Van Valin et al v. Google, Inc.

Filing 20

Declaration of David J. Burman. Filed by Google, Inc.. (Related document(s): Motion for Stay 19 .) (Markley, Julia)

Van Valin et al v. Google, Inc.

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Robert L. Aldisert, OSB No. 940433 [e-mail] Julia E. Markley, OSB No. 000791 [e-mail] PERKINS COIE LLP 1120 N.W. Couch Street, Tenth Floor Portland, OR 97209-4128 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 503.727.2222 David J. Burman, WSB No. 10611 [e-mail] (admitted pro hac vice) Susan D. Fahringer, WSB No. 21567 [e-mail] (admitted pro hac vice) PERKINS COIE LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 206.359.9000 Attorneys for Defendant Google Inc. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF OREGON PORTLAND DIVISION VICKI VAN VALIN, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated within the state of Oregon; NEIL MERTZ on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated within the state of Washington, Plaintiffs, v. GOOGLE, INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant.

No. CV 10-557 ST DECLARATION OF DAVID J. BURMAN

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DECLARATION OF DAVID J. BURMAN

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P e r k i n s Coie LLP 1120 N.W. Couch Street, Tenth Floor Portland, OR 97209-4128 Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Dockets.Justia.com

I, David J. Burman, do hereby declare: 1. I am one of the attorneys in this case for defendant Google Inc. and make this

declaration on personal knowledge. 2. I have conferred with counsel for Plaintiffs in this case regarding Google's Motion

to Stay Pretrial Deadlines, and Plaintiffs' counsel stipulates to and does not oppose this motion. 3. On May 17, 2010, plaintiffs instituted this action by filing a putative class action

complaint which alleges that Google violated the federal Wiretap Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2510 et seq., by allegedly using its "Street View" vehicles to receive electronic data being transmitted over open wireless ("Wi-Fi") internet connections. 4. Seven other cases were filed in five federal judicial districts which also allege that

Google violated the federal Wiretap Act, among other laws, by allegedly using its Street View vehicles to receive data being transmitted over open Wi-Fi connections ("Google Wi-Fi Cases"). Google is the sole defendant in all of the Google Wi-Fi Cases. 5. On June 14, 2010, plaintiffs in the case Keyes v. Google Inc., No. 1:10-cv-0896-

JDB (D.D.C.), pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, moved the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ("JPML" or "Panel") for an order transferring the Google Wi-Fi Cases, as well as all subsequently filed related actions, to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. The Keyes plaintiffs' motion for transfer of actions and for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings remains pending before the JPML. 6. Google agrees with the Keyes plaintiffs that the cases should be consolidated but

will ask the Panel to transfer the Google Wi-Fi Cases, as well as all subsequently filed related actions, to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. 7. In consideration of the foregoing, Google moves the Court for, and plaintiffs

stipulate to, an Order as follows: 2DECLARATION OF DAVID J. BURMAN
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a. All pretrial deadlines shall be stayed pending the JPML's resolution of whether the Google Wi-Fi cases, and all subsequently filed related actions, should be transferred to a single judicial district for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings; b. In the event that the JPML denies transfer of the Google Wi-Fi cases, and all subsequently-filed related actions, to a single judicial district for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings, Google shall have thirty days from the date of the order denying transfer to plead, answer, move, or otherwise respond to plaintiffs' class action complaint; and c. In the event that the JPML orders the transfer of the Google Wi-Fi cases, and all subsequently filed related actions, to a single judicial district for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings, Google shall plead, answer, move, or otherwise respond to plaintiffs' class action complaint within thirty days from (a) the date that plaintiffs file a master consolidated complaint in the transferee district or (b) the date that it is resolved by the transferee court and/or counsel for plaintiffs and Google that no master consolidated complaint will be filed. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true and correct.

DATED: June 21, 2010

By: /s/ David J. Burman

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