Opinion
2:22-cv-01826-RSL
03-10-2023
MARYBETH MOORE, 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; THE IRVINE COMPANY, LLC; ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC.; ZRS MANAGEMENT, LLC; CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST; UDR, INC.; CONAM MANAGEMENT CORPORATION; CORTLAND PARTNERS, LLC; THRIVE COMMUNITIES MANAGEMENT, LLC; SECURITY PROPERTIES INC.; CWS APARTMENT HOMES, LLC; PROMETHEUS REAL ESTATE GROUP; SARES REGIS GROUP OPERATING, INC.; MISSION ROCK RESIDENTIAL, LLC; and MORGAN GROUP, INC., Defendants.
Beth E. Terrell (WSBA No. 26759) Blythe H. Chandler (WSBA No. 43387) David B. Rochelson (pro hac vice forthcoming) Deborah Elman (pro hac vice forthcoming) GARWIN GERSTEIN & FISHER LLP Counsel for Plaintiff MaryBeth Moore Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Rachel Tallon Reynolds (WSBA No. 38750) LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP Todd R. Seelman (pro hac vice forthcoming) Thomas L. Dyer (pro hac vice forthcoming) Counsel for Defendants Cortland Partners, LLC and Mission Rock Residential, LLC Maren R. Norton (WSBA No. 35435) STOEL RIVES LLP Charles H. Samel (pro hac vice forthcoming) Edward C. Duckers (pro hac vice forthcoming) George A. Guthrie (pro hac vice forthcoming) WILKE FLEURY LLP Counsel for Defendant FPI Management, Inc. Belinda S Lee (pro hac vice forthcoming) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP E. Marcellus Williamson (pro hac vice forthcoming) Counsel for Defendant AvalonBay Communities, 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. Carl W. Hittinger (pro hac vice) BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP Curt Roy Hineline (WSBA No. 16317) BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP Counsel for Defendant Equity Residential Judith A. Zahid (pro hac vice forthcoming) Heather T. Rankie (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 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. Diana S. Breaux, WSBA #46112 Selby P. Brown, WSBA #59303 selbyb@summitlaw.com SUMMIT LAW GROUP, PLLC David D. Cross (pro hac vice forthcoming) Jeffrey A. Jaeckel (pro hac vice forthcoming) Robert W. Manoso (pro hac vice forthcoming) Sydney K. Cooper Morrison & Foerster LLP Counsel for Defendant UDR, Inc. Robin Wechkin (WSBA 24746) SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP SE Issaquah, WA 98027 Benjamin Nagin (pro hac vice forthcoming) Counsel for Defendant ConAm Management Corporation 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 Stephen McIntyre (pro hac vice forthcoming) O'Melveny & Myers LLP Los Angeles, Counsel for Defendant BH Management Services, LLC 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. Heidi Bradley (WSBA No. 35759) BRADLEY BERNSTEIN SANDS LLP James D. Bragdon (pro hac vice forthcoming) Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP Counsel for Defendant Bozzuto Management Company Ferdose Al-Taie (pro hac vice forthcoming) Ryan Krone (pro hac vice forthcoming) AKERMAN LLP Counsel for Defendant ZRS Management, LLC Jessica B. Jensen (WSBA No. 29353) Mary Re Knack (WSBA No. 26945) OGDEN MURPHY WALLACE, PLLC 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 Jay Srinivasan (pro hac vice forthcoming) Daniel G. Swanson (pro hac vice forthcoming) GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP Grand Avenue Los Angeles, Ben A. Sherwood (pro hac vice forthcoming) GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP Counsel for Defendant RealPage, Inc. Benjamin I. VandenBerghe (WSBA No. 35477) Kaya R. Lurie (WSBA No. 51419) MONTGOMERY PURDUE PLLC Counsel for Defendant Thrive Communities Management, LLC 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. Lynn H. Murray (pro hac vice forthcoming) SHOOK HARDY & BACON L.L.P. Ryan Sandrock (pro hac vice forthcoming) J. Dino Vasquez (WSBA No. 25533) KARR TUTTLE CAMPBELL Counsel for Defendant Security Properties Inc. Carl C. Butzer (pro hac vice forthcoming) Joel Glover (pro hac vice forthcoming) David Moran (pro hac vice forthcoming) Tre Fischer (pro hac vice forthcoming) Jackson Walker LLP Counsel for Defendant Morgan Group, Inc. Rebecca S. Ashbaugh, WSBA #38186 ASHBAUGH BEAL LLP Danny David (pro hac vice forthcoming) BAKER BOTTS James Kress (pro hac vice forthcoming) Paul Cuomo (pro hac vice forthcoming) Counsel for Defendant Avenue5 Residential, LLC Hunter K. Ahern (WSBA No. 54489) SHOOK HARDY & BACON L.L.P. Counsel for Defendant Camden Property Trust 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) Counsel for Defendant Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. Bradford J. Axel, WSBA #29269 STOKES LAWRENCE, P.S. Ann MacDonald (pro hac vice forthcoming) Barry Hyman (pro hac vice forthcoming) ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP Suzanne Wahl (pro hac vice forthcoming) ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP Ann Arbor, Counsel for Defendant CWS Apartment Homes, LLC Michael M. Maddigan (pro hac vice forthcoming) Vassi Iliadis (pro hac vice forthcoming) HOGAN LOVELLS U.S. LLP William L. Monts, III (pro hac vice forthcoming) Benjamin F. Holt (pro hac vice forthcoming) HOGAN LOVELLS U.S. LLP Counsel for Defendant Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC
Beth E. Terrell (WSBA No. 26759) Blythe H. Chandler (WSBA No. 43387) David B. Rochelson (pro hac vice forthcoming) Deborah Elman (pro hac vice forthcoming) GARWIN GERSTEIN & FISHER LLP Counsel for Plaintiff MaryBeth Moore Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated
Rachel Tallon Reynolds (WSBA No. 38750) LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP Todd R. Seelman (pro hac vice forthcoming) Thomas L. Dyer (pro hac vice forthcoming) Counsel for Defendants Cortland Partners, LLC and Mission Rock Residential, LLC
Maren R. Norton (WSBA No. 35435) STOEL RIVES LLP Charles H. Samel (pro hac vice forthcoming) Edward C. Duckers (pro hac vice forthcoming) George A. Guthrie (pro hac vice forthcoming) WILKE FLEURY LLP Counsel for Defendant FPI Management, Inc.
Belinda S Lee (pro hac vice forthcoming) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP E. Marcellus Williamson (pro hac vice forthcoming) Counsel for Defendant AvalonBay Communities, 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.
Carl W. Hittinger (pro hac vice) BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP Curt Roy Hineline (WSBA No. 16317) BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP Counsel for Defendant Equity Residential
Judith A. Zahid (pro hac vice forthcoming) Heather T. Rankie (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
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. Diana S. Breaux, WSBA #46112 Selby P. Brown, WSBA #59303 selbyb@summitlaw.com SUMMIT LAW GROUP, PLLC David D. Cross (pro hac vice forthcoming) Jeffrey A. Jaeckel (pro hac vice forthcoming) Robert W. Manoso (pro hac vice forthcoming) Sydney K. Cooper Morrison & Foerster LLP Counsel for Defendant UDR, Inc.
Robin Wechkin (WSBA 24746) SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP SE Issaquah, WA 98027 Benjamin Nagin (pro hac vice forthcoming) Counsel for Defendant ConAm Management Corporation
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
Stephen McIntyre (pro hac vice forthcoming) O'Melveny & Myers LLP Los Angeles, Counsel for Defendant BH Management Services, LLC
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. Heidi Bradley (WSBA No. 35759) BRADLEY BERNSTEIN SANDS LLP
James D. Bragdon (pro hac vice forthcoming) Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP Counsel for Defendant Bozzuto Management Company
Ferdose Al-Taie (pro hac vice forthcoming) Ryan Krone (pro hac vice forthcoming) AKERMAN LLP Counsel for Defendant ZRS Management, LLC
Jessica B. Jensen (WSBA No. 29353) Mary Re Knack (WSBA No. 26945) OGDEN MURPHY WALLACE, PLLC
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 Jay Srinivasan (pro hac vice forthcoming) Daniel G. Swanson (pro hac vice forthcoming) GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP Grand Avenue Los Angeles, Ben A. Sherwood (pro hac vice forthcoming) GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP Counsel for Defendant RealPage, Inc. Benjamin I. VandenBerghe (WSBA No. 35477) Kaya R. Lurie (WSBA No. 51419) MONTGOMERY PURDUE PLLC Counsel for Defendant Thrive Communities Management, LLC
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.
Lynn H. Murray (pro hac vice forthcoming) SHOOK HARDY & BACON L.L.P. Ryan Sandrock (pro hac vice forthcoming)
J. Dino Vasquez (WSBA No. 25533) KARR TUTTLE CAMPBELL Counsel for Defendant Security Properties Inc.
Carl C. Butzer (pro hac vice forthcoming) Joel Glover (pro hac vice forthcoming) David Moran (pro hac vice forthcoming) Tre Fischer (pro hac vice forthcoming) Jackson Walker LLP Counsel for Defendant Morgan Group, Inc.
Rebecca S. Ashbaugh, WSBA #38186 ASHBAUGH BEAL LLP Danny David (pro hac vice forthcoming) BAKER BOTTS James Kress (pro hac vice forthcoming) Paul Cuomo (pro hac vice forthcoming) Counsel for Defendant Avenue5 Residential, LLC
Hunter K. Ahern (WSBA No. 54489) SHOOK HARDY & BACON L.L.P. Counsel for Defendant Camden Property Trust
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) Counsel for Defendant Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
Bradford J. Axel, WSBA #29269 STOKES LAWRENCE, P.S. Ann MacDonald (pro hac vice forthcoming) Barry Hyman (pro hac vice forthcoming) ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP
Suzanne Wahl (pro hac vice forthcoming) ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP Ann Arbor, Counsel for Defendant CWS Apartment Homes, LLC
Michael M. Maddigan (pro hac vice forthcoming) Vassi Iliadis (pro hac vice forthcoming) HOGAN LOVELLS U.S. LLP William L. Monts, III (pro hac vice forthcoming) Benjamin F. Holt (pro hac vice forthcoming) 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), Plaintiff MaryBeth Moore (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants RealPage, Inc.; Lincoln Property Co.; Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.; FPI Management, Inc.; RPM Living, LLC; BH Management Services, LLC; Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.; 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; Cortland Partners, LLC; Thrive Communities Management, LLC; Security Properties Inc.; Prometheus Real Estate Group; Mission Rock Residential, LLC; Avenue5 Residential, LLC; CWS Apartment Homes, LLC; Sares Regis Group Operating, Inc.; Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC; and Morgan Group, Inc. (collectively, the “Stipulating Defendants”), by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows:
WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a Class Action Complaint (the “Complaint”) on December 27, 2022. ECF No. 1;
WHEREAS, the Stipulating Defendants agreed to waive service in the above-captioned action on or about January 25, 2023, January 26, 2023, January 27, 2023, January 31, 2023, February 6, 2023, February 15, 2023 and February 17, 2023. See ECF Nos. 9-10, 12-29, 36, 39-41;
WHEREAS, Plaintiff served Defendant Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC on February 17, 2023;
WHEREAS, Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed Defendant The Irvine Company, LLC on or about January 18, 2023. ECF No. 6;
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, 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.
STIPULATED to this 9th day of March, 2023.
We certify that this memorandum contains 751 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.; Lincoln Property Co.; Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.; FPI Management, Inc.; RPM Living, LLC; BH Management Services, LLC; Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.; 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; Cortland Partners, LLC; Thrive Communities Management, LLC; Security Properties Inc.; Prometheus Real Estate Group; Mission Rock Residential, LLC; Avenue5 Residential, LLC; CWS Apartment Homes, LLC; Sares Regis Group Operating, Inc.; Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC; and Morgan Group, 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.).
Plaintiff and Defendants RealPage, Inc.; Lincoln Property Co.; Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.; FPI Management, Inc.; RPM Living, LLC; BH Management Services, LLC; Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.; 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; Cortland Partners, LLC; Thrive Communities Management, LLC; Security Properties Inc.; Prometheus Real Estate Group; Mission Rock Residential, LLC; Avenue5 Residential, LLC; CWS Apartment Homes, LLC; Sares Regis Group Operating, Inc.; Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC; and Morgan Group, Inc. shall file a joint status report with the Court by April 21, 2023.