Perron et al v. Hewlett-Packard Company

Filing 51

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 50 Advancing Hearing Date on Plaintiff's Motion to Stay. Motion Hearing set for 4/7/2011 01:30 PM in Courtroom 4, 5th Floor, San Jose before Hon. Lucy H. Koh. Signed by Judge Koh on 3/21/2011. (lhklc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/21/2011)

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Perron et al v. Hewlett-Packard Company Doc. 51 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 RAM & OLSON LLP MICHAEL F. RAM (SBN 104805) mram@ramolson.com KARL OLSON (SBN 104760) kolson@ramolson.com 555 Montgomery Street, Suite 820 San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: (415) 433-4949 Facsimile: (415) 433-7311 EDELSON & ASSOCIATES, LLC Marc H. Edelson (Pro Hac Vice) medelson@edelson-law.com 45 W. Court Street Doylestown, PA 18901 Telephone: (215) 230-8043 Facsimile: (215) 230-8735 SPECTOR, ROSEMAN KODROFF & WILLIS, P.C. Jeffrey L. Kodroff (Pro Hac Vice) jkodroff@srkw-law.com John A. Macoretta JMacoretta@srkw-law.com 1818 Market Street, Suite 2500 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone: (215) 496-0300 Facsimile: (215) 496-6611 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Class MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP Kristofor T. Henning (PAB 85047) (Pro Hac Vice) khenning@morganlewis.com Franco A. Corrado (PA 91436) (Pro Hac Vice) fcorrado@morganlewis.com Shevon L. Scarafile (PAB 206552) (Pro Hac Vice) 1701 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone: (215) 963-5000 Facsimile: (215) 963-5001 Attorneys for Defendant Hewlett-Packard Company UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (SAN JOSE DIVISION) NORMAND PERRON, and G. DAVID HATFIELD, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CASE NO. C-10-0695-LHK CLASS ACTION STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO ADVANCE HEARING OF PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO STAY LITIGATION 25 26 27 28 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Defendant. Case No. C-10-0695-LHK ­ STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO ADVANCE HEARING OF 1 PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO STAY LITIGATION Dockets.Justia.com 1 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 Plaintiffs Normand Perron and G. David Hatfield and Defendant Hewlett-Packard ("HP") hereby stipulate as follows: 1. On September 15, 2010 Judge James Ware of this Court issued an Order (Document No. 250) in the Nvidia GPU litigation, Case No. 08-04312 which preliminarily approved a settlement. Paragraph 14 of that Order states that "Pending final determination of whether the Settlement should be approved, the Plaintiffs, all Settlement Class Members, and each of them, and anyone who acts or purports to act on their behalf, shall not institute, commence or prosecute any action which asserts Released Claims against any Released Person." On September 23, 2010, HP moved to stay all proceedings in this matter pending a determination whether the Nvidia settlement should be finally approved (Doc. No. 38). HP argued, among other things, that Plaintiffs' claims in this matter are "Released Claims" for purposes of Judge Ware's September 15, 2010 preliminary approval order and HP is a "Released Person" for purposes of that order. Plaintiffs agreed that it is possible that their claims herein fall within the definition of "Released Claims" in the Nvidia settlement. Plaintiffs filed objections to the Nvidia settlement. 3. Judge Ware granted the Motion for Final Approval of Settlement in the Nvidia GPU litigation. 4. settlement. 5. On March 14, 2011, Plaintiffs filed a one-page motion to stay this case. To On January 14, 2011, Plaintiffs appealed the final approval of the NVIDIA GPU conserve judicial resources, Plaintiffs move to stay this Perron wireless case until their appeal of the NVIDIA graphics settlement approval is resolved. Plaintiffs agree that their claims in this matter are released in the NVIDIA settlement. Therefore, if Plaintiffs lose the appeal, then their claims in this case will be extinguished. /// /// /// /// Case No. C-10-0695-LHK ­ STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO ADVANCE HEARING OF PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO STAY LITIGATION 2 1 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 6. Because the oppositions to HP's two motions to dismiss are due on April 14, the parties have agreed, subject to Court approval, to advance the hearing on Plaintiffs' Motion to Stay this case to April 7, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. HP's response would be due on March 28, 2011 and Plaintiffs' reply on March 31, 2011. SO STIPULATED. Dated: March 18, 2011 /s/ Michael F. Ram Michael F. Ram (SBN 104805) mram@ramolson.com KARL OLSON (SBN 104760) kolson@ramolson.com RAM & OLSON LLP 555 Montgomery Street, Suite 820 San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: (415) 433-4949 Facsimile: (415) 433-7311 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Class Dated: March 18, 2011 /s/ Kristofor T. Henning Kristofor T. Henning (PAB 85047) (Pro Hac Vice) khenning@morganlewis.com Franco A. Corrado (PA 91436) (Pro Hac Vice) fcorrado@morganlewis.com Shevon L. Scarafile (PAB 206552) (Pro Hac Vice) MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 1701 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone: (215) 963-5000 Facsimile: (215) 963-5001 Howard Holderness (SBN 169814) hholderness@morganlewis.com MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP One Market, Spear Street Tower San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: (415) 442-1000 Facsimile: (415) 442-1001 Attorneys for Defendant Hewlett-Packard Company SO ORDERED. Date: March 21, 2011 _________________________________ Lucy H. Koh Judge, United States District Court N:\Docs\1113-03\Pleadings\StipMotStay Advance Hearing-FINAL.doc Case No. C-10-0695-LHK ­ STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO ADVANCE HEARING OF PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO STAY LITIGATION 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EXHIBIT A I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a "conformed" signature (/S/) within this efiled document. Dated: March 18, 2011 /s/ Michael F. Ram MICHAEL F. RAM (SBN 104805) mram@ramolson.com KARL OLSON (SBN 104760) kolson@ramolson.com RAM & OLSON LLP 555 Montgomery Street, Suite 820 San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: (415) 433-4949 Facsimile: (415) 433-7311 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Class 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Case No. C-10-0695-LHK ­ STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO ADVANCE HEARING OF PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO STAY LITIGATION 4

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