"In Re: Facebook Privacy Litigation"

Filing 58

MOTION to Consolidate Cases for All Purposes and to Address Related Issues in Response to Court's November 12, 2010 and 53 Order November 19, 2010 filed by Facebook, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Proposed Order)(Brown, Matthew) (Filed on 11/22/2010) Modified on 11/23/2010 (cv, COURT STAFF).

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COOLEY LLP MICHAEL G. RHODES (116127) ([e-mail]) MATTHEW D. BROWN (196972) ([e-mail]) JAMES M. PENNING (229727) ([e-mail]) 101 California Street 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-5800 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant FACEBOOK, Inc., a Delaware corporation UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION

IN RE: FACEBOOK PRIVACY LITIGATION

Case No. 10-cv-02389-JW [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT FACEBOOK, INC.'S MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE CASES FOR ALL PURPOSES AND TO ADDRESS RELATED ISSUES IN RESPONSE TO COURT'S NOVEMBER 12, 2010 AND NOVEMBER 19, 2010 ORDERS Date: November 22, 2010 Dept: Courtroom 8 Judge: Hon. James Ware

_____________________________________ NANCY WALTHER GRAF, Plaintiff, v. ZYNGA GAME NETWORK, INC., Defendant. _____________________________________

Trial Date: Not Yet Set Case No. 10-cv-04680-JW

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION
TO CONSOLIDATE CASES NO. 10-CV-02389-JW

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SHELLEY ALBINI, Plaint iff, v. ZYNGA GAME NETWORK, INC. AND DOES 1-50, INCLUSIVE, Defendants. _____________________________________ VALERIE GUDAC and RICHARD BEILES, Plaint iffs, v. ZYNGA GAME NETWORK, INC., Defendant. _____________________________________ HOWARD L. SCHREIBER, Plaint iff, v. ZYNGA GAME NETWORK, INC., Defendant. _____________________________________ JOHN SWANSON, Plaint iff, v. ZYNGA GAME NETWORK, INC., Defendant. _____________________________________ ZENA CARMEL-JESSUP, Plaint iff, v. FACEBOOK, INC. and ZYNGA GAME NETWORK, INC., Defendants. _____________________________________

Case No. CV-10-04723-JW

Case No. 10-cv-04793-JW

Case No. 10-cv-04794-JW

Case No. 10-cv-04902-JW

Case No. 10-cv-04930-JW

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION
TO CONSOLIDATE CASES NO. 10-CV-02389-JW

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IRIS PHEE and WILLIAM J. OHARA, Plaint iffs, v. FACEBOOK, INC. and ZYNGA GAME NETWORK, INC., Defendants. _____________________________________ KAREN BRYANT and CHRISTOPHER BROCK, Plaint iffs, v. FACEBOOK, INC., AND ZYNGA GAME NETWORK, INC., Defendants.

Case No. 10-cv-04935-JW

Case No. 10-CV-05192-JW

Defendant Facebook, Inc.'s ("Facebook") Motion to Consolidate Cases for All Purposes and to Address Related Issues in Response to Court's November 12, 2010 and November 19, 2010 Orders ("Facebook's Motion") comes before the Court for consideration. After considering Facebook's Motion, the papers in support of the Motion, and any papers filed by Plaintiffs in connection with the Motion and/or the Court's Orders, and finding good cause has been shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Facebook's Motion is GRANTED as follows: 1. The following ten cases shall be consolidated for all purposes: In re: Facebook Privacy Litigation, No. 10-cv-02389-JW; Marfeo v. Facebook, No. 10-cv-_____; Graf v. Zynga, No. 10-cv-04680-JW; Albini v. Zynga, No. 10-cv-04723-JW; Gudac & Beiles v. Zynga, No. 10-cv-04793-JW; Schreiber v. Zynga, No. 10-cv-04794-JW; Swanson v. Zynga, No. 10-cv-04902-JW; Carmel-Jessup v. Facebook & Zynga, No. 10-cv-04930-JW; 3.
[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION
TO CONSOLIDATE CASES NO. 10-CV-02389-JW

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Phee & O'Hara v. Facebook & Zynga, No. 10-cv-04935-JW; and Bryant & Brock v. Facebook & Zynga, No. 10-cv-05192-JW.

Plaint iffs shall file and serve a single consolidated amended complaint. Facebook is relieved of the obligation of filing a response to the individual

complaints currently on file in the cases, and Facebook shall instead a file a response (answer, motion to dismiss, or other response) to the consolidated amended complaint within 30 days after it is filed. 4. Discovery is stayed until a consolidated amended complaint is filed and any

motions to dismiss have been decided. 5. Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs, counsel for Facebook, and counsel for Zynga shall

meet and confer and submit a joint case management statement, including a proposed case schedule, for the Court's consideration within 30 days of the Court's order regarding consolidation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November ____, 2010

Hon. James Ware United States District Judge

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION
TO CONSOLIDATE CASES NO. 10-CV-02389-JW