Hartsock v. Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al
Filing
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ORDER Granting #13 Stipulation re #12 Notice re 4m Dismissal. Signed by Judge Richard F. Boulware, II on 1/31/2017. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLD)
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Patrick R. Leverty, Esq.
LEVERTY & ASSOCIATES LAW CHTD.
Reno Gould House
832 Willow Street
Reno, NV 89502
Telephone: (775) 322-6636
Facsimile: (775) 322-3953
Email: pat@levertylaw.com
[Proposed] Liaison Counsel for Lead Plaintiff Movants
Michael Bestwick and Mark Hawkins
(additional counsel on signature page)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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GLEN HARTSOCK, Individually and on behalf of
all others similarly situated,
Case No. 16-cv-02279-RFB-GWF
Hon. Richard F. Boulware II
Plaintiff,
STIPULATION AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER
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v.
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SPECTRUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., and
RAJESH C. SHROTRIYA,
Defendants.
OLUTAYO AYENI, Individually and on behalf of
all others similarly situated,
Case No. 2:16-cv-02649-KJD-VCF
Plaintiff,
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v.
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SPECTRUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
RAJESH C. SHROTRIYA, KURT A.
GUSTAFSON, JOSEPH TURGEON, and LEE
ALLEN,
Defendants.
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WHEREAS, on September 21, 2016, the action Olutayo Ayeni v. Spectrum
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Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al., Docket No. 16-cv-07074 (C.D.Cal. Sep, 21, 2016) was
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commenced in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (“Ayeni Action”);
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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order
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WHEREAS, on September 28, 2016, the related action styled as Hartsock v. Spectrum
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Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al., Docket No. 2:16-cv-02279 (D. Nev. Sept 28, 2016) (the “Hartsock
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Action”) was filed in this Court, currently pending before Judge Richard F. Boulware, II;
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WHEREAS, on November 15, 2016, U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer ordered the
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transfer of the Ayeni Action to this court and the Ayeni Action is now pending before Judge
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Kent J. Dawson;
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WHEREAS, the complaints in both the Ayeni Action and Hartsock Action assert claims
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under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) on
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behalf of a putative class which are subject to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995 (“PSLRA”), which provides for a specific process for the appointment of lead plaintiff and
lead counsel to represent the putative class;
WHEREAS, Lead Plaintiff and Lead Counsel have not yet been appointed pursuant to
Section 21D(a) of the Exchange Act;
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WHEREAS, on November 21, 2016, Movant Anchorage Police & Fire Retirement
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System and Movants Michael Bestwick and Mark Hawkins filed two competing motions to
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Consolidate Related Actions, Appoint Lead Plaintiffs and Approve Counsel in the Hartsock
Action; and
WHEREAS, on January 10, 2017, the Court filed a Notice Regarding Intention to
Dismiss Pursuant to Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in the Hartsock Action;
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED among the undersigned parties, subject
to the Court’s approval, as follows:
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The undersigned counsel for Defendants is authorized to accept service of the
complaint in the Hartsock Action on behalf of Defendants, without prejudice and without
waiver of any of Defendants’ defenses, objections, or arguments in this matter or any other
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matters, except as to sufficiency of service of process;
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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order
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No Defendant named in the complaint in the Hartsock Action shall be required to
answer or otherwise respond to the complaint;
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Within seven (7) days after the appointment of Lead Plaintiff and Lead Counsel
and the consolidation of the Ayeni Action and Hartsock Action, Lead Counsel and counsel for
Defendants shall file a joint or separate proposed schedule(s) for the filing of (i) a consolidated
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amended complaint, and (ii) the answer or briefing of a motion to dismiss.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
Dated: January 27, 2017
LEVERTY & ASSOCIATES LAW CHTD.
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/s/Patrick R. Leverty
Patrick R. Leverty, Esq. (Nevada Bar No. 8840)
Reno Gould House
832 Willow Street
Reno, Nevada 89502
Telephone: (775) 322-6636
Facsimile: (775) 322-3953
Email: pat@levertylaw.com
[Proposed] Liaison Counsel for Lead Plaintiff Movants
Michael Bestwick and Mark Hawkins
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THE ROSEN LAW FIRM, P.A.
Laurence M. Rosen, Esq. (pro hac vice to be filed)
Phillip Kim, Esq. (pro hac vice to be filed)
275 Madison Ave., 34th Floor
New York, New York 10016
Telephone: (212) 686-1060
Facsimile: (212) 202-3827
Email: lrosen@rosenlegal.com
Email: pkim@rosenlegal.com
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BRONSTEIN, GEWIRTZ & GROSSMAN, LLC
Peretz Bronstein (pro hac vice to be filed)
Shimon Yiftach (pro hac vice to be filed)
60 East 42nd Street, Suite 4600
New York, NY 10165
Tel: (212) 697-6484
Fax: (212) 697-7296
Email: peretz@bgandg.com
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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order
Email: shimony@bgandg.com
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[Proposed] Co-Lead Counsel for Counsel for Lead
Plaintiff Movants Michael Bestwick and Mark Hawkins
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Dated: January 27, 2017
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/s/Griffith H. Hayes
Griffith H. Hayes (Nevada Bar No. 7374)
3753 Howard Hughes Parkway, Ste. 200
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
Telephone: (702) 949-3100
Facsimile: (702) 879-9175
Email: ghayes@cookseylaw.com
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[Proposed] Local Counsel for Lead Plaintiff Movant
Anchorage Police & Fire Retirement System
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BLEICHMAR FONTI & AULD LLP
Javier Bleichmar (pro hac vice to be filed)
Cynthia Hanawalt (pro hac vice to be filed)
7 Times Square, 27th Floor
New York, New York 10036
Telephone: (212) 789-1340
Facsimile: (212) 205-3960
jbleichmar@bfalaw.com
chanawalt@bfalaw.com
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[Proposed] Counsel for Lead Plaintiff Movant Anchorage
Police & Fire Retirement System and Proposed
Lead Counsel
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COOKSEY, TOOLEN, GAGE, DUFFY & WOOG
Dated: January 27, 2017
LAW OFFICE OF TELIA U. WILLIAMS
/s/Telia U. Williams
Telia U. Williams, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 9359
10161 Park Run Drive, Suite 150
Las Vegas, Nevada 89145
Tel: (702) 835-6866
Fax: (702) 363-8851
Email: telia@telialaw.com
BLOCK & LEVITON LLP
Jeffrey C. Block, Esq.
Joel A. Fleming, Esq.
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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order
155 Federal Street, Suite 400
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Tel: (617) 398-5600
Fax: (617) 507-6020
Email: jeff@blockesq.com
Email: joel@blockesq.com
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Counsel for Plaintiff Glen Hartsock
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Dated: January 27, 2017
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
/s/Colleen C. Smith
Colleen C. Smith
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Michele D. Johnson (pro hac vice to be filed)
Sarah E. Diamond (pro hac vice to be filed)
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
650 Town Center Drive, 20th Floor
Costa Mesa, CA 92626-1925
Telephone: (714) 540-1235
Email: michele.johnson@lw.com
sarah.diamond@lw.com
Colleen C. Smith (pro hac vice to be filed)
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
12670 High Bluff Drive
San Diego, CA 92130
Telephone: (858) 523-8400
Email: colleen.smith@lw.com
Anna E. Berces (pro hac vice to be filed)
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: (415) 391-0600
Email: anna.berces@lw.com
Jeffery A. Bendavid (Nevada Bar No. 6220)
MORAN BRANDON BENDAVID MORAN
630 South 4th Street
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Telephone: (702) 384-8424
Email: j.bendavid@moranlawfirm.com
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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order
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Counsel for Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Rajesh C.
Shrotriya, Kurt A. Gustafson, Joseph Turgeon, and Lee
Allen
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SO ORDERED this _____ day of January, 2017
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Honorable Richard F. Boulware II
U.S. District Court Judge
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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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I hereby certify that on January 27, 2017, I electronically filed the foregoing document
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using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail addresses
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registered in the CM/ECF system, as denoted on the Electronic Mail Notice List.
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/s/William R. Ginn
William R. Ginn
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Certificate of Service
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