Opinion
2:23-cv-00198-RSL
03-14-2023
KAREN KRAMER, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. REALPAGE, INC.; GREYSTAR REAL ESTATE PARTNERS, LLC; LINCOLN PROPERTY CO.; CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD, INC.; FPI MANAGEMENT, INC.; RPM LIVING, LLC; BH MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC; MIDAMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.; MORGAN PROPERTIES, LLC; AVENUE5 RESIDENTIAL, LLC; BOZZUTO MANAGEMENT COMPANY; AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.; HIGHMARK RESIDENTIAL, LLC; EQUITY RESIDENTIAL; ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC; ZRS MANAGEMENT, LLC; CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST; UDR, INC.; CONAM MANAGEMENT CORPORATION; THRIVE COMMUNITIES MANAGEMENT, LLC; SECURITY PROPERTIES INC.; CWS APARTMENT HOMES, LLC; PROMETHEUS REAL ESTATE GROUP; SARES REGIS GROUP OPERATING, INC.; and MISSION ROCK RESIDENTIAL, LLC, Defendants.
Steve W. Berman HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP John Radice (pro hac vice forthcoming) Daniel Rubenstein (pro hac vice forthcoming) Eva Kane (pro hac vice forthcoming) RADICE LAW FIRM, P.C. Counsel for Plaintiff Karen Kramer, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Valentine S. Hoy (pro hac vice forthcoming) Patrick E. Breen (pro hac vice forthcoming) Scott Perlin (pro hac vice forthcoming) Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP Counsel for Defendant Sares Regis Group Operating, Inc. Rachel Tallon Reynolds LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP Todd R. Seelman (pro hac vice forthcoming) LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP Counsel for Defendant Mission Rock Residential, LLC Judith A. Zahid (pro hac vice forthcoming) ZELLE LLP Counsel for Defendant Prometheus Real Estate Group, Inc. Michael D. Bonanno (pro hac vice forthcoming) QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP Christopher Daniel Kercher (pro hac vice forthcoming) QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP Counsel for Defendant Highmark Residential, LLC Lynn H. Murray (pro hac vice forthcoming) SHOOK HARDY & BACON L.L.P. Ryan Sandrock (pro hac vice forthcoming) SHOOK HARDY & BACON L.L.P. Laurie A. Novion (pro hac vice forthcoming) SHOOK HARDY & BACON L.L.P. Hunter K. Ahern (WSBA No. 54489) SHOOK HARDY & BACON L.L.P. Counsel for Defendant Camden Property Trust Rebecca S. Ashbaugh, ASHBAUGH BEAL LLP Danny David (pro hac vice forthcoming) BAKER BOTTS James Kress (pro hac vice forthcoming) Paul Cuomo (pro hac vice forthcoming) BAKER BOTTS Counsel for Defendant Avenue5 Residential, LLC David A. Walton (pro hac vice forthcoming) Troy Lee (T.J.) Hales (pro hac vice forthcoming) Bell Nunnally & Martin, LLP Counsel for Defendant RPM Living, LLC J. Dino Vasquez (WSBA No. 25533) KARR TUTTLE CAMPBELL Counsel for Defendant Security Properties Inc. Stephen McIntyre (pro hac vice forthcoming) O'Meleny & Myers LLP Counsel for Defendant BH Management Services, LLC Benjamin I. VandenBerghe (WSBA No. 35477) Kaya R. Lurie MONTGOMERY PURDUE PLLC Counsel for Defendant Thrive Communities Management, LLC Jessica B. Jensen Mary Re Knack OGDEN MURPHY WALLACE, PLLC Gregory J. Casas (pro hac vice forthcoming) GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP Robert J. Herrington (pro hac vice forthcoming) GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP Becky L. Caruso (pro hac vice forthcoming) GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP Counsel for Defendant Lincoln Property Co. Jeremy J. Calsyn (pro hac vice forthcoming) Leah Brannon (pro hac vice forthcoming) Kenneth Reinker (pro hac vice forthcoming) CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP Joseph M. Kay (pro hac vice forthcoming) CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP Counsel for Defendant Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. Robin Wechkin SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP Benjamin Nagin (pro hac vice forthcoming) SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP Counsel for Defendant ConAm Management Corporation Leo D. Caseria (pro hac vice forthcoming) Helen C. Eckert (WSBA No. 52405) SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP Arman Oruc (pro hac vice forthcoming) GOODWIN PROCTER LLP Counsel for Defendant Essex Property Trust, Inc. Heidi Bradley (WSBA No. 35759) BRADLEY BERNSTEIN SANDS LLP Darin Sands (WSBA No. 35865) BRADLEY BERNSTEIN SANDS LLP Stephen Weissman (pro hac vice forthcoming) Michael J. Perry (pro hac vice forthcoming) GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP Daniel G. Swanson (pro hac vice forthcoming) Jay Srinivasan (pro hac vice forthcoming) GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP Stephen C. Whittaker (pro hac vice forthcoming) GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP Counsel for Defendant RealPage, Inc. James D. Bragdon (pro hac vice forthcoming) Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP Counsel for Defendant Bozzuto Management Company Diana S. Breaux, WSBA #46112 SUMMIT LAW GROUP, PLLC David D. Cross (pro hac vice) Jeffrey A. Jaeckel (pro hac vice) Robert W. Manoso (pro hac vice) Sonja Swanbeck (pro hac vice) Morrison Foerster LLP Counsel for Defendant UDR, Inc. Bradford J. Axel, WSBA Ann MacDonald (pro hac vice forthcoming) Barry Hyman (pro hac vice forthcoming) ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP Suzanne Wahl (pro hac vice forthcoming) ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP Counsel for Defendant CWS Apartment Homes, LLC Carl W. Hittinger (pro hac vice) BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP Curt Roy Hineline (WSBA No. 16317) BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP Counsel for Defendant Equity Residential Maren R. Norton (WSBA No. 35435) STOEL RIVES LLP Charles H. Samel (pro hac vice forthcoming) Edward C. Duckers (pro hac vice forthcoming) STOEL RIVES LLP George A. Guthrie (pro hac vice forthcoming) WILKE FLEURY LLP Counsel for Defendant FPI Management, Inc. Britt M. Miller (pro hac vice forthcoming) Daniel T. Fenske (pro hac vice forthcoming) MAYER BROWN LLP Counsel for Defendant Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Ryan Krone (pro hac vice forthcoming) AKERMAN LLP Counsel for Defendant ZRS Management, LLC Belinda S Lee (pro hac vice forthcoming) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP E. Marcellus Williamson (pro hac vice forthcoming) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP Counsel for Defendant AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
Steve W. Berman HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP
John Radice (pro hac vice forthcoming) Daniel Rubenstein (pro hac vice forthcoming) Eva Kane (pro hac vice forthcoming) RADICE LAW FIRM, P.C.
Counsel for Plaintiff Karen Kramer, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated
Valentine S. Hoy (pro hac vice forthcoming) Patrick E. Breen (pro hac vice forthcoming) Scott Perlin (pro hac vice forthcoming) Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Counsel for Defendant Sares Regis Group Operating, Inc.
Rachel Tallon Reynolds LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP
Todd R. Seelman (pro hac vice forthcoming) LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP
Counsel for Defendant Mission Rock Residential, LLC
Judith A. Zahid (pro hac vice forthcoming) ZELLE LLP
Counsel for Defendant Prometheus Real Estate Group, Inc.
Michael D. Bonanno (pro hac vice forthcoming) QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP
Christopher Daniel Kercher (pro hac vice forthcoming) QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP
Counsel for Defendant Highmark Residential, LLC
Lynn H. Murray (pro hac vice forthcoming) SHOOK HARDY & BACON L.L.P.
Ryan Sandrock (pro hac vice forthcoming) SHOOK HARDY & BACON L.L.P.
Laurie A. Novion (pro hac vice forthcoming) SHOOK HARDY & BACON L.L.P.
Hunter K. Ahern (WSBA No. 54489) SHOOK HARDY & BACON L.L.P.
Counsel for Defendant Camden Property Trust
Rebecca S. Ashbaugh, ASHBAUGH BEAL LLP
Danny David (pro hac vice forthcoming) BAKER BOTTS
James Kress (pro hac vice forthcoming) Paul Cuomo (pro hac vice forthcoming) BAKER BOTTS
Counsel for Defendant Avenue5 Residential, LLC
David A. Walton (pro hac vice forthcoming) Troy Lee (T.J.) Hales (pro hac vice forthcoming) Bell Nunnally & Martin, LLP
Counsel for Defendant RPM Living, LLC
J. Dino Vasquez (WSBA No. 25533) KARR TUTTLE CAMPBELL Counsel for Defendant Security Properties Inc.
Stephen McIntyre (pro hac vice forthcoming) O'Meleny & Myers LLP
Counsel for Defendant BH Management Services, LLC
Benjamin I. VandenBerghe (WSBA No. 35477) Kaya R. Lurie MONTGOMERY PURDUE PLLC
Counsel for Defendant Thrive Communities Management, LLC
Jessica B. Jensen Mary Re Knack OGDEN MURPHY WALLACE, PLLC
Gregory J. Casas (pro hac vice forthcoming) GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
Robert J. Herrington (pro hac vice forthcoming) GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
Becky L. Caruso (pro hac vice forthcoming) GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
Counsel for Defendant Lincoln Property Co.
Jeremy J. Calsyn (pro hac vice forthcoming) Leah Brannon (pro hac vice forthcoming) Kenneth Reinker (pro hac vice forthcoming) CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP
Joseph M. Kay (pro hac vice forthcoming) CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP
Counsel for Defendant Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
Robin Wechkin SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
Benjamin Nagin (pro hac vice forthcoming) SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
Counsel for Defendant ConAm Management Corporation
Leo D. Caseria (pro hac vice forthcoming) Helen C. Eckert (WSBA No. 52405) SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP
Arman Oruc (pro hac vice forthcoming) GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
Counsel for Defendant Essex Property Trust, Inc.
Heidi Bradley (WSBA No. 35759) BRADLEY BERNSTEIN SANDS LLP
Darin Sands (WSBA No. 35865) BRADLEY BERNSTEIN SANDS LLP
Stephen Weissman (pro hac vice forthcoming) Michael J. Perry (pro hac vice forthcoming) GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
Daniel G. Swanson (pro hac vice forthcoming) Jay Srinivasan (pro hac vice forthcoming) GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
Stephen C. Whittaker (pro hac vice forthcoming) GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
Counsel for Defendant RealPage, Inc.
James D. Bragdon (pro hac vice forthcoming) Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP
Counsel for Defendant Bozzuto Management Company
Diana S. Breaux, WSBA #46112 SUMMIT LAW GROUP, PLLC
David D. Cross (pro hac vice) Jeffrey A. Jaeckel (pro hac vice) Robert W. Manoso (pro hac vice) Sonja Swanbeck (pro hac vice) Morrison Foerster LLP
Counsel for Defendant UDR, Inc.
Bradford J. Axel, WSBA
Ann MacDonald (pro hac vice forthcoming) Barry Hyman (pro hac vice forthcoming) ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP
Suzanne Wahl (pro hac vice forthcoming) ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP
Counsel for Defendant CWS Apartment Homes, LLC
Carl W. Hittinger (pro hac vice) BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
Curt Roy Hineline (WSBA No. 16317) BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
Counsel for Defendant Equity Residential
Maren R. Norton (WSBA No. 35435) STOEL RIVES LLP
Charles H. Samel (pro hac vice forthcoming) Edward C. Duckers (pro hac vice forthcoming) STOEL RIVES LLP
George A. Guthrie (pro hac vice forthcoming) WILKE FLEURY LLP
Counsel for Defendant FPI Management, Inc.
Britt M. Miller (pro hac vice forthcoming) Daniel T. Fenske (pro hac vice forthcoming) MAYER BROWN LLP
Counsel for Defendant Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
Ryan Krone (pro hac vice forthcoming) AKERMAN LLP Counsel for Defendant ZRS Management, LLC
Belinda S Lee (pro hac vice forthcoming) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
E. Marcellus Williamson (pro hac vice forthcoming) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
Counsel for Defendant AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
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), Plaintiff Karen Kramer (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants RealPage, Inc., Lincoln Property Co., ZRS Management, LLC, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., FPI Management, Inc., RPM Living, LLC, BH Management Services, LLC, MidAmerica Apartment Communities, Inc., Avenue5 Residential, LLC, Bozzuto Management Company, AvalonBay Communities, Inc., Highmark Residential, LLC, Equity Residential, Essex Property Trust, Inc, Camden Property Trust, UDR, Inc., ConAm Management Corporation, Thrive Communities Management, LLC, Security Properties Inc., CWS Apartment Homes, LLC, Prometheus Real Estate Group, Sares Regis Group Operating, Inc., and Mission Rock Residential, LLC, (collectively, the “Stipulating Defendants”), by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows:
WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a Class Action Complaint (the “Complaint”) on February 10, 2023. ECF No. 1.
WHEREAS, the Stipulating Defendants agreed to waive service in the above-captioned action on or about February 17, 2023 or will waive service.
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, Virginia, 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, Plaintiff 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, Plaintiff 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, Plaintiff 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.
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., Lincoln Property Co., Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., FPI Management, Inc., RPM Living, LLC, BH Management Services, LLC, MidAmerica Apartment Communities, Inc., ZRS Management, LLC, Avenue5 Residential, LLC, Bozzuto Management Company, AvalonBay Communities, Inc., Highmark Residential, LLC, Equity Residential, Essex Property Trust, Inc, Camden Property Trust, UDR, Inc., ConAm Management Corporation, Thrive Communities Management, LLC, Security Properties Inc., CWS Apartment Homes, LLC, Prometheus Real Estate Group, Sares Regis Group Operating, Inc., and Mission Rock Residential, LLC 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.).
Plaintiff and Defendants RealPage, Inc., Lincoln Property Co., Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., FPI Management, Inc., RPM Living, LLC, BH Management Services, LLC, MidAmerica Apartment Communities, Inc., ZRS Management, LLC, Avenue5 Residential, LLC, Bozzuto Management Company, AvalonBay Communities, Inc., Highmark Residential, LLC, Equity Residential, Essex Property Trust, Inc, Camden Property Trust, UDR, Inc., ConAm Management Corporation, Thrive Communities Management, LLC, Security Properties Inc., CWS Apartment Homes, LLC, Prometheus Real Estate Group, Sares Regis Group Operating, Inc., and Mission Rock Residential, LLC shall file a joint status report with the Court by April 21, 2023.