"The Apple iPod iTunes Anti-Trust Litigation"

Filing 573

MOTION for Leave to File Brief Response to Apples Objections to Plaintiffs Evidence Filed in Support of Reply in Support of Plaintiffs Renewed Motion for Class Certification filed by Melanie Tucker. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Bernay, Alexandra) (Filed on 4/11/2011)

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BONNY E. SWEENEY (176174)
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ALEXANDRA S. BERNAY (211068)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN JOSE DIVISION
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THE APPLE IPOD ITUNES ANTI-TRUST ) Lead Case No. C-05-00037-JW(HRL)
19 LITIGATION
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) CLASS ACTION
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) REQUEST FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF
This Document Relates To:
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) RESPONSE TO APPLE’S OBJECTIONS TO
) PLAINTIFFS’ EVIDENCE FILED IN
ALL ACTIONS.
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) SUPPORT OF REPLY IN SUPPORT OF
) PLAINTIFFS’ RENEWED MOTION FOR
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) CLASS CERTIFICATION
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Hon. James Ware
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that as soon as the Court’s schedule allows, plaintiffs Melanie

3 Tucker, Mariana Rosen, and Somtai Charoensak (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) hereby move this Court
4 for leave to file a brief response to Apple’s Objections to Plaintiffs’ Evidence Filed in Support of
5 Reply in Support of Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion for Class Certification (“Objections”). Plaintiffs
6 seek leave because matters raised in Apple’s Objections are contrary to the clear record and misstate
7 critical matters raised in the Reply Declaration of Roger G. Noll and in the Declaration of Alexandra
8 S. Bernay in Support of Reply Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion for Class
9 Certification (“Bernay Declaration”).
Plaintiffs seek to submit a response of not more than four pages to address the Objections and

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11 seek to cure certain alleged issues by submitting copies of documents cited in the Bernay
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MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES
On Monday, April 4, 2011, Apple filed its Objections. This document makes a number of

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Apple’s contentions regarding these critical evidentiary issues cannot go uncontested by

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18 Plaintiffs. Without an opportunity to respond to the Objections, Plaintiffs will be severely
19 prejudiced prior to the planned April 18, 2011 hearings on Plaintiffs’ renewed motion for class
20 certification and Apple’s renewed motion for summary judgment. By this request, Plaintiffs seek
21 leave to file a brief response – no more than four pages – that addresses the issues raised by the
22 Objections. Plaintiffs also request leave to submit as exhibits copies of documents cited in the
23 Bernay Declaration to lay to rest Apple’s claimed objection to Plaintiffs’ citation to discovery24 related correspondence as well as a short Declaration from former Plaintiffs’ attorney Paula M
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Moreover, the Objections improperly include further argument on the motion in

27 contravention of Local Rule 7-3(d)(1) which provides that an objection to reply evidence “may not
28 include further argument on the motion.” Here, Apple has made a number of statements in its
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REQ FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF RESPONSE TO APPLE’S OBJECTIONS TO PLTFS’ EVIDENCE
FILED IN SUPPORT OF REPLY TO PLTFS’ RENEWED MOTION FOR CC - C-05-00037-JW(HRL)

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1 Objections that plainly constitute further argument on the motion. This further demonstrates why
2 Plaintiffs’ brief submission should be considered by the Court.
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Plaintiffs’ request the Court consider this request on an expedited basis because of the

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CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs’ request to respond to Apple’s Objections should be

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8 DATED: April 11, 2011

Respectfully submitted,

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ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN
& DOWD LLP
JOHN J. STOIA, JR.
BONNY E. SWEENEY
THOMAS R. MERRICK
ALEXANDRA S. BERNAY
CARMEN A. MEDICI

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s/ Alexandra S. Bernay
ALEXANDRA S. BERNAY

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655 West Broadway, Suite 1900
San Diego, CA 92101
Telephone: [phone]
619/231-7423 (fax)
THE KATRIEL LAW FIRM
ROY A. KATRIEL
1101 30th Street, N.W., Suite 500
Washington, DC 20007
Telephone: [phone]
202/330-5593 (fax)

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BONNETT, FAIRBOURN, FRIEDMAN
& BALINT, P.C.
ANDREW S. FRIEDMAN
FRANCIS J. BALINT, JR.
ELAINE A. RYAN
TODD D. CARPENTER
2901 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1000
Phoenix, AZ 85012
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602/274-1199 (fax)

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BRAUN LAW GROUP, P.C.

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MURRAY, FRANK & SAILER LLP
BRIAN P. MURRAY
JACQUELINE SAILER
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New York, NY 10016
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212/682-1892 (fax)
GLANCY BINKOW & GOLDBERG LLP
MICHAEL GOLDBERG
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Los Angeles, CA 90067
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on April 11, 2011, I authorized the electronic filing of the foregoing with

3 the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the
4 e-mail addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I
5 caused to be mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non6 CM/ECF participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List.
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I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the

8 foregoing is true and correct. Executed on April 11, 2011.
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s/ Alexandra S. Bernay
ALEXANDRA S. BERNAY

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