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

Filing 221

ORDER by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. Granting 219 Stipulation Regarding Authenticity Of Documents. (ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/10/2019)

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BRIAN D. BOYLE (S.B. #126576)
[e-mail]
RANDALL W. EDWARDS (S.B. #179053)
[e-mail]
MEAGHAN VERGOW (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
MICHAEL J. MCCARTHY (S.B. #278945)
[e-mail]
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor
San Francisco, California 94111-3823
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Attorneys for Defendants
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.; BlackRock,
Inc.; the BlackRock, Inc. Retirement Committee; the
Investment Committee of the Retirement Committee;
Catherine Bolz; Chip Castille; Paige Dickow; Daniel A.
Dunay; Jeffrey A. Smith; Anne Ackerley; Nancy Everett;
Joseph Feliciani, Jr.; Ann Marie Petach; Michael
Fredericks; Corin Frost; Daniel Gamba; Kevin Holt; Chris
Jones; Philippe Matsumoto; John Perlowski; Andy Phillips;
Kurt Schansinger; Tom Skrobe; Amy Engel; Management
Development & Compensation Committee of the
BlackRock, Inc. Board of Directors; Kathleen Nedl; Marc
Comerchero; Joel Davies; John Davis; Milan Lint; and
Laraine McKinnon
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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

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Case No. 17-cv-01892-HSG
JOINT STIPULATION AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING
AUTHENTICITY OF DOCUMENTS

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

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER RE AUTHENTICITY OF DOCS
4:17-CV-01892-HSG

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Plaintiffs Charles Baird and Lauren Slayton (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), Defendant Mercer

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Investment Consulting (“Mercer”), and Defendants BlackRock Institutional Trust Company,

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N.A., Blackrock, Inc., the BlackRock, Inc. Retirement Committee, the Investment Committee of

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the Retirement Committee, the Administrative Committee of the Retirement Committee, the

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Management Development & Compensation Committee, Anne Ackerley, Catherine Bolz, Chip

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Castille, Marc Comerchero, Paige Dickow, Daniel A. Dunay, Any Engel, Nancy Everett, Joseph

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Feliciani, Jr., Michael Fredericks, Corin Frost, Daniel Gamba, Kevin Holt, Chris Jones, Milan

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Lint, Philippe Matsumoto, Katherine Nedl, John Perlowski, Ann Marie Petach, Andy Phillips,

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Kurt Schansinger, Tom Skrobe, Jeffrey A. Smith, Joel Davies, John Davis, Laraine McKinnon

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(collectively, “BlackRock”), by and through their counsel of record, stipulate as follows:

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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs, Mercer, and BlackRock (collectively, the “Parties”) have

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determined that the authenticity of certain documents is not disputed; and

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WHEREAS, the Parties have determined that it is in their mutual interest to avoid the

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significant and unnecessary burden and expense associated with the document-by-document

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authentication of documents, and that stipulating to the authenticity of certain documents will

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promote the orderly and efficient progress of the litigation;

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THEREFORE, THE PARTIES STIPULATE AND AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

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1.

Documents produced by Plaintiffs, Mercer, or BlackRock in this action in response

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to a discovery request or pursuant to Rule 26 disclosure obligations, and which accordingly bear

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Bates numbers for this action (excluding materials disclosed exclusively in connection with or as

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part of expert reports) (the “Produced Documents”) qualify as authentic under the Federal Rules

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of Evidence to the extent set forth below, and shall not be subject to an authenticity objection at

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trial.

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2.

The Parties agree that, for purposes of Rule 901 of the Federal Rules of Evidence,

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the Parties will not contest the authenticity of any document or thing, including any true and

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correct copy thereof, produced by Plaintiffs, Mercer, or BlackRock in connection with the instant

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litigation, so long as the circumstances indicate that the document or thing was authored or

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER RE AUTHENTICITY OF DOCS
LIMITS 4:17-CV-01892-HSG

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modified by the producing Party (or, in the case of Mercer or BlackRock, by any direct or indirect

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subsidiaries of Mercer or BlackRock, or any employees thereof). Material excepted from this

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stipulation under this standard includes (but is not limited to) copies of books or chapters therein;

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newspaper articles; magazine articles; web-published articles; surveys and public reports not

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authored by any Party; and testimony before Congress or public agencies.

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3.

This stipulation does not affect the Parties’ ability to contest the authenticity of any

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document or thing produced by one of the Parties based on evidence that the document or thing is

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not what it purports to be.

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4.

In the event that a dispute arises regarding the authenticity of a document, the

Parties agree to meet and confer in good faith about the authenticity of such document.
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Nothing in this stipulation shall be construed as an agreement that any documents

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or things subject to this stipulation are admissible into evidence by any party. The Parties reserve

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the right to object to the admissibility of any document or thing under any grounds permitted by

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law and not expressed herein, including, without limitation, that the document is irrelevant, or

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that the document recites or repeats hearsay. The Parties also expressly reserve the right to object

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to the purpose for which any document is being used.

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Dated: January 10, 2019
COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS
& TOLL, PLLC

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
_/s/ Brian D. Boyle
Brian D. Boyle

/s/ Michelle C. Yau
Michelle C. Yau

Meaghan VerGow (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
Brian D. Boyle (Cal. Bar No. 126576)
Michael J. McCrthy (Cal. Bar No. 278945)
1625 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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
Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Randall W. Edwards (Cal. Bar No. 179053)
Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3823
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[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 Blackrock
MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

/s/ Matthew A. Russell
Matthew A. Russell

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Matthew A. Russell (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
77 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601
[e-mail]

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Spencer H. Wan (Cal. Bar No. 304329)
One Market, Spear Street Tower
San Francisco, cA 94105
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Mercer

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
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ATTESTATION
I attest that for all conformed signatures indicated by an “/s/,” the signatory has concurred
in the filing of this document.
Dated: January 10, 2019

By:

/s/ Brian B. Boyle

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[PROPOSED] ORDER
PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED: the above Stipulation is
approved and all parties shall comply with its provisions.

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Dated: ______________________
1/10/2019

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

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