eBay Inc. v. Digital Point Solutions, Inc. et al

Filing 196

Declaration of Colleen M. Kennedy in Support of 194 MOTION for Sanctions PLAINTIFF EBAY INC.S NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR DISCOVERY SANCTIONS AGAINST BRIAN DUNNING, BRIANDUNNING.COM, THUNDERWOOD HOLDINGS, INC., AND KESSLERS FLYING CIRCUS filed byeBay Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit 2, # 3 Exhibit 3, # 4 Exhibit 4, # 5 Exhibit 5, # 6 Exhibit 6, # 7 Exhibit 7, # 8 Exhibit 8, # 9 Exhibit 9, # 10 Exhibit 10, # 11 Exhibit 11, # 12 Exhibit 12, # 13 Exhibit 13, # 14 Exhibit 14)(Related document(s) 194 ) (Eberhart, David) (Filed on 2/26/2010)

eBay Inc. v. Digital Point Solutions, Inc. et al

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DAVII) R. EBERFIART (SB. #195474) deherhartaomrn .com SI-1ARONM. BUNZEL (S.B. #181609) sbunzeloinm .com coLrN M. KENNEDY (SB. #227107) ckennedvomm .com O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP t1 Two Embarcadero Center. 28 Moor San Francisco. CA 941.11 Felephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiff eBay Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION
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JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT AND IPROPOSEDI ORDER
Conterence Date: January 16. 2009 Time: 10:30 a.m. Judge: Hon. Jeremy Fogel

DIGITAL POINT SOLUTIONS. INC.. SHAWN I-lOGAN. KESSLER'S FLYING CIRCUS. THUNDER WOOD HOLDINGS, INC., TODD i)UNNING. DUNNING ENTERPRISE. INC. BRIAN DUNNiNG. BRIANI)UNNJNG.COM, and DOES 120, Defendants.

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The parties to the above-entitled action jointly submit this Case Management Statement and Proposed Order and request that the Court adopt it as its Case Management Order in this case. The parties, through counsel, have met and conferred on the matters contained herein.
1. JURISDICTION AND SERVICE el3ay' s Statement: eBay Inc.'s Complaint alleges that Defendants conducted fraudulent cookic stuffing" schemes as described in more detail below and violated both federal and California law, including the Iideral Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (the CFAA"). 1 8

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1965(a), as discussed more fully in eBay's opposition to the Defendants' motions to dismiss. The named Defendants have been served with the First Amended Complaint ("FAC") and have each responded by filing motions to dismiss the FAC. which were heard on December 12. 2008. Dunning Defendants' Statement: Defendants Todd 1)unning, Dunning Enterprise, Inc. ("DEl"), Brian Dunning, Briandunning.com, Thunderwood Holdings, Inc. ("THI") and Kessler's Flying Circus (collectively "Dunning Defendants") deny all the substantive allegations of the FAC. The Dunning Defendants state that the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over this case per the arguments made in their respective motions to dismiss the FAC and, even if federal jurisdiction exists, this Court is not the proper venue for this action. This action should be transferred to the Central District where these defendants reside and did business with eBay's agent, Commission Junction, Inc. (`CJI") under eBay's Affiliate Marketing Program and/or this action should be dismissed as required by section 9(d) of the Publisher Service Agreement, which provides that this dispute can only be maintained in state court.
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tIQgan/DPS's Statement: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 To the extent that the Plaintiff's federal claims remain and apply, Defendants Digital Point Solutions, Inc. and Shawn Hogan do not dispute that the Court has subject matter jurisdiction. Defendants Digital Point Solutions, Inc. and Shawn Hogan do, however, dispute that venue is proper in this District as the said Defendants do not reside within this District, the events which are the subject of the Plaintiffs actions did not substantially take place in this District, the Defendants did not agree to have any action between the parties litigated in this District, and this District is not the most convenient forum for this matter to be heard. II. FACTS eBay's Statement: eBay alleges that Defendants engaged in sophisticated fraudulent schemes that were designed to and did wrongfully obtain advertising commissions from eBay over the course of at least three years. Defendants' schemes were developed to exploit eBay's method for tracking commission-generating events in its Affiliate Marketing Program ("AMP"). eBay determines when AMP commissions should be paid by using digital tags called "cookies" that are stored in a user's web browser; eBay uses those cookies to identify which marketing affiliate, if any, caused a particular user to choose to go to the eBay website. eBay pays commissions to its affiliates based on the number of affiliate referrals to eBay of users who thereafter take "Revenue Actions" within a specified period of time following the referral. Defendants' scheme artificially inflated the commissions they would earn by making it appear that potential customers were visiting eBay's website by clicking on ads for eBay that were placed by Defendants. But this appearance was deceptive-- Defendants did not legitimately drive users to eBay's site. Instead, Defendants caused a massive number of users' computers to access eBay's computers without any user clicking on an eBay link or even becoming aware that their computer had accessed the eBay site. By doing so, Defendants caused repeated and unlawful access to eBay's
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computers that resulted in the stuffing of a cookie on each unsuspecting user's computer: then, when any of these users went to eBay and took a Revenue Action, eBa paid a Commission to I)efendants. This type of access to eBay's computers was unauthorized by e Ba y . l)efendants' schemes have been ongoing since at least I)ecernber 2003, and ended only when the FBI seized Defendants' computer equipment in June 2007 as part of an

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investigation into whether the fraudulent activities alleged by eBay in this case constitute federal crimes. Defendants' schemes have allowed them to receive payment from eBay for a substantial number of commissions to which they were not entitled. Moreover, Defendants used technological measures and engaged in activity specifically designed to frustrate attempts by eBay to discover Defendants' wrongdoing. Dunning Defendants' Statement: Dunning Defendants deny the truthfulness and accuracy of plaintiffs entire narrative of the alleged facts of this case. The true facts are that at all relevant times DEl and Till were general partners in defendant Kessler's Flying Circus ("KFC"). KFC contracted with eBay's agent, CJI, to perform promotional advertising services for eBay. KFC entered into a Publisher Service Agreement (`PSA") with CJI in April 2005. eBay approved KFC to perform these services through CJI. At all times, Cii and efla were fully aware of approved and monitored the software and promotional methods used by KFC to generate new customers for eBay. As recently as March 22, 2007, eBay stated to CJI that it was fully aware of KFC's "bizmodel", that KFC was one of eBay's top affiliates', and that its promotional efforts were compliant' with the Affiliate Marketing Program. All payments received by KFC were for actual new customers who registered at
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period of time based on KFC's promotional activity for eBay. CJI monitored all this activity and therefore there was no `artificial inflation" of commissions. Dunning Defendants have never had any contact or relationship to defendants
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Defendants object to eF3ay's repeated and unsupported reference to all delendants in a collective manner. KFC was an entirely separate and independent business from DPS, and accordingly, eBay must allege and prove its allegations separately against Dunning Defendants and/or KFC. eBay is simply confusing the Court and these pleadings by its repeated and unsupported collective allegations and references to all defendants as one group or entity.
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Defendant Shawn I-logan is an Internet entrepreneur living in San Diego. California. Over the course ol several years, Mr. Hogan worked with the Plaintiff to, among other things, increase traffic to the Plaintiff's website, help generate sales of products sold via the Plaintiff's website. help attract other affiliates to work with eBay. and help refine the Plaintiff's affiliate
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taken by Mr. Hogan individually and exclusive of any alleged relationship or conspiracy with any third party. were all with the Plaintiff's knowledge, assistance, and authorization and, as such, Mr. 1-logan never deceived or otherwise defrauded the Plaintift Furthermore, contrary to the Plaintiff's allegations, Defendant Mr. Hogan never gained unauthorized or unlawful access to any eBay or customer computer. Defendant Digital Point Solutions, Inc. has absolutely no business being a party to this lawsuit. It is a California corporation that was not formed until May 14, 2007. At no point ever was Defendant Digital Point Solutions, Inc. engaged in any business with the Plaintiff Defendant Digital Point Solutions, Inc. never entered into any contractual or other business relationship with the Plaintiff never received any commission from the Plaintiff or Defendant Shawn Flogan, and never engaged in any unlawful action or action that actually deceived or otherwise defrauded the Plaintiff. The allegations against Defendants Digital Point Solutions, Inc. and Shawn Hogan are false and will be so established at the time of trial.

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el3ay respectfully suggests that the legal issues include, but are not limited to: 1. Whether Defendants violated the CFAA, 18 U.S.C. § 1030. by intentionally causing unauthorized access to eBays computers and thereby causing loss and damage to eBay:
Whether Defendants violated the fideral civil RICO statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c), by associating with each other and others for the common purpose of defrauding eBay of commission fees through their ongoing cooking stuffing scheme;

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Whether Defendants committed common law fraud through their cookie stuffing scheme; Whether Defendants violated California Penal Code § 502 by intentionally causing unauthorized access to ei3ay's computers and thereby causing loss and damage to eBay: Whether Defendants, through their cookie stuffing scheme, were unjustly enriched in the form of artificially and fraudulently inflated commissions received from eBay, and should be required, in equity. to make restitution of these payments to eBay; Whether Defendants, through their cookie stuffing scheme, have violated California Business and Professions Code § 17200 by engaging in unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business practices.

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Whether Plaintiff is barred from any recovery by equitable doctrines because of the damage it has caused to Dunning Defendants by making untrue and unfounded allegations to the FBI to create a federal investigation for the purpose of obtaining a litigation advantage in this case? Whether Plaintiff received the benefit of' promotional services by KFC for which commissions are due and owing? Whether Plaintiff is liable to KFC for breach of the Publisher Service Agreement by its agent, CJI? Whether Plaintiff is collaterally estopped from any recovery in this case depending on the outcome of the case filed by its agent, CJI, as referenced below? Whether Plaintiff can prove damages with a reasonable certainty by distinguishing between commissions that were properly earned and those that it claims were not properly earned under the Affiliate Marketing Program as a result of alleged "cookie stuffing"? Whether the terms of the PSA require the dismissal of this action'? Whether the individual Dunning Defendants can be held personally liable in this action?

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Hogan/I)PS `s Statement: At this time, Defendants Digital Point Solutions, Inc. and Shawn Hogan believe that the legal issues, include, but are not limited to those related to the alleged cookie
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On October 27, 2008, Defendants Thunderwood Holdings, Inc., Brian Dunning, BrianDunning.com, Todd Dunning, Dunning Enterprise, Inc., Digital Point Solutions, Inc. and Shawn Hogan filed motions to dismiss eBay's FAC. On November 7, 2008, Defendant Kessler's Flying Circus filed a motion to dismiss eBay's FAC. The motions
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eBay anticipates filing a summary judgment/adjudication motion following the close of discovery. Dunning Defendants anticipate filing a motion or motions to stay discovery and to
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Without KFC's records, Dunning Defendants cannot fairly or adequately respond to eBays written discovery requests, prepare for depositions by eBay, take depositions of eBays personnel, or engage in discovery with other third party witnesses. Once discovery is completed, Dunning Defendants anticipate filing a summary judgment/adjudication motion
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motion or motions to join CJI as a necessary party to this action pursuant to F. R. Civ. Proc. 19(a). Defendants Digital Point Solutions, Inc. and Shawn Hogan anticipate filing a
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eBay filed its FAC on October 7, 2008, and does not anticipate the need for any further amendments at this time. If discovery shows that defendants used additional entities to effectuate their schemes, and if the currently named defendants did not succeed to the assets and liabilities of those entities. eflay may seek leave to amend its complaint to conform to the evidence. Because Defendants filed motions to dismiss. they have yet to answer the FAC. lf'any part of Defendants' motions to dismiss is granted. eBay may he permitted to file a Second Amended Complaint.
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have with the assigned prosecutor regarding the criminal investigation of Defendants. Dunning Defendants' Statement: el3ay should instruct its agent, CJI to preserve evidence. I-Iogan/DPS's Statement: 1)efendants Shawn I-logan and Digital Point Solutions, Inc. have taken the necessary steps to preserve the relevant documents and materials to the extent they are in Defendant Shawn Hogan's and Digital Point Solutions, Inc.'s possession or control. VII. DISCLOSURES The parties exchanged their initial disclosures on January 8, 2009. VIII. DISCOVERY PLAN eBay's Statement: Discovery is open in this action, and eBay is proceeding with full fact discovery. Pursuant to the attached schedule, eBay proposes that fact discovery close on November 20. 2009 and expert discovery' close on February 19. 2010. The parties agreed during the meet and confer that otherwise phasing discovery is not appropriate in this case. Certain materials relevant to fact discovery in this action were seized by the FBi from Defendants in June 2007 and, to eflay's understanding, have not been returned to Defendants. Defendants have informally indicated that they do not possess copies of the materials seized by the FBI. eBay anticipates that the seized materials may be essential for discovery and trial of this action and, in light of that fact, it may be necessary to extend the fact discovery cutoff and subsequent case management dates if the seized materials are not available for discovery' in advance of the currently proposed dates. The Defendants have proposed that the limitations imposed by the discovery rules be modified as follows: 10 depositions increased to 25, and 25 interrogatories increased to 50. Although eBay believes that no modifications are necessary, eBay is amenable to increasing the interrogatories to 50. The increase in depositions proposed by the
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increase in depositions From 10 to 15. A protective order will be necessary in this matter to protect trade secret and other
confidential information that is disclosed during discovery and trial. The parties will meet and confer regarding such an order and will submit it for the Court's review. Hogan/DPS `s Statement: Deftndants Shawn Hogan's and Digital Point Solutions. Inc.'s position is that assuming the materials allegedly seized by the FBI are returned without any further delay.

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fact discovery in this action can he concluded by November 20, 2009. IE however, the materials are not quickly returned by the FBI, then the fact discovery cutoff will have to be extended. Dunning Defendants' Statement: The Dunning Defendants' position is that discovery should be stayed pending return of the seized documents by the FBI. The FBi seized all of the Dunning
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computers and electronic records have been in the possession of the FBI since June 2007. The FBI has refused to return these materials and has refused to allow the Dunning Defendants to obtain copies of these materials to defend this case. The Dunning
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records. Proceeding with discovery before these documents are available to the Dunning Defendants will cause confusion, delay, and duplicative discovery. There is no prejudice to Plaintiff From such a delay in proceeding with discovery or other aspects of this case. The Dunning Defendants do not agree with eBay' s proposed schedule for the reasons stated above. The Dunning Defendants propose that a discovery schedule be
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appropriate so that some third party discovery and appropriate discovery against plaintiff may proceed even if the Dunning Defendants do not have possession of their own documents. The Dunning Defendants' position is that more depositions are likely necessary and therefore should be permitted once discovery proceeds in this case. eBays agent, CJL identified 30 persons. of which 11 are identified as eBay employees, in its Further Supplemental Response to Form Interrogatories served by Brian Dunning in the case identified below that it claims have knowledge of facts relevant to this dispute. No depositions of these persons have been taken.
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eBay's Statement: eBay is not aware of any related cases. Certain defendants have asserted that Commission Junction, Inc. v. Thunderwood Holdings, Inc. et al., Case No. 30-200800101025 (Orange County. California Superior Court) is a related case, insofar as some (though not all) of the defendants in this case are also named in that case, brought by Commission Junction (CJ"), the administrator of eBay's AMP. It is eBay's position that the CJ case is not related because eBay does not own or control CJ, and that litigation-- which has been pending since January 2008 and is set for trial in March 2009--has no bearing on eBay's case. Ci's lawsuit is premised on a contract to which eBay is not a party and seeks to recover only a single disbursement of monies that it paid to Defendant Kessler's Flying Circus as commissions for one month in 2007 and for which CJ was never reimbursed by eBay. The suit therefore involves rights and remedies that are entirely separate from the action before the Court, and none of the damages sought by eBay overlap with the damages sought by CJ. Dunning Defendants' Statement:
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participation in el3ay's Affiliate Marketing Program. The T&C required KFC to agree to be bound by its terms as a condition of participating in eBay's Affiliate Marketing Program. eBay did control CJI during all relevant times since Cii was eBay's agent for administering the Affiliate Marketing Program. the PSA and the T&C. Furthermore, the case filed by CJI is directly related to this case because it contains the identical allegations regarding the alleged cooking stuffing" conduct by these defendants. There is a risk of inconsistent results if these cases are tried separately. eBay should he collaterally estopped from relitigating the factual issues decided in the case filed by CJI. The fact that damages sought by CJI in its case are allegedly distinct from the damages sought by eBay. which Dunning De1ndants do not concede, has no bearing on the fact that these two cases are related on the issues of liability for alleged "cooking stuffing" in violation of the

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eBay's Statement: el3ay seeks compensatory, punitive, and treble damages: an award of restitution; injunctive relief pre- and post-judgment interest; reasonable attorneys' fees; expert witness fees; and any other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper. eBay seeks damages that are in excess of the applicable statutory minimums, but that eBay cannot readily calculate without the benefit of further investigation and discovery. Generally, the compensatory damages eBay seeks include recoupment of payments for commissions that were paid to, but not legitimately earned, by Defendants as well as losses and damage caused by Defendants' unauthorized access to eBay's protected computers. Dunning 1)efendants' Statement: Dunning Defendants' Statement: Plaintiff suffered no damages as a result of Dunning Defendants' conduct and is not entitled to any recovery. In fact, eBay benefitted substantially from the promotional activities of KFC. Even if eBay establishes that some commissions were paid to KFC based on promotional activities not authorized by the PSA
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or eBay's Terms and Conditions, eBay cannot reasonably identify the amount of those commissions, and eBay nevertheless benefitted from these new customers. All commissions paid to KFC as a result of the promotional activities by KFC that generated new customers at eBay who engaged in revenue generating transactions within a specified time period. ilogan/DPSs Statement: [)efendants Shawn Hogan and Digital Point Solutions, Inc. deny that the Plaintiffs have suffered and are entitled to any damages whatsoever.
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The parties discussed the possibility of engaging in alternative dispute resolution during the meet and confer process and preliminarily agreed that private mediation is preferable to other forms of AI)R for this case. The parties agree that such mediation would not be productive until discovery has been conducted, and submitted a stipulation to the Court reflecting this agreement.
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The parties do not believe this case is suitable for reference to binding arbitration, a special master, or the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.
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present time. The parties are not presently in a position to address whether: (a) it is feasible or desirable to bifurcate issues for trial; or (b) it is possible to reduce the length of the trial by stipulation, use of summaries or other expedited means of presenting issues.
XV. EXPEDITED SCHEDULE

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XVI. SCHEDULING

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eBay's Statement: eBay has requested a jury trial of this action. eBay anticipates that the trial of this action will take 10-15 court days. Dunning Defendants' Statement: The Dunning Defendants' position is that under the terms of the PSA, to which eBav is bound, the parties waived their right to a jury trial. The Defendants cannot anticipate the length of trial at this time. The Dunning Defendants are entitled to a separate trial from the Hogan defendants. Hogan/DPS's Statement: Defendants Shawn Hogan's and Digital Point Solutions. Inc.'s position is that multiple trials may be necessary to. among other things. avoid prejudice to these Defendants. Specilically, Defendants Shawn Hogan and Digital Point Solutions, Inc. believe that it may be inappropriate for one trial to commence against all parties when the claims against them are factually distinct and there exists no actual nexus between many of the various defendants and the allegations that are the subject of the Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint. Defendants Shawn Hogan and Digital Point Solutions, Inc. arc likely to request a jury trial of this action.
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eBay's Statement: On August 25, 2008, pursuant to Civil L.R. 3-16, eBay filed a Certification of Interested Entities. As stated therein, the interests of eBay International A.G. could be substantially affected by the outcome of this proceeding because, separate from the damages suffered by eBay, eBay International A.G. was damaged by Defendants' conduct.
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Dunning Defendants' Statement: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Dated: By:/s/ David R. Eberhart David R. Eberhart Dated: DAVID R. EBERHART SHARON M. BUNZEL COLLEEN M. KENNEDY O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP eBay should be required at this time to join in this case all of its subsidiaries that it contends were damaged by the Dunning Defendants' conduct. Hogan/DPS's Statement: Defindants Shawn I-logan and Digital Point Solutions. Inc. are not aware of any non-party interested entities or persons that could be substantially affected by the outcome of this proceeding.

Attorneys for Plain/i/f eBay Inc.
LEO J. PRESIADO RUS, MILIBAND & SMITH, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

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PAIRJCKK MCCIJIIAN LAW OFFICE OF PATRICK K. MCCLELLAN

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SEYAMACK KOURETCHIAN COASTLAWGROUP,LLP

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The Case Management Statement and Proposed Order is hereby adopted by this Court as the Case Management Order for the case, and the parties are ordered to comply with this Order. In addition, the Court orders that a further Case Management Conference will be held on
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1 Event 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Fact discovery commences Fact discovery closes Last day for expert reports on merits Last day for depositions Last day for responsive Close of expert discovery Last day to file dispositive motions Oppositions to dispositive motions due Reply briefs in support of dispositive motions due 1-learing on dispositive motions Required Meeting Prior to Pretrial Conference Pretrial Conference Statement Pretrial Conference Trial
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EXHIBIT A eBay's Proposed Dates January 15, 2009 November 20, 2009 January 8, 2010 January 22, 2010 February 5, 2010 February 19, 2010 March 26, 2010 Ajil 30, 2i0 May 21, 2010 Defendants' Proposed Dates

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