Opinion
2:21-cv-00563-JCC
12-01-2023
IN RE VALVE ANTITRUST LITIGATION
KENNETH J. RUBIN (PRO HAC VICE) TIMOTHY B. MCGRANOR (PRO HAC VICE) KARA M. MUNDY (PRO HAC VICE) GAVIN W. SKOK FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP GAVIN W. SKOK, WSBA #29766 VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE LLP VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE LLP FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP THOMAS N. MCCORMICK (PRO HAC VICE) VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE LLP NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA 92660 CHARLES B. CASPER (PRO HAC VICE) TNMCCORMICK@VORYS.COM MONTGOMERY MCCRACKEN WALKER & RHOADS LLP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR PLAINTIFFS ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT VALVE CORPORATION ALICIA COBB, WSBA #48685 QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP STEIG D. OLSON (PRO HAC VICE) DAVID LERAY (PRO HAC VICE) QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP ADAM WOLFSON (PRO HAC VICE) QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP CHARLES STEVENS (PRO HAC VICE) QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP INTERIM CO-LEAD COUNSEL DAVID GOLDEN (PRO HAC VICE) CONSTANTINE CANNON LLP A. OWEN GLIST (PRO HAC VICE) ANKUR KAPOOR (PRO HAC VICE) JEFFREY I. SHINDER (PRO HAC VICE) CONSTANTINE CANNON LLP INTERIM CO-LEAD COUNSEL STEPHANIE L. JENSEN, WSBA #42042 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI P.C. KENNETH R. O'ROURKE (PRO HAC VICE) ALLISON B. SMITH (PRO HAC VICE) WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI P.C. W. JOSEPH BRUCKNER (PRO HAC VICE) JOSEPH C. BOURNE (PRO HAC VICE) LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN P.L.L.P. INTERIM CO-LEAD COUNSEL
KENNETH J. RUBIN (PRO HAC VICE)
TIMOTHY B. MCGRANOR (PRO HAC VICE)
KARA M. MUNDY (PRO HAC VICE)
GAVIN W. SKOK FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP
GAVIN W. SKOK, WSBA #29766
VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE LLP
VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE LLP
FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP
THOMAS N. MCCORMICK (PRO HAC VICE)
VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE LLP
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA 92660
CHARLES B. CASPER (PRO HAC VICE) TNMCCORMICK@VORYS.COM
MONTGOMERY MCCRACKEN WALKER & RHOADS LLP
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR PLAINTIFFS
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT VALVE CORPORATION
ALICIA COBB, WSBA #48685
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
STEIG D. OLSON (PRO HAC VICE)
DAVID LERAY (PRO HAC VICE)
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
ADAM WOLFSON (PRO HAC VICE)
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
CHARLES STEVENS (PRO HAC VICE)
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
INTERIM CO-LEAD COUNSEL
DAVID GOLDEN (PRO HAC VICE)
CONSTANTINE CANNON LLP
A. OWEN GLIST (PRO HAC VICE)
ANKUR KAPOOR (PRO HAC VICE)
JEFFREY I. SHINDER (PRO HAC VICE)
CONSTANTINE CANNON LLP
INTERIM CO-LEAD COUNSEL
STEPHANIE L. JENSEN, WSBA #42042
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI P.C.
KENNETH R. O'ROURKE (PRO HAC VICE)
ALLISON B. SMITH (PRO HAC VICE)
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI P.C.
W. JOSEPH BRUCKNER (PRO HAC VICE)
JOSEPH C. BOURNE (PRO HAC VICE)
LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN P.L.L.P.
INTERIM CO-LEAD COUNSEL
STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF DEADLINE TO TAKE CERTAIN DEPOSITIONS NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: NOVEMBER 30, 2023
JOHN C. COUGHENOUR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Plaintiffs Wolfire Games, LLC, Dark Catt Studios Holdings, Inc., and Dark Catt Studios Interactive LLC (collectively “Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Valve Corporation (“Defendant”), by and through their undersigned counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows:
1. The Court entered a Case Schedule on August 23, 2022 (Dkt. #98), which set certain case deadlines through summary judgment briefing.
2. On May 2, 2023, the Court granted the parties' Stipulated Motion to Modify Case Schedule (Dkt. #130), which, inter alia, extended the close of fact discovery from October 31, 2023 to November 30, 2023.
3. The parties have been working to complete fact discovery, including written discovery and depositions of Plaintiffs, Defendant, and nonparties. The Parties commenced depositions in September 2023 and have made substantial progress to complete them by November 30, 2023. The parties anticipate that at least twenty-five depositions of Plaintiffs, Defendant, and nonparties will have been taken by November 30, 2023.
4. However, due to a small number of scheduling conflicts and limited availability of some witnesses (both party and nonparty), Plaintiffs and Defendants need to take certain depositions following the November 30, 2023 discovery deadline. As such, Plaintiffs and Defendants jointly request that the Court extend until December 15, 2023 the deadline within which to conduct the following, specified depositions:
a. Deposition of David Rosen to be conducted on December 1, 2023;
b. Deposition of Jason Owens, to be conducted on December 5, 2023;
c. Deposition of Plaintiff Dark Catt Studios Holdings, Inc., and Dark Catt Studios Interactive LLC, to be conducted on December 6, 2023;
d. Deposition of Chris Schenck, to be conducted on December 8, 2023;
e. Deposition of Valve Corporation to be conducted on December 12, 2023, as to 30(b)(6) Topic 4 (2012-2022 U.S. federal tax returns);
f. Deposition of Sean Murray on or before December 15, 2023, or, if necessary, on a date mutually agreeable to the deponent and the parties;
g. Deposition of Microsoft Corporation, pursuant to subpoena, on or before December 15, 2023, or, if necessary, on a date mutually agreeable to the deponent and the parties;
h. Deposition of Nathaniel Muller, pursuant to subpoena, on or before December 15, 2023, or, if necessary, on a date mutually agreeable to the deponent and the parties.
Defendant has objected to Mr. Muller's deposition on grounds that it exceeds the number of permitted party depositions, which Plaintiffs deny.
5. The parties agree that nonparties upon whom Plaintiffs or Defendant, prior to November 1, 2023, served subpoenas requesting production of documents or data may, if necessary, make their productions after November 30, 2023.
6. The parties request the brief, 15-day extension of time to take the above-specified depositions in order to accommodate the scheduling conflicts and availability of witnesses, and not for purposes of delay or any improper purposes.
7. The parties respectfully request that the Court enter the below Order extending the deadline to complete depositions of fact witnesses as stipulated.
IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.