Opinion
2:22-cv-01744
02-13-2023
JOHN PHAM, DIANA LAZARTE, MARCO CUEVAS, VALDAMITRA ANDERSON, MICHAEL POOLE, and DANIEL FLOWERS, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. REALPAGE, INC.; AVENUE5 RESIDENTIAL, LLC; BH MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC; CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD, INC.; EQUITY RESIDENTIAL; FPI MANAGEMENT, INC.; GREYSTAR REAL ESTATE PARTNERS, LLC; LINCOLN PROPERTY CO.; MIDAMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.; SECURITY PROPERTIES INC.; THRIVE COMMUNITIES MANAGEMENT, LLC.; and UDR, INC. Defendants.
Karin B. Swope Galen K. Cheney COTCHETT, PITRE, & MCCARTHY, LLP Adam J. Zapala Elizabeth T. Castillo James G. Dallal Gayatri Raghunandan COTCHETT, PITRE, & MCCARTHY, LLP Counsel for Plaintiffs John Pham, Diana Lazarte, Marco Cuevas, Valdamitra Anderson, Michael Poole, and Daniel Flowers, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated. Heidi Bradley BRADLEY BERNSTEIN SANDS LLP Darin Sands BRADLEY BERNSTEIN SANDS LLP Stephen Weissman Stephen Weissman Michael J. Perry GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP Jay Srinivasan Daniel G. Swanson GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP Ben A. Sherwood GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP Counsel for Defendant RealPage, Inc. Maren R. Norton STOEL RIVES LLP Charles H. Samel Edward C. Duckers STOEL RIVES LLP George A. Guthrie WILKE FLEURY LLP Counsel for Defendant FPI Management, Inc. Carl W. Hittinger BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP Curt Roy Hineline BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP Counsel for Defendant Equity Residential. Britt M. Miller Daniel T. Fenske MAYER BROWN LLP Counsel for Defendant Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Stephen McIntyre O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP Ian Simmons O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP Counsel for Defendant BH Management Services, LLC. Benjamin I. VandenBerghe Kaya R. Lurie MONTGOMERY PURDUE PLLC Counsel for Defendant Thrive Communities Management, LLC. Jeremy J. Calsyn Leah Brannon Kenneth Reinker CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP Joseph M. Kay CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP Counsel for Defendant Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. David D. Cross Jeffrey A. Jaeckel Robert W. Manoso Sonja Swanbeck MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP Counsel for Defendant UDR, Inc. Gregory J. Casas GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP Robert J. Herrington GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP Becky L. Caruso GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP Counsel for Defendant Lincoln Property Co. Danny David BAKER BOTTS James Kress Paul Cuomo BAKER BOTTS Counsel for Defendant Avenue5 Residential, LLC. J. Dino Vasquez KARR TUTTLE CAMPBELL Counsel for Defendant Security Properties Inc. Michael M. Maddigan Vassi Iliadis HOGAN LOVELLS U.S. LLP William L. Monts, III Benjamin F. Holt HOGAN LOVELLS U.S. LLP Counsel for Defendant Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC.
Karin B. Swope Galen K. Cheney COTCHETT, PITRE, & MCCARTHY, LLP Adam J. Zapala Elizabeth T. Castillo James G. Dallal Gayatri Raghunandan COTCHETT, PITRE, & MCCARTHY, LLP Counsel for Plaintiffs John Pham, Diana Lazarte, Marco Cuevas, Valdamitra Anderson, Michael Poole, and Daniel Flowers, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated.
Heidi Bradley BRADLEY BERNSTEIN SANDS LLP Darin Sands BRADLEY BERNSTEIN SANDS LLP Stephen Weissman Stephen Weissman Michael J. Perry GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP Jay Srinivasan Daniel G. Swanson GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP Ben A. Sherwood GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP Counsel for Defendant RealPage, Inc.
Maren R. Norton STOEL RIVES LLP Charles H. Samel Edward C. Duckers STOEL RIVES LLP George A. Guthrie WILKE FLEURY LLP Counsel for Defendant FPI Management, Inc.
Carl W. Hittinger BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP Curt Roy Hineline BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP Counsel for Defendant Equity Residential.
Britt M. Miller Daniel T. Fenske MAYER BROWN LLP Counsel for Defendant Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
Stephen McIntyre O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP Ian Simmons O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP Counsel for Defendant BH Management Services, LLC.
Benjamin I. VandenBerghe Kaya R. Lurie MONTGOMERY PURDUE PLLC Counsel for Defendant Thrive Communities Management, LLC.
Jeremy J. Calsyn Leah Brannon Kenneth Reinker CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP Joseph M. Kay CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP Counsel for Defendant Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
David D. Cross Jeffrey A. Jaeckel Robert W. Manoso Sonja Swanbeck MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP Counsel for Defendant UDR, Inc.
Gregory J. Casas GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP Robert J. Herrington GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP Becky L. Caruso GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP Counsel for Defendant Lincoln Property Co.
Danny David BAKER BOTTS James Kress Paul Cuomo BAKER BOTTS Counsel for Defendant Avenue5 Residential, LLC.
J. Dino Vasquez KARR TUTTLE CAMPBELL Counsel for Defendant Security Properties Inc.
Michael M. Maddigan Vassi Iliadis HOGAN LOVELLS U.S. LLP William L. Monts, III Benjamin F. Holt HOGAN LOVELLS U.S. LLP Counsel for Defendant Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC.
STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER SUSPENDING DEADLINE FOR CERTAIN DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT
Robert S. Lasnik United States District Judge.
Pursuant to Local Civil Rules 7(d)(1), 7(j), and 10(g), Plaintiffs John Pham, Diana Lazarte, Marco Cuevas, Valdamitra Anderson, Michael Poole, and Daniel Flowers (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and Defendants RealPage, Inc., Avenue5 Residential, LLC, BH Management Services, LLC, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., Equity Residential, FPI Management, Inc., Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC, Lincoln Property Co., Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., Security Properties Inc., Thrive Communities Management, LLC, and UDR, Inc. (collectively, the “Stipulating Defendants”), by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows:
WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed a Class Action Complaint (the “Complaint”) on December 9, 2022. ECF No. 1.
WHEREAS, Plaintiffs served the Stipulating Defendants with process on or about January 24 and 25, 2023 and February 3 and 6, 2023.
WHEREAS, the Complaint asserts claims under Section 1 of the Sherman Act based on the alleged use of RealPage, Inc.'s revenue management software.
WHEREAS, as of the date of this filing, the parties are aware that one or more of the Stipulating Defendants are named in multiple other lawsuits, in District Courts in Arizona, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Florida, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas, and other cases in Washington, asserting claims under Section 1 of the Sherman Act based on the alleged use of RealPage, Inc.'s revenue management software.
WHEREAS, on January 4, 2023, certain Stipulating Defendants and defendants named in other actions filed a motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1407 before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to transfer this case and others to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas for consolidated pretrial proceedings;
WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and the Stipulating Defendants have conferred and agreed that party and judicial efficiency would be best served by suspending, for a short period of time, the deadline for the Stipulating Defendants to answer, move to dismiss, or otherwise respond to the Complaint.
WHEREAS, similar orders have been entered in other related cases subject to Defendants' MDL Petition, including: Weaver v. RealPage, Inc. et al., No. 1:22-cv-03224 (D. Colo.), Navarro v. RealPage, Inc. et al., No. 2:22-cv-01552 (W.D. Wash.), Alvarez et al. v. RealPage, Inc. et al., No. 2:22-cv-01617 (W.D. Wash.), Cherry et al. v. RealPage, Inc. et al., No. 2:22-cv-01618 (W.D. Wash.), Morgan et al. v. RealPage, Inc. et al., No. 2:22-cv-01712 (W.D. Wash.), and Armas et al. v. RealPage, Inc. et al., No. 2:22-cv-01726 (W.D. Wash.);
WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and the Stipulating Defendants have conferred and agree that the deadline for the Stipulating Defendants to answer, move to dismiss, or otherwise respond to the Complaint should be suspended and should be set on the same date as the deadline ultimately established for Alvarez et al. v. RealPage, Inc. et al., No. 2:22-cv-01617 (W.D. Wash.), Cherry et al. v. RealPage, Inc. et al., No. 2:22-cv-01618 (W.D. Wash.), Morgan et al. v. RealPage, Inc. et al., No. 2:22-cv-01712 (W.D. Wash.), and Armas et al. v. RealPage, Inc. et al., No. 2:22-cv-01726 (W.D. Wash.).
WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and the Stipulating Defendants have agreed to file a joint status report with the Court by April 21, 2023.
In making this stipulation, the Stipulating Defendants do not waive, in this or any other action, any (i) defenses or arguments for dismissal that may be available under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12; (ii) affirmative defenses under Fed.R.Civ.P. 8, including defenses based on class action waivers; (iii) other statutory or common law defenses that may be available; or (iv) right to seek or oppose any reassignment, transfer, or consolidated alternatives, including to seek arbitration. The Stipulating Defendants expressly reserve their rights to raise any such defenses (or any other defense) in response to either the Complaint or any original, amended, or consolidated complaint that may be filed in this or any other action.
THEREFORE, Plaintiff and the Stipulating Defendants stipulate and agree to suspend the deadline for the Stipulating Defendants to answer, move to dismiss, or otherwise respond to the Complaint and request that the Court enter the subjoined order pursuant to this stipulation.
STIPULATED to this 10th day of February, 2023.
We certify that this memorandum contains 1,961 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules.
ORDER
THIS MATTER came before the Court on the parties' Stipulated Motion to Suspend the Deadline for Certain Defendants to Respond to the Complaint. Now, therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
The deadline for Defendants RealPage, Inc., Avenue5 Residential, LLC, BH Management Services, LLC, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., Equity Residential, FPI Management, Inc., Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC, Lincoln Property Co., Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., Security Properties Inc., Thrive Communities Management, LLC, and UDR, Inc. to answer, move to dismiss, or otherwise respond to the Complaint is hereby suspended and shall be set on the same date as the deadline ultimately established for Alvarez et al. v. RealPage, Inc. et al., No. 2:22-cv-01617 (W.D. Wash.), Cherry et al. v. RealPage, Inc. et al., No. 2:22-cv-01618 (W.D. Wash.), Morgan et al. v. RealPage, Inc. et al., No. 2:22-cv-01712 (W.D. Wash.), and Armas et al. v. RealPage, Inc. et al., No. 2:22-cv-01726 (W.D. Wash.).
Plaintiffs and Defendants RealPage, Inc., Avenue5 Residential, LLC, BH Management Services, LLC, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., Equity Residential, FPI Management, Inc., Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC, Lincoln Property Co., Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., Security Properties Inc., Thrive Communities Management, LLC, and UDR, Inc. shall file a joint status report with the Court by April 21, 2023.