Opinion
Case No. 3:07-cv-02822 WHA
10-07-2011
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. MERCURY INTERACTIVE, LLC (F/K/MERCURY INTERACTIVE, INC.), AMNON LANDAN, SHARLENE ABRAMS, DOUGLAS SMITH and SUSAN SKAER, Defendants.
JAMES N. KRAMER JAMES A. MEYERS M. TODD SCOTT JENNIFER NEJAD ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LL JAMES A. MEYERS Attorneys for Defendant SUSAN SKAER FRANKLIN B. VELIE ( Admitted Pro Hac Vice ) ANDREW T. SOLOMON ( Admitted Pro Hac Vice ) SULLIVAN & WORCESTER LLP ANDREW T. SOLOMON Attorneys for Defendant AMNON LANDAN JEFFREY S. FACTER PATRICK D. ROBBINS EMILY V. GRIFFEN SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP PATRICK D. ROBBINS Attorneys for Defendant DOUGLAS SMITH A. DAVID WILLIAMS Attorney for Plaintiff SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
JAMES N. KRAMER (SBN 154709)
JAMES A. MEYERS (ADMITTED PRO HAC VICE)
M. TODD SCOTT (SBN 226885)
JENNIFER NEJAD (SBN 267109)
ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP
Attorneys for Defendant
SUSAN SKAER
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER REGARDING
DEPOSITIONS PURSUANT TO FED
R. CIV. PROC. 29
Judge: Honorable William Alsup
Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 29, the above-named Plaintiff and Defendants (collectively, the "parties"), by and through their respective counsel, stipulate and agree as follows:
WHEREAS, the parties seek to take more depositions than the limit of ten (10) provided per side pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 30;
WHEREAS, in its Initial Disclosures dated September 7, 2007, Plaintiff identified 85 individuals likely to have discoverable information that Plaintiff may use to support its claims;
WHEREAS, the parties agree and acknowledge that this is a complex matter involving three separately represented Defendants;
WHEREAS, the parties desire to have an opportunity to conduct depositions necessary and sufficient to adequately represent their respective interests;
NOW THEREFORE, the parties stipulate and agree, subject to the approval of the Court, that Defendants, collectively, on the one hand, and Plaintiff, on the other, are each entitled to forty (40) depositions in connection with this matter.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
JAMES N. KRAMER
JAMES A. MEYERS
M. TODD SCOTT
JENNIFER NEJAD
ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LL
JAMES A. MEYERS
Attorneys for Defendant
SUSAN SKAER
FRANKLIN B. VELIE (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
ANDREW T. SOLOMON (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
SULLIVAN & WORCESTER LLP
ANDREW T. SOLOMON
Attorneys for Defendant
AMNON LANDAN
JEFFREY S. FACTER
PATRICK D. ROBBINS
EMILY V. GRIFFEN
SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP
PATRICK D. ROBBINS
Attorneys for Defendant
DOUGLAS SMITH
A. DAVID WILLIAMS
Attorney for Plaintiff
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.
William Alsup
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE