Opinion
Case No. CV 10-01993 CW
11-07-2011
JUST FILM, INC.; ET AL. Plaintiffs, v. MERCHANT SERVICES, INC.; ET AL., Defendants.
Respectfully submitted, GUTRIDE SAFIER LLP Kristen G. Simplicio Adam J. Gutride, Esq. Seth A. Safier, Esq. Kristen G. Simplicio, Esq. MEYERS NAVE Michael Sweet, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiffs MOSES & SINGER LLP Jennifer Nigro Abraham Y Skoff (Pro Hac Vice ) Scott E. Silberfein (Pro Hac Vice ) Jennifer Nigro ( Pro Hac Vice ) MITCHELL SILBERBERG & KNUPP LLP Attorneys for Defendants Sam Buono, Jay Cohen, Brian Fitzgerald, Golden Eagle Leasing, LLC, Joseph I. Sussman, P.C., Sara Krieger, Lease Finance Group, LLC, Lease Source-LSI, LLC, MBF Leasing, LLC, Leonard Mezei, Northern Funding, LLC, Northern Leasing Systems, Inc., RBL Capital Group, LLC, Joseph I. Sussman and SKS Associates, LLC JONES DAY Cary D. Sullivan Thomas R. Malcolm (State Bar No. 39248) Cary D. Sullivan (State Bar No. 228527) Brian Hershman (State Bar No. 168175) Attorneys for Defendants Merchant Services, Inc., Universal Card, Inc., National Payment Processing, Inc., Jason Moore, Eric Madura, Nathan Jurczyk, Robert Parisi, Alicyn Roy and Universal Merchant Services, LLC BROWN, WEGNER & BERLINER LLP Matthew K. Wegner Matthew K. Wegner (State Bar No. 223062) Attorneys for Defendant Fiona Walshe
GUTRIDE SAFIER LLP
ADAM J. GUTRIDE (State Bar No. 181446)
SETH A. SAFIER (State Bar No. 197427)
KRISTEN SIMPLICIO (State Bar No. 263291)
MEYERS NAVE
MICHAEL SWEET (State Bar No. 184345)
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
(Additional counsel listed on signature page)
STIPULATION PURSUANT TO
LOCAL CIVIL RULE 6-2(b) TO
CONTINUE CLASS CERTIFICATION
HEARING AND EXTEND
ASSOCIATED BRIEFING SCHEDULE
AND [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON
WHEREAS, on June 2, 2011 this Court held a case management conference and set the class certification hearing date for January 31, 2012;
WHEREAS, this Court issued an order granting in part and denying in part the motions to dismiss on August 29, 2011;
WHEREAS, the parties held their Rule 26(f) conference on September 14, 2011;
WHEREAS, Defendants answered the Second Amended Complaint on September 30, 2011;
WHEREAS, the parties have only recently had the opportunity to begin full discovery;
WHEREAS, in light of the large number of parties and the potential complexity of the issues presented, the parties require additional time to complete discovery and prepare their class certification briefs;
WHEREAS, in their Rule 26 report to the Court, the parties jointly proposed a revised schedule for the class certification hearing and briefing, but the Court has taken no action on the report; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Local Civil Rule 6-1(b), a Court order is necessary to extend the class certification briefing schedule and continue the hearing;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS STIPULATED, by and between the undersigned parties, through their respective counsel of record, pursuant to Rule 6 and Local Civil Rules 6-1(b) and 2(a), that the Court set the following deadlines regarding class certification:
Plaintiffs' motion for class certification due April 27, 2012
Defendants' opposition to certification due June 8, 2012
Plaintiffs' certification reply due June 29, 2012
Hearing on class certification July 12, 2012
Respectfully submitted,
GUTRIDE SAFIER LLP
Kristen G. Simplicio
Adam J. Gutride, Esq.
Seth A. Safier, Esq.
Kristen G. Simplicio, Esq.
MEYERS NAVE
Michael Sweet, Esq.
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
MOSES & SINGER LLP
Jennifer Nigro
Abraham Y Skoff (Pro Hac Vice)
Scott E. Silberfein (Pro Hac Vice)
Jennifer Nigro (Pro Hac Vice)
MITCHELL SILBERBERG & KNUPP LLP
Attorneys for Defendants Sam Buono, Jay
Cohen, Brian Fitzgerald, Golden Eagle
Leasing, LLC, Joseph I. Sussman, P.C., Sara
Krieger, Lease Finance Group, LLC, Lease
Source-LSI, LLC, MBF Leasing, LLC,
Leonard Mezei, Northern Funding, LLC,
Northern Leasing Systems, Inc., RBL Capital
Group, LLC, Joseph I. Sussman and SKS
Associates, LLC
JONES DAY
Cary D. Sullivan
Thomas R. Malcolm (State Bar No. 39248)
Cary D. Sullivan (State Bar No. 228527)
Brian Hershman (State Bar No. 168175)
Attorneys for Defendants Merchant Services,
Inc., Universal Card, Inc., National Payment
Processing, Inc., Jason Moore, Eric Madura,
Nathan Jurczyk, Robert Parisi, Alicyn Roy and
Universal Merchant Services, LLC
BROWN, WEGNER & BERLINER LLP
Matthew K. Wegner
Matthew K. Wegner (State Bar No. 223062)
Attorneys for Defendant Fiona Walshe I, Kristen G. Simplicio, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this document. In compliance with section X(B) of General Order 45, I hereby attest that Cary Sullivan, Jennifer Nigro, and Matthew Wegner concurred in this filing.
Kristen G. Simplicio
Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 6-2(a), and GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR,
THE HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE