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

Filing 175

ORDER by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. Granting 174 Stipulation to Modify the Briefing Schedule for Motions to Dismiss the Second Amended Complaint: Motions due by 10/22/2018, Responses due by 12/21/2018 and Replies due by 1/18/2019. (ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/17/2018)

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Michelle C. Yau (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
Mary J. Bortscheller (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
Daniel R. Sutter (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC
1100 New York Ave. NW ● Fifth Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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

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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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Charles Baird et al.,
Plaintiffs,

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v.

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

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Case No: 4:17-cv-01892-HSG
STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MODIFY
THE BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR MOTIONS
TO DISMISS THE SECOND AMENDED
COMPLAINT

Defendants.

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Pursuant to Northern District of California Local Rule 6-2, Plaintiffs Charles Baird and
Lauren Slayton, Defendants BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., Blackrock, Inc., the
BlackRock, Inc. Retirement Committee, the Investment Committee of the Retirement Committee,
the Administrative Committee of the Retirement Committee, the Management Development &
Compensation Committee, Anne Ackerley, Catherine Bolz, Chip Castille, Marc Comerchero, Paige
Dickow, Daniel A. Dunay, Any Engel, Nancy Everett, Joseph Feliciani, Jr., Michael Fredericks,
Corin Frost, Daniel Gamba, Kevin Holt, Chris Jones, Milan Lint, Philippe Matsumoto, Katherine
Nedl, John Perlowski, Ann Marie Petach, Andy Phillips, Kurt Schansinger, Tom Skrobe, and Jeffrey
A. Smith (collectively, “the BlackRock Defendants”), and Mercer Investment Consulting (“Mercer”,
and together with the BlackRock Defendants, “Defendants”), by and through their respective
counsel, stipulate and agree to the following:
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Second Amended Complaint

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1.

On August 27, 2018, with leave of Court, Plaintiffs filed a Second Amended Class

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Action Complaint (hereinafter “Complaint”), naming additional parties as Defendants, including

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Mercer. ECF No. 154.

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2.

The BlackRock Defendants intend to file a motion to dismiss the Complaint. Yau

Decl. ¶ 2.1 Mercer also intends to file a separate full-length motion to dismiss the Complaint. Id.

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3.

The original deadline for the previously named BlackRock Defendants to answer the

7 Complaint was September 10, 2018. Id. ¶ 3.
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On September 10, 2018, Plaintiffs and the BlackRock Defendants filed a joint

9 stipulation and proposed order that the deadline for the BlackRock Defendants to respond to the
10 Complaint would be October 22, 2018. ECF No. 159.
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On September 17, 2018, the Parties filed a joint stipulation proposing a briefing

12 schedule for all motions to dismiss and related requests for judicial notice, as set forth below. ECF
13 No. 161. The joint stipulation also proposed deadlines for the case management schedule. Id. The
14 Court entered case management deadlines on October 11, 2018 (ECF No. 173), but did not address
15 the briefing schedule for motions to dismiss the Complaint.
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In addition to the stipulated orders entered by the Court on February 20, 2018 and

17 June 18, 2018, there have been nine other time adjustments in this matter. Six adjustments have
18 concerned the motions to dismiss the original and amended complaints. ECF Nos. 28, 38, 48, 55,
19 82, 88. Two adjustments have concerned the briefing schedule on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to
20 File Second Amended Complaint. ECF Nos. 139, 146. See also Yau Decl. ¶ 8.
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The Parties therefore stipulate and agree to the following modified case schedule:

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Event

Deadline

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Deadline for Defendants to file motions to dismiss and any
related requests for judicial notice

Oct. 22, 2018

Deadline for Plaintiffs to file oppositions to the motions to
dismiss

Dec. 21, 2018

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A declaration from Michelle C. Yau, setting forth the reasons for the Parties’ request, is attached
hereto as Exhibit A.
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Second Amended Complaint

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Deadline for Plaintiffs to oppose any related requests for
judicial notice

Dec. 28, 2018

Deadline for Defendants to file replies in support of motions
to dismiss

Jan. 18, 2019

Deadline for Defendants to file replies in support of requests
for judicial notice

Jan. 25, 2019

Dated: October 15, 2018
COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL,
PLLC

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP

/s/ Michelle C. Yau
Michelle C. Yau

_/s/ Meaghan VerGow__
Meaghan VerGow

Michelle C. Yau (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
Mary J. Bortscheller (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
Daniel R. Sutter (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)
Michael J. McCarthy
1625 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Randall W. Edwards (Cal. Bar No. 179053)
Adam M. Kaplan (Cal. Bar No. 298077)
Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3823
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for the Blackrock Defendants
MORGAN, LEWIS, & BOCKIUS
/s/ Matthew A. Russell
Spencer H. Wan (CA Bar No. 304329)
One Market, Spear Street Tower
San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel:
415.442.1126
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
Brian T. Ortelere (pro hac vice)
1701 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Matthew A. Russell (pro hac vice)
77 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Mercer Investment Consulting

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ATTESTATION
I attest that for all conformed signatures indicated by an “/s/,” the signatory has concurred in

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the filing of this document.

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Dated: October 17, 2018

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By:

_/s/ Michelle C. Yau_________
Michelle C. Yau

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ORDER
PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED: the above Stipulation and

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Proposed Order to Modify the Case Schedule is approved and all parties shall comply with its

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provisions.

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Dated: October 17, 2018

____________________________
U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of California

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