Lalo v. Apple, Inc et al

Filing 110

MOTION to Relate Case Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Cases Should be Related filed by Apple, Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Exhibit D)(Charlson, Michael) (Filed on 5/19/2011)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Michael L. Charlson (Bar No. 122125) Maren J. Clouse (Bar No. 228726) HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 525 University Avenue, 4th Floor Palo Alto, California 94301 Telephone: (650) 463-4000 Facsimile: (650) 463-4199 michael.charlson@hoganlovells.com maren.clouse@hoganlovells.com Christopher Wolf (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 Telephone: (202) 637-5600 Facsimile: (202) 637-5910 christopher.wolf@hoganlovells.com Clayton C. James (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP One Tabor Center, Suite 1500 1200 Seventeenth Street Denver, Colorado 80202 Telephone: (303) 899-7300 Facsimile: (303) 899-7333 clay.james@hoganlovells.com Attorneys for Defendant APPLE INC., a California corporation UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 18 19 20 21 22 In re iPhone Application Litigation Case No. CV-10-5878 LHK (PSG) ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED 23 24 The Honorable Lucy H. Koh 25 26 27 28 H OGAN L OVEL LS US LLP ATT ORNE YS AT LA W PALO AL TO ADMIN. MOT. TO CONSIDER WHETHER TO RELATE CASES; Case No. CV 10-5878 LHK 1 Pursuant to Local Rule 3-12 and this Court’s Case Management Order No. 1 entered 2 March 15, 2011 (Dkt. No. 36) (“CMO No.1”), Defendant Apple Inc., a California corporation 3 (“Apple”), submits this Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Cases Should Be Related to 4 give notice of the following actions: (1) Gupta v. Apple Inc., Case No. 11-cv-02110-WHA (N.D. 5 Ca.) filed April 28, 2011;1 (2) Colon v. Apple Inc., Case No. 11-c-v-02270-PSG (N.D. Cal.) filed 6 May 9, 2011;2 and (3) Normand v. Apple Inc., Case No. 11-cv-2317-HRL (N.D. Cal.) filed May 7 10, 2011.3 Apple respectfully suggests that the Gupta, Colon, and Normand actions are related to 8 these consolidated actions. 9 The actions are related because they contain overlapping claims and call for determination 10 of multiple questions of fact and law that will be the same or substantially similar. In particular, 11 like these Consolidated Actions, the Gupta, Colon, and Normand actions involve allegations that 12 certain software on iPhone or iPad devices captures and stores location information of iPhone and 13 iPad users. Apple is a defendant in each of the actions. The alleged capture and storage of user 14 information from the devices is claimed in all the actions, with some variation, to constitute 15 violations of various statutes and common law principles concerning personal privacy and 16 consumer protection. 17 For the foregoing reasons, assignment of the Gupta, Colon, and Normand actions to this 18 Court is likely to save judicial and litigant resources, and it will diminish the likelihood of 19 inconsistent results. In addition, Apple believes that the Gupta, Colon, and Normand actions are 20 properly consolidated with these consolidated actions as provided in the Court’s CMO No. 1. 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 25 27 28 H OGAN L OVEL LS US LLP ATT ORNE YS AT LA W PALO AL TO 1 A copy of the Gupta Complaint is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 2 A copy of the Normand Complaint is attached hereto as Exhibit B. 3 26 A copy of the Colon Complaint is attached hereto as Exhibit C. -1- ADMIN. MOT. TO CONSIDER WHETHER TO RELATE CASES; Case No. CV 10-5878 LHK 1 In accordance with paragraph 3 of CMO No. 1, Apple has served a copy of CMO No. 1 on 2 counsel for Plaintiffs in the Gupta, Colon, and Normand actions. Apple has also served a copy of 3 the Court’s April 7, 2011 Order Appointing Interim Class Counsel and Executive Committee 4 (Dkt. No. 65) and Order Regarding Case Schedule (Dkt. No. 66).4 5 6 Dated: May 19, 2011 HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 7 By: /s/ Michael L. Charlson Michael L. Charlson 8 Attorneys for Defendant APPLE INC., a California corporation 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 4 28 H OGAN L OVEL LS US LLP ATT ORNE YS AT LA W PALO AL TO A copy of the Proof of Service of those orders is attached as Exhibit D. -2- ADMIN. MOT. TO CONSIDER WHETHER TO RELATE CASES; Case No. CV 10-5878 LHK

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