Barton v. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. et al, No. 3:2008cv01341 - Document 136 (N.D. Cal. 2009)

Court Description: ORDER GRANTING 135 Stipulation to Extend Page Limits and Briefing and Continuing Hearing Date. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on September 17, 2009. (jswlc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/17/2009)

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Barton v. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. et al Doc. 136 Case3:08-cv-01341-JSW Document135 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Filed09/17/09 Page1 of 10 GUIDO SAVERI (22349) guido@saveri.com R. ALEXANDER SAVERI (173102) rick@saveri.com CADIO ZIRPOLI (179108) zirpoli@saveri.com SAVERI & SAVERI, INC. 706 Sansome Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (415) 217-6810 Facsimile: (415) 217-6813 Interim Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class 8 9 Additional Counsel Listed on Signature Page 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 In re CALIFORNIA TITLE INSURANCE ANTITRUST LITIGATION CLASS ACTION 13 14 THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: 15 ALL ACTIONS 16 17 18 No. 08-cv-1341-JSW STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING PAGE LIMIT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND EXTENDING TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION AND DEFENDANTS’ REPLY AND CONTINUING HEARING DATE ON MOTION TO DISMISS Honorable Jeffrey S. White 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING PAGE LIMIT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND EXTENDING TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION AND DEFENDANTS’ REPLY -- 08-CV-1341-JSW Dockets.Justia.com Case3:08-cv-01341-JSW Document135 1 2 3 4 Filed09/17/09 Page2 of 10 WHEREAS, on May 21, 2009, the Court issued an Order Granting Motion to Dismiss and Granting Leave to Amend (Docket No. 124); WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed their Consolidated Second Amended Class Action Complaint on July 6, 2009 (Docket No. 127); 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 WHEREAS, Defendants’ time to move against, answer or otherwise respond to the Consolidated Second Amended Class Action Complaint was extended through and including August 19, 2009 by an Order of this Court (Docket No. 129); WHEREAS, Plaintiffs consented to Defendants’ request to seek relief from the Court’s standing order regarding the length of legal memorandum and agreed by stipulation that Defendants may seek the Court’s permission to expand the page limit for their Joint Motion to 12 Dismiss to no more than 25 pages in length; 13 14 WHEREAS, on August 12, 2009 a Stipulation and [PROPOSED] Order Extending Page 15 Limit of Defendants’ Joint Memorandum In Support of Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss was 16 presented to the Court (Docket No. 130); 17 18 19 WHEREAS, on August 12, 2009 the Court Granted the Stipulation and Order Extending Page Limit of Defendants’ Joint Memorandum in Support of Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Docket No. 131); 20 WHEREAS, Defendants filed a Joint Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Consolidated Second 21 22 Amended Class Action Complaint and Defendant Old Republic International Corporation filed a 23 separate Motion to Dismiss and supporting memoranda of points and authorities on August 19, 24 2009 (Docket No. 132 & 133); 25 26 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court’s Order Continuing Hearing and Setting Briefing Schedule, dated August 19, 2009, Plaintiffs’ briefs in opposition to Defendants’ motions to 27 28 1 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING PAGE LIMIT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND EXTENDING TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION AND DEFENDANTS’ REPLY -- 08-CV-1341-JSW Case3:08-cv-01341-JSW Document135 Filed09/17/09 Page3 of 10 1 dismiss are due on September 18, 2009, and Defendants’ reply briefs in further support of their 2 motions to dismiss are due on September 25, 2009 (Docket No. 134); 3 4 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have met and conferred with Defendants on a request by Plaintiffs for relief from the Court’s standing order regarding the length of legal memoranda to be filed in 5 6 7 8 support of or in opposition to any motion, to permit the filing of a memorandum of no more than 25 pages in length and on Plaintiffs’ request for a five-day extension of the time for Plaintiffs to submit papers in opposition to Defendants’ motions to dismiss; 9 WHEREAS, Defendants consent to Plaintiffs’ request for relief from this Court’s standing 10 order to permit the filing of a memorandum of points and authorities in opposition to Defendants’ 11 Joint Motion to Dismiss, not to exceed 25 pages in length, and to Plaintiffs’ request for a five-day 12 extension of time for Plaintiffs to submit papers in opposition to Defendants’ motions to dismiss; 13 14 WHEREAS, given the need to coordinate among numerous Defendants, Defendants have 15 met and conferred with Plaintiffs and requested a one-week extension of the time for Defendants 16 to submit reply papers in further support of their motion to dismiss, so that Defendants have two 17 weeks from filing of Plaintiffs’ opposition papers to submit reply papers instead of one week; and 18 19 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs consent to Defendants’ request for a one-week extension of the time for Defendants to submit reply papers in further support of their motion to dismiss, so that 20 Defendants have two weeks from the filing of Plaintiffs’ opposition papers to submit reply papers; 21 22 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between Plaintiffs and Defendants, through their 23 respective counsel, and subject to Court approval, that (i) Plaintiffs may seek relief from the 24 Court’s standing order and, subject to Court approval and said relief being granted, Plaintiffs may 25 file and serve a memorandum in opposition to Defendants’ Joint Motion to Dismiss of no more 26 27 28 than 25 pages in length; (ii) Plaintiffs’ time to file and serve their briefs in opposition to Defendants’ Joint Motion to Dismiss and Old Republic International Corporation’s Motion to 2 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING PAGE LIMIT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND EXTENDING TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION AND DEFENDANTS’ REPLY -- 08-CV-1341-JSW Case3:08-cv-01341-JSW Document135 Filed09/17/09 Page4 of 10 1 Dismiss is extended from September 18, 2009 until September 23, 2009; and (iii) Defendants’ 2 time to file and serve reply briefs in further support of Defendants’ Joint Motion to Dismiss and 3 4 Old Republic International Corporation’s Motion to Dismiss is extended from September 25, 2009 until October 7, 2009. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Dated: September 17, 2009 SAVERI & SAVERI, INC. By /s/ Cadio Zirpoli Guido Saveri (CA Bar No. 22349) R. Alexander Saveri (CA Bar No. 173102) Cadio R. Zirpoli (CA Bar No. 179108) 706 Sansome Street San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: (415) 217-6810 Facsimile: (415) 217-6813 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP By /s/ Steve W. Berman Steve W. Berman (pro hac vice) Thomas E. Loeser (CA Bar No.202724) 1301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2900 Seattle, Washington 98101 Telephone: (206) 623-7292 Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP Reed R. Kathrein (CA Bar No. 139304) Jeff D. Friedman (CA Bar No.173886) 715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202 Berkeley, California 94710 Telephone: (510) 725-3000 Facsimile: (510) 725-3001 GIRARD GIBBS LLP By /s/ Elizabeth C. Pritzker Daniel C. Girard (CA Bar No. 114826) Elizabeth C. Pritzker (CA Bar No. 146267) Aaron M. Sheanin (CA Bar No. 214472) 601 California Street, 14th Floor San Francisco, California 94104 Telephone: (415) 981-4800 Facsimile: (415) 981-4846 Interim Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class 3 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING PAGE LIMIT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND EXTENDING TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION AND DEFENDANTS’ REPLY -- 08-CV-1341-JSW Case3:08-cv-01341-JSW Document135 1 Filed09/17/09 Page5 of 10 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 2 By 3 /s/ Frank E. Merideth, Jr. FRANK E. MERIDETH, JR. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 -andGREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP James I. Serota Kenneth Lapatine Stephen L. Saxl Anastasia A. Angelova 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 Telephone: (212) 801-9200 Facsimile: (212) 801-6400 serotaj@gtlaw.com lapatinek@gtlaw.com saxls@gtlaw.com angelovaa@gtlaw.com Attorneys for Defendants The First American Corporation, First American Title Insurance Company and United General Title Insurance Company 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING PAGE LIMIT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND EXTENDING TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION AND DEFENDANTS’ REPLY -- 08-CV-1341-JSW Case3:08-cv-01341-JSW Document135 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Filed09/17/09 Page6 of 10 GLASER, WEIL, FINK, JACOBS & SHAPIRO, LLP James S. Schreier Bryan M. Sullivan 10250 CONSTELLATION BOULEVARD 19th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067 Telephone: (310) 553-3000 Facsimile: (310) 556-2920 jschreier@glaserweil.com bsullivan@glaserweil.com - and- 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP Barry R. Ostrager Kevin J. Arquit Patrick T. Shilling 425 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017-3954 Telephone: (212) 455-2000 Facsimile: (212) 455-2502 bostrager@stblaw.com karquit@stblaw.com pshilling@stblaw.com Attorneys for Defendants Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, Ticor Title Insurance Company, Ticor Title Insurance Company of Florida, Chicago Title Insurance Company, Security Union Title Insurance Company, Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation and Transnation Title Insurance Co. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING PAGE LIMIT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND EXTENDING TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION AND DEFENDANTS’ REPLY -- 08-CV-1341-JSW Case3:08-cv-01341-JSW Document135 1 2 3 4 Filed09/17/09 Page7 of 10 SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP Samuel R. Miller 555 California St. San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 772-7447 Facsimile: (415) 772-7400 srmiller@sidley.com 5 -and- 6 7 8 9 10 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P. David M. Foster 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 Telephone: (202) 662-4517 Facsimile: (202) 662-4643 dfoster@fulbright.com 11 -and- 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P. Mark A. Robertson 666 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10103 Telephone: 212-318-3304 Facsimile: 212-318-3400 mrobertson@fulbright.com Attorneys for Defendants Stewart Title Guaranty Company and Stewart Title Insurance Company 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 6 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING PAGE LIMIT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND EXTENDING TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION AND DEFENDANTS’ REPLY -- 08-CV-1341-JSW Case3:08-cv-01341-JSW Document135 1 2 3 4 Filed09/17/09 Page8 of 10 LOCKE LORD BISSELL & LIDDELL LLP Curtis Stanfield Leavitt 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1460 Sacramento, California 95814 Telephone: (916)-554-0246 Facsimile: (916) 554-5440 CLeavitt@lockelord.com 5 -and- 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 LOCKE LORD BISSELL & LIDDELL LLP David G. Greene Kevin J. Walsh Joseph N. Froehlich 885 Third Avenue, 26th Floor New York, New York 10022 Telephone: (212) 947-4700 Facsimile: (212) 812-8346 DGreene@lockelord.com KWalsh@lockelord.com JFroehlich@lockelord.com 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Of Counsel: LOCKE LORD BISSELL & LIDDELL LLP Michael J. Gaertner Thomas J. Cunningham Simon A. Fleischmann 111 South Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606-4410 Telephone: (312) 443-0700 Facsimile: (312) 443-0336 mgaertner@lockelord.com 20 21 22 Attorneys for Defendants Old Republic National Title Insurance Company and Old Republic International Corporation 23 24 25 26 27 28 7 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING PAGE LIMIT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND EXTENDING TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION AND DEFENDANTS’ REPLY -- 08-CV-1341-JSW Case3:08-cv-01341-JSW Document135 1 2 3 4 Filed09/17/09 Page9 of 10 DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP Margaret A. Keane One Embarcadero Center, Suite 400 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (415) 951-1100 Facsimile: (415) 951-1180 mkeane@dl.com 5 6 Attorneys for Defendant National Title Insurance of New York, Inc. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 8 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING PAGE LIMIT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND EXTENDING TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION AND DEFENDANTS’ REPLY -- 08-CV-1341-JSW Case3:08-cv-01341-JSW Document135 1 Filed09/17/09 Page10 of 10 The Court shall approve the stipulation. However, in order to ensure the Court has adequate time to consider the parties' briefs, the hearing set for October 16, 2009, is HEREBY CONTINUED to Friday, October 30, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS HEREBY SO ORDERED. 2 3 DATED: September 17 ___, 2009 _____________________________________ The Honorable Jeffrey S. White UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 9 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING PAGE LIMIT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND EXTENDING TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION AND DEFENDANTS’ REPLY -- 08-CV-1341-JSW

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