Opinion
RICHARD MARMARO (Bar No. 91387) JACK P. DICANIO (Bar No. 138782) RONDA J. MCKAIG (Bar No. 216267) SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP Los Angeles, California. GARRETT J. WALTZER (Bar No. 130764) ROGER I. TEICH (Bar No. 147076) SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP Palo Alto, California, Attorneys for Defendant Gregory L. Reyes
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Professional Corporation Steven Guggenheim Palo Alto, California, Counsel for Defendant Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
HELLER EHRMAN LLP Alexander Lyon Menlo Park, CA, Counsel for Defendant Antonio Canova NIX, PATTERSON & ROACH, L.L.P.
Bradley E. Beckworth Daingerfield, TX 75638 Co-Lead Counsel for Lead Plaintiff and the Proposed Class
PATTON, ROBERTS, MCWILLIAMS & CAPSHAW, LLP Co-Lead Counsel for Lead Plaintiff and the Proposed Class
KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER LLP San Francisco, CA, Liaison Counsel for Lead Plaintiff and the Proposed Class Attorneys for Plaintiff Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System
JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE CERTAIN DEFENDANTS' TIME TO ANSWER PLAINTIFF'S AMENDED CONSOLIDATED CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT
CHARLES R. BEYER, District Judge.
WHEREAS, on April 14, 2006, Lead Plaintiff, the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System ("APERS"), filed its Consolidated Class Action Complaint;
WHEREAS, by Order dated November 3, 2006, the Court denied the motions to dismiss of defendants Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. ("Brocade"), Gregory Reyes, and Antonio Canova and granted the motion to dismiss of defendants KPMG LLP, Neal Dempsey, Mark Leslie, Nicholas Moore, Seth Neiman, Christopher Paisley and Larry Sonsini;
WHEREAS, by separate Order dated November 3, 2006, the Court granted APERS leave to amend its Complaint within sixty (60) days;
WHEREAS, by stipulated Order dated November 17, 2006, the Court granted defendants Brocade, Gregory L. Reyes and Antonio Canova twenty (20) days after the filing of the Amended Complaint to file their Answers;
WHEREAS, APERS filed an Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint (the "Amended Complaint") on January 2, 2007;
WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and are in agreement that, in light of the number of Plaintiff's allegations in the Amended Complaint, there is good cause to extend for seven (7) days the time of defendants Brocade, Reyes and Canova to answer the Amended Complaint;
IT IS THEREFORE STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the undersigned, subject to approval of the Court, that defendants Brocade, Reyes and Canova shall have through and including January 29, 2007, in which to file and serve their answers to the Amended Complaint.
[PROPOSED] ORDER
Upon Stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing, defendants Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., Gregory L. Reyes and Antonio Canova shall have through and including January 29, 2007, in which to file and serve their answers to the Amended Complaint.
IT IS SO ORDERED.