Alvarez et al v. RealPage Inc et al, No. 2:2022cv01617 - Document 21 (W.D. Wash. 2022)
Court Description: ORDER granting Parties' 11 Stipulated MOTION Suspending Deadline for Defendants to Respond to Complaint. The deadline for Defendants to answer, move to dismiss, or otherwise respond to the Complaint is suspended until the Court adopts a new da te following the parties' submission of a proposed amended scheduling order on or before 12/21/2022. Plaintiffs and Defendants shall meet and confer and file a status report with the Court, no later than 12/21/2022, that includes a proposed order with an amended pretrial schedule. Signed by Judge Barbara J. Rothstein. (SB)
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Alvarez et al v. RealPage Inc et al Doc. 21 Case 2:22-cv-01617-BJR Document 21 Filed 12/06/22 Page 1 of 8 THE HONORABLE BARBARA J. ROTHSTEIN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 MATTHEW ALVAREZ and SCOTT HALLIWELL, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. REALPAGE, INC., a Delaware corporation; GREYSTAR REAL ESTATE PARTNERS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; LINCOLN PROPERTY COMPANY, a Texas corporation; FPI MANAGEMENT, INC., a California corporation; MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC., a Tennessee corporation; AVENUE5 RESIDENTIAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; EQUITY RESIDENTIAL, a Maryland real estate investment trust; ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC., a Maryland corporation; ESSEX MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, a California corporation; AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC., a Maryland corporation; CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST, a Texas real estate investment trust; THRIVE COMMUNITIES MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Washington limited liability company; and SECURITY PROPERTIES INC., a Washington corporation, No. 2:22-cv-01617 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER SUSPENDING DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT Defendants. 26 27 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER SUSPENDING DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT No. 2:22-cv-01617 Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:22-cv-01617-BJR Document 21 Filed 12/06/22 Page 2 of 8 Pursuant to Local Civil Rules 7(d)(1), 7(j), and 10(g), Plaintiffs Matthew Alvarez and 1 2 Scott Halliwell (together, “Plaintiffs”) and Defendants RealPage, Inc., Greystar Real Estate 3 Partners, LLC, Lincoln Property Company, FPI Management, Inc., Mid-America Apartment 4 Communities, Inc., Avenue5 Residential LLC, Equity Residential, Essex Property Trust, Inc., 5 Essex Management Corporation, AvalonBay Communities, Inc., Camden Property Trust 6 Thrive Communities Management, LLC, and Security Properties Inc. (collectively, the 7 “Stipulating Defendants”), by and through their respective counsel, 1 hereby stipulate as 8 follows: WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed a Class Action Complaint (the “Complaint”) on November 9 10 10, 2022. ECF No. 1. WHEREAS, Plaintiffs served Defendants RealPage, Inc., Greystar Real Estate Partners, 11 12 LLC, Lincoln Property Company, FPI Management, Inc., Mid-America Apartment 13 Communities, Inc., Avenue5 Residential LLC, Equity Residential, Essex Property Trust, Inc., 14 Essex Management Corporation, AvalonBay Communities, Inc., Camden Property Trust, 15 Thrive Communities Management, LLC, and Security Properties Inc. with process on or about 16 November 17, 18, 22, 23, and 29, 2022. WHEREAS, the Complaint asserts a claim under Section 1 of the Sherman Act based 17 18 on the alleged use of RealPage, Inc.’s software. WHEREAS, as of this filing, the parties are aware that one or more of the Stipulating 19 20 Defendants are named in multiple other lawsuits, in other District Courts in California, Illinois, 21 and New York, asserting claims under Section 1 of the Sherman Act based on the alleged use 22 of RealPage, Inc.’s software. 23 24 25 26 27 Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC, Lincoln Property Company, Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., Avenue5 Residential LLC, Equity Residential, Essex Property Trust, Inc., Essex Management Corporation, AvalonBay Communities, Inc., and Camden Property Trust are still in the process of retaining local counsel for this action and have been represented by national counsel listed in the signature block below in conferences with Plaintiffs’ counsel. STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER SUSPENDING DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT No. 2:22-cv-01617 1 1 Case 2:22-cv-01617-BJR Document 21 Filed 12/06/22 Page 3 of 8 1 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and the Stipulating Defendants have conferred telephonically 2 and by electronic mail, and have agreed that party and judicial efficiency would be best served 3 by suspending, for a short period of time, the deadline for the Stipulating Defendants to answer, 4 move to dismiss, or otherwise respond to the Complaint. 5 6 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and the Stipulating Defendants have agreed to meet and confer and file a status report with the Court by December 21, 2022 related to a schedule for the case. 7 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs anticipate that they will propose a Rule 12 briefing schedule in 8 the status report for the litigation that Plaintiffs think will efficiently and expeditiously move 9 the case forward. 10 WHEREAS, on November 28, 2022, Judge Robert S. Lasnik entered in Navarro v. 11 RealPage, Inc. et al., No. 2:22-cv-01552-RSL (W.D. Wash.), an order similar to the subjoined 12 order based on a stipulation similar to this one. 13 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have filed a Notice of Related Case identifying this case as 14 related to Navarro v. RealPage, Inc. et al., No. 2:22-cv-01552-RSL (W.D. Wash.), which is 15 pending before Judge Robert S. Lasnik. ECF No. 2. 16 In making this stipulation, the Stipulating Defendants do not waive, in this or any other 17 action, any (i) defenses or arguments for dismissal that may be available under Fed. R. Civ. P. 18 12; (ii) affirmative defenses under Fed. R. Civ. P. 8; (iii) other statutory or common law 19 defenses that may be available; or (iv) right to seek or oppose any reassignment, transfer, or 20 consolidated alternatives. The Stipulating Defendants expressly reserve their rights to raise any 21 such defenses (or any other defense) in response to either the Complaint or any original, 22 amended, or consolidated complaint that may be filed in this or any other action. 23 THEREFORE, Plaintiffs and the Stipulating Defendants stipulate and agree to suspend 24 the deadline for the Stipulating Defendants to answer, move to dismiss, or otherwise respond to 25 the Complaint and request that the Court enter the subjoined order pursuant to this stipulation. 26 27 STIPULATED to this 30th day of November, 2022. STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER SUSPENDING DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT No. 2:22-cv-01617 2 Case 2:22-cv-01617-BJR Document 21 Filed 12/06/22 Page 4 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 s/ Alexander G. Tievsky Alexander G. Tievsky (WSBA No. 57125) Jay Edelson (pro hac vice forthcoming) Benjamin H. Richman (pro hac vice forthcoming) David Mindell (pro hac vice forthcoming) EDELSON PC 350 North LaSalle Street, 14th Floor Chicago, IL 60654 Rafey Balabanian (pro hac vice forthcoming) Todd Logan (pro hac vice forthcoming) Yaman Salahi (pro hac vice forthcoming) P. Solange Hilfinger-Pardo (pro hac vice forthcoming) EDELSON PC 150 California Street, 18th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Counsel for Plaintiffs Matthew Alvarez and Scott Halliwell, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated s/ Heidi Bradley Heidi Bradley (WSBA No. 35759) BRADLEY BERNSTEIN SANDS LLP 113 Cherry Street, PMB 62056 Seattle, Washington 98104-2205 Darin Sands (WSBA No. 35865) BRADLEY BERNSTEIN SANDS LLP 1425 SW 20th Ave., Suite 201 Portland, OR 97201 Counsel for Defendant RealPage, Inc. /s/ Maren R. Norton Maren R. Norton (WSBA No. 35435) maren.norton@stoel.com STOEL RIVES LLP 600 University Street, Suite 3600 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: (206) 624-0900 Facsimile: (206) 386-7500 Charles H. Samel (pro hac vice forthcoming) charles.samel@stoel.com s/ Benjamin I. VandenBerghe Benjamin I. VandenBerghe (WSBA No. 35477) Edward C. Duckers (pro hac vice MONTGOMERY PURDUE PLLC forthcoming) 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5500 ed.duckers@stoel.com Seattle, Washington 98104-7096 STOEL RIVES LLP 1 Montgomery Street, Suite 3230 Counsel for Defendant Thrive Communities San Francisco, CA 94104 Management, LLC Telephone: (415) 617-8900 Facsimile: (415) 617-8907 s/ J. Dino Vasquez J. Dino Vasquez (WSBA No. 25533) George A. Guthrie (pro hac vice KARR TUTTLE CAMPBELL forthcoming) 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 gguthrie@wilkefleury.com Seattle, WA 98104-7055 WILKE FLEURY LLP 621 Capitol Mall, Suite 900 Counsel for Defendant Security Properties Inc. Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 441-2430 Facsimile: (916) 442-6664 Counsel for Defendant FPI Management, Inc. STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER SUSPENDING DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT No. 2:22-cv-01617 3 Case 2:22-cv-01617-BJR Document 21 Filed 12/06/22 Page 5 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 National Counsel Participating in Meet and Confer: s/ James Kress James Kress (pro hac vice forthcoming) Paul Cuomo (pro hac vice forthcoming) BAKER BOTTS LLP 700 K. Street, NW Washington, DC 20001-5692 s/ Britt M. Miller Britt M. Miller (pro hac vice forthcoming) Daniel T. Fenske (pro hac vice forthcoming) MAYER BROWN LLP 71 South Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 Danny David (pro hac vice forthcoming) BAKER BOTTS LLP 910 Louisiana Street Houston, Texas 77002 Counsel for Defendant Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Counsel for Defendant Avenue5 Residential, LLC 14 s/ Carl W. Hittinger Carl W. Hittinger (pro hac vice forthcoming) Jeffry W. Duffy (pro hac vice forthcoming) BAKERHOSTETLER 1735 Market Street, Suite 3300 Philadelphia, PA 19103-7501 15 Counsel for Defendant Equity Residential 16 s/ Gregory J. Casas Gregory J. Casas (pro hac vice forthcoming) casasg@gtlaw.com GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 300 West 6th Street, Suite 2050 Austin, TX 78701-4052 Telephone: (512) 320-7200 Facsimile: (512) 320-7210 11 12 13 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 s/ Ryan Sandrock Ryan Sandrock (pro hac vice forthcoming) SHOOK HARDY & BACON LLP 555 Mission Street, Suite 2300 San Francisco, CA 94105 Laurie A. Novion (pro hac vice forthcoming) SHOOK HARDY & BACON LLP 2555 Grand Boulevard Kansas City, MO 64108 Lynn H. Murray (pro hac vice forthcoming) SHOOK HARDY & BACON LLP 111 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 4700 Chicago, IL 60606 Counsel for Defendant Camden Property Trust s/ Belinda S Lee Belinda S Lee (pro hac vice forthcoming) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 Robert J. Herrington (pro hac vice forthcoming) San Francisco, CA 94111 HerringtonR@gtlaw.com GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP E. Marcellus Williamson (pro hac vice 1840 Century Park East, Suite 1900 forthcoming) Los Angeles, CA 90067 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 1000 Telephone: (310) 586-7700 Facsimile: (310) 586-7800 Washington DC, 20004 Becky L. Caruso (pro hac vice forthcoming) carusob@gtlaw.com Counsel for Defendant AvalonBay Communities, Inc. STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER SUSPENDING DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT No. 2:22-cv-01617 4 Case 2:22-cv-01617-BJR Document 21 Filed 12/06/22 Page 6 of 8 3 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 500 Campus Drive, Suite 400 Florham Park, NJ 07932 Telephone: (609) 442-1196 Facsimile: (973) 301-8410 4 Counsel for Defendant Lincoln Property Co. 5 s/ Michael W. Scarborough Michael W. Scarborough (pro hac vice forthcoming) Dylan I. Ballard (pro hac vice forthcoming) SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 1 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 Counsel for Defendants Essex Property Trust, Inc. and Essex Management Corporation s/ William L. Monts, III William L. Monts, III (pro hac vice forthcoming) Benjamin F. Holt (pro hac vice forthcoming) HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 Michael M. Maddigan (pro hac vice forthcoming) HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1400 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Counsel for Defendant Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER SUSPENDING DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT No. 2:22-cv-01617 5 Case 2:22-cv-01617-BJR Document 21 Filed 12/06/22 Page 7 of 8 ORDER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 THIS MATTER came before the Court on the parties’ Stipulated Motion to Suspend the Deadline for Defendants to Respond to the Complaint. Now, therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: The deadline for Defendants RealPage, Inc., Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC, Lincoln Property Company, FPI Management, Inc., Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., Avenue5 Residential LLC, Equity Residential, Essex Property Trust, Inc., Essex Management Corporation, AvalonBay Communities, Inc., Camden Property Trust, Thrive Communities Management, LLC, and Security Properties Inc. to answer, move to dismiss, or otherwise respond to the Complaint is suspended until the Court adopts a new date following the parties’ submission of a proposed amended scheduling order on or before December 21, 2022. Plaintiffs and Defendants RealPage, Inc., Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC, Lincoln Property Company, FPI Management, Inc., Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., Avenue5 Residential LLC, Equity Residential, Essex Property Trust, Inc., Essex Management Corporation, AvalonBay Communities, Inc., Camden Property Trust, Thrive Communities Management, LLC, and Security Properties Inc. shall meet and confer and file a status report with the Court, no later than December 21, 2022, that includes a proposed order with an amended pretrial schedule. DATED this 6th day of December, 2022. _______________________________ BARBARA J. ROTHSTEIN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 23 24 25 26 27 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER SUSPENDING DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT No. 2:22-cv-01617 6 Case 2:22-cv-01617-BJR Document 21 Filed 12/06/22 Page 8 of 8 1 2 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 4 I hereby certify that on November 30, 2022, I electronically filed the foregoing 5 document with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification 6 of such filing to those attorneys of record registered on the CM/ECF system. All other parties 7 (if any) shall be served in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 8 DATED this 30th day of November, 2022. 9 10 s/ Heidi Bradley 11 Heidi Bradley 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER SUSPENDING DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT No. 2:22-cv-01617 7
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