. FOR LEAVE TO AMEND
17-CV-01892-HSG

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5. The stipulated briefing schedule for Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to Amend would

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have no effect on the operative Scheduling Order in this case (ECF No. 122).

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Dated: July 30, 2018
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COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS
& TOLL, PLLC

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP

_/s/ Michelle C. Yau_______________
Michelle C. Yau (admitted Pro Hac Vice)

_/s/ Meaghan VerGow_______________
Meaghan VerGow (admitted Pro Hac Vice)

Karen L. Handorf (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
Michelle C. Yau (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
Julia A. Horwitz (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
Mary J. Bortscheller (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
Suite 500, West Tower
Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Meaghan VerGow (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
Brian Boyle (Cal. Bar No. 126576)
1625 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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FEINBERG, JACKSON, WORTHMAN
& WASOW, LLP
Nina Wasow (Cal. Bar No. 242047)
Todd Jackson (Cal. Bar No. 202598)
2030 Addison Street
Suite 500
Berkeley, CA 94704
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Randall W. Edwards (Cal. Bar No. 179053)
Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3823
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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Attorneys for Defendants

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STIPULATION RE BRIEFING SCHEDULE
ON PLS.’ MOT. FOR LEAVE TO AMEND
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ATTESTATION

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I attest that for all conformed signatures indicated by an “/s/,” the signatory has concurred
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in the filing of this document.
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Dated: July 30, 2018

By:

/s/ Meaghan VerGow___

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Meaghan VerGow
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ORDER
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PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED:
Defendants shall file any response to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to File Second Amended
Complaint by August 3, 2018. Plaintiffs shall file any reply by August 17, 2018.

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Dated: August 6, 2018

____________________________
Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.
U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of California

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STIPULATION RE BRIEFING SCHEDULE
ON PLS.’ MOT. FOR LEAVE TO AMEND
17-CV-01892-HSG