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

Filing 375

ORDER by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. Granting 374 Stipulation TO MODIFY THE CASE SCHEDULE. Close of Expert Discovery due by 8/7/2020; Motions due by 9/24/2020; Responses due by 10/29/2020; Replies due by 11/19/2020; Motion Hearing set for 12/10/2020 02:00 PM in Oakland, Courtroom 2, 4th Floor before Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr.; Pretrial Conference set for 2/9/2021 03:00 PM in Oakland, Courtroom 2, 4th Floor before Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. Jury Selection / Jury Trial (7 days) set for 3/1/2021 08:30 AM in Oakland, Courtroom 2, 4th Floor before Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr.(ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/22/2020)

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Michelle C. Yau (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
Mary J. Bortscheller (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
Daniel 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 St. ● 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
Charles Baird et al.,

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Plaintiffs,
v.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
TO MODIFY THE CASE SCHEDULE

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

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Case No: 4:17-cv-01892-HSG

Defendants.

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Pursuant to Northern District of California Local Rule 6-2, Plaintiffs Charles Baird and Lauren
Slayton (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and 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, Jeffrey A. Smith, Joel Davies, John Davis, and Laraine McKinnon (“collectively,
“BlackRock”), by and through respective counsel, hereby stipulate and agree as follows:
WHEREAS, on March 24, 2020, the Court entered a Case Management Scheduling Order

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setting, among other things, rebuttal Reports due by 6/26/2020 and Close of Expert Discovery due

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by 7/17/2020.

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WHEREAS, on May 22, 2020, the parties exchanged opening expert reports.

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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs requested, and BlackRock agreed to, a two week extension to the

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deadlines for rebuttal reports and the close of expert discovery, due to COVID-19 related

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disruptions, including lack of childcare, for Plaintiffs’ counsel and Plaintiff’s expert witnesses who

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are preparing rebuttal reports.

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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs also requested, and BlackRock agreed to, dates certain for filing any
motions for summary judgment and to reset the hearing date for dispositive motions to December 10,
2020.
WHEREAS, the parties have not requested any previous modification to March 24, 2020
Scheduling Order.
A declaration from Michelle C. Yau, setting for the reasons for the parties’ request, is
attached hereto as Exhibit A (“Yau Decl.”).

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, subject to the approval of the Court that:

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1.

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The Parties agree there is good cause for a modest extension of the existing case

schedule, as detailed below, to accommodate COVID-19 related disruptions. Yau Decl. ¶ 3.
The Parties therefore stipulate and agree on the following case schedule:
Event
Exchange of Opening Expert Reports
Exchange of Rebuttal Expert Reports
Close of Expert Discovery
Dispositive Motions Deadline
Response to Dispositive Motions
Replies to Dispositive Motions
Dispositive Motion Hearing
Pretrial Conference
Seven Day Bench Trial

Current Deadline
5/22/2020
6/26/2020
7/17/2020
------11/19/2020, 2:00 PM
2/9/2021, 3:00 PM
3/1/2021, 8:30 AM

Proposed Deadline
Completed
7/10/2020
8/7/2020
9/24/2020
10/29/2020
11/19/2020
12/10/2020, 2:00 PM
2/9/2021, 3:00 PM
3/1/2021, 8:30 AM

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Dated: June 16, 2020
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)
1625 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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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]

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 the Blackrock Defendants

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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ATTESTATION

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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: June 16, 2020

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By:

/s/ Michelle C. Yau
Michelle C. Yau

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

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

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provisions.

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7/22/2020
Dated: ______________________

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

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