Copeland et al v. Energizer Holdings, Inc. et al, No. 4:2023cv02087 - Document 58 (N.D. Cal. 2023)

Court Description: ORDER GRANTING (Docket Nos. 40 in 4:23-cv-02093-HSG, 36 in 4:23-cv-02091-HSG, and 57 in 4:23-cv-02087-HSG STIPULATION Regarding Briefing Schedule : Motions due by 7/31/2023; Responses due by 9/14/2023; and Replies due by 10/16/2023. Signed by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. on 7/13/2023. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/13/2023)

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Copeland et al v. Energizer Holdings, Inc. et al 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Doc. 58 THEODORE J. BOUTROUS, JR., SBN 132099 TBoutrous@gibsondunn.com CHRISTOPHER D. DUSSEAULT, SBN 177557 CDusseault@gibsondunn.com SAMUEL G. LIVERSIDGE, SBN 180578 SLiversidge@gibsondunn.com JILLIAN N. LONDON, SBN 319924 JLondon@gibsondunn.com GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 333 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 Telephone: 213.229.7000 Facsimile: 213.229.7520 RACHEL S. BRASS, SBN 219301 RBrass@gibsondunn.com GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 555 Mission Street, Suite 3000 San Francisco, CA 94105-0921 Telephone: 415.393.8200 Facsimile: 415.393.8306 Attorneys for Defendant ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC. 13 [Additional Attorneys Listed In Signature Block] 14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 15 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 16 OAKLAND DIVISION 17 18 19 20 21 22 DON COPELAND, JOSEPH MURRAY, CAROL SMITH, PATRICK WHITNEY, PHILLIP HAGUE, DENISE FOTIS, ROXANN DORIOTT, BRUCE MIMS, LORI ABLY, TIMOTHY BROWN, PETER COSTAS, AND MIKE BALLARD, on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated, 23 24 25 26 27 28 CASE NO. 4:23-CV-02087-HSG STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING BRIEFING SCHEDULE Plaintiffs, v. ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC.; AND WAL-MART, INC., Defendants. [Caption Continues on Following Page] STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING BRIEFING SCHEDULE CASE NOS. 4:23-CV-02087-HSG, 4:23-CV-02091-HSG, 4:23-CV-02093-HSG Dockets.Justia.com 1 PORTABLE POWER, INC., on behalf of itself and those similarly situated, CASE NO. 4:23-CV-02091-HSG 2 Plaintiffs, 3 v. 4 5 ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC.; AND WAL-MART, INC., 6 7 8 Defendants. CASE NO. 4:23-CV-02093-HSG KIMBERLY SCHUMAN and KYLE KELLEY, on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated, 9 10 11 12 13 Plaintiffs, v. ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC.; AND WAL-MART, INC., Defendants. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING BRIEFING SCHEDULE CASE NOS. 4:23-CV-02087-HSG, 4:23-CV-02091-HSG, 4:23-CV-02093-HSG 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-12, Plaintiffs Don Copeland, Joseph Murray, Carol Smith, Patrick Whitney, Phillip Hague, Denise Fotis, Roxann Doriott, Bruce Mims, Lori Ably, Timothy Brown, Peter Costas, and Mike Ballard, on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated (the “Copeland Plaintiffs”), Portable Power, Inc., on behalf of itself and those similarly situated (“Portable Power”), and Kimberly Schuman and Kyle Kelley, on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated (the “Schuman Plaintiffs” and together with the Copeland Plaintiffs and Portable Power, “Plaintiffs”), Defendant Energizer Holdings, Inc. (“Energizer”), and Defendant Walmart Inc. (“Walmart” and together with Energizer, “Defendants”), by and through their undersigned counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows: 10 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed their complaints against Defendants on April 28, 2023;1 11 12 WHEREAS, the Court granted Plaintiffs’ Joint Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Cases Should Be Related on May 23, 2023;2 13 14 WHEREAS, Case Nos. 23-CV-02091 and 23-CV-02093 were reassigned to this Court on May 23, 2023;3 15 16 17 WHEREAS, the parties previously stipulated pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-1(a) to extend the deadline for Defendants to respond to the complaints in each of the above-captioned actions to July 31, 2023;4 18 WHEREAS, Defendants intend to move to dismiss all three complaints; 19 20 21 22 WHEREAS, the parties have conferred and agreed, in the interest of efficiency and judicial economy and subject to the Court’s approval, that Defendants will file a single joint motion to dismiss all three complaints (“Motion to Dismiss”), followed by a single joint opposition brief by Plaintiffs and a single joint reply brief by Defendants; 23 24 25 1 Case Nos. 23-CV-02087, ECF No. 1; 23-CV-02091, ECF No. 1; 23-CV-02093, ECF No. 1. 2 Case No. 23-CV-02087, ECF No. 22. 3 Case Nos. 23-CV-02091, ECF No. 12; 23-CV-02093, ECF No. 16. 4 Case Nos. 23-CV-02087, ECF No. 56; 23-CV-02091, ECF No. 35; 23-CV-02093, ECF No. 39. 1 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING BRIEFING SCHEDULE CASE NOS. 4:23-CV-02087-HSG, 4:23-CV-02091-HSG, 4:23-CV-02093-HSG 1 2 3 4 5 WHEREAS, the parties have conferred and agreed to a schedule for briefing and page limits for Defendants’ anticipated Motion to Dismiss; NOW, THEREFORE, Plaintiffs and Defendants have agreed to, and respectively submit for approval by the Court, the following schedule and page limits for Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss: 1. 6 7 to exceed 40 pages of text in length, inclusive of any appendix. 2. 8 9 10 11 12 Defendants will jointly file one, consolidated Motion to Dismiss by July 31, 2023, not Plaintiffs will jointly file one, consolidated opposition to the Motion to Dismiss by September 14, 2023, not to exceed 50 pages of text in length, inclusive of any appendix. 3. Defendants will jointly file one, consolidated reply to the opposition to the Motion to Dismiss by October 16, 2023, not to exceed 30 pages of text in length, inclusive of any appendix. IT IS SO STIPULATED. 13 14 Dated: July 12, 2023 15 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 By: /s/ Samuel G. Liversidge Samuel G. Liversidge THEODORE J. BOUTROUS, JR., SBN 132099 TBoutrous@gibsondunn.com CHRISTOPHER D. DUSSEAULT, SBN 177557 CDusseault@gibsondunn.com SAMUEL G. LIVERSIDGE, SBN 180578 SLiversidge@gibsondunn.com JILLIAN N. LONDON, SBN 319924 JLondon@gibsondunn.com GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 333 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 Telephone: 213.229.7000 Facsimile: 213.229.7520 RACHEL S. BRASS, SBN 219301 RBrass@gibsondunn.com GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 555 Mission Street, Suite 3000 San Francisco, CA 94105-0921 2 STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING BRIEFING SCHEDULE CASE NOS. 4:23-CV-02087-HSG, 4:23-CV-02091-HSG, 4:23-CV-02093-HSG 1 Telephone: 415.393.8200 Facsimile: 415.393.8306 2 3 Attorneys for Defendant ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP Christopher S. Yates (Bar No. 161273) chris.yates@lw.com Belinda S Lee (Bar No. 199635) belinda.lee@lw.com Brendan A. McShane (Bar No. 227501) brendan.mcshane@lw.com Alicia R. Jovais (Bar No. 296172) alicia.jovais@lw.com 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, California 94111-6538 Telephone: +1.415.391.0600 11 12 13 Lawrence E. Buterman (pro hac vice) lawrence.buterman@lw.com 1271 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 Telephone: +1.212.906.1747 14 15 Attorneys for Defendant WALMART, INC. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING BRIEFING SCHEDULE CASE NOS. 4:23-CV-02087-HSG, 4:23-CV-02091-HSG, 4:23-CV-02093-HSG 1 Dated: July 12, 2023 2 Respectfully submitted, By: /s/ Kyla J. Gibboney 3 Rosemary M. Rivas (SBN 209147) Kyla J. Gibboney (SBN 301441) GIBBS LAW GROUP LLP 1111 Broadway, Suite 2100 Oakland, California 94607 Telephone: (510) 350-9700 Facsimile: (510) 350-9701 rmr@classlawgroup.com kjg@classlawgroup.com 4 5 6 7 8 9 Matthew S. Weiler (SBN 236052) Todd M. Schneider (SBN 158253) Jason H. Kim (SBN 220279) SCHNEIDER WALLACE COTTRELL KONECKY LLP 2000 Powell Street, Suite 1400 Emeryville, CA 94608 Telephone: (415) 421-7100 MWeiler@schneiderwallace.com TSchneider@schneiderwallace.com JKim@schneiderwallace.com 10 11 12 13 14 15 Joshua P. Davis (SBN 193254) Julie A. Pollock (SBN 346081) BERGER MONTAGUE PC 505 Montgomery St., Ste. 625 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (800) 424-6690 jdavis@bm.netjpollock@bm.net 16 17 18 19 Michael Dell’Angelo (pro hac vice) BERGER MONTAGUE PC 1818 Market St., Ste. 3600 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone: (215) 875-3000 mdellangelo@bm.net 20 21 22 Attorneys for Plaintiff Portable Power, Inc.; Counsel for Plaintiffs Kimberly Schuman, Kyle Kelley, and the Proposed Direct Purchaser Classes 23 24 25 26 27 28 Dated: July 12, 2023 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Daniel H. Silverman Daniel H. Silverman (pro hac vice) 4 STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING BRIEFING SCHEDULE CASE NOS. 4:23-CV-02087-HSG, 4:23-CV-02091-HSG, 4:23-CV-02093-HSG 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC 769 Centre Street, Suite 207 Boston, MA 02130 Tel: (202) 408-4600 Fax: (202) 408-4699 dsilverman@cohenmilstein.com Alison Deich (pro hac vice) Richard Koffman (pro hac vice) John Bracken (pro hac vice) Leonardo Chingcuanco (pro hac vice) (SBN 308640) COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC 1100 New York Ave. NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 Tel: (202) 408-4600 Fax: (202) 408-4699 adeich@cohenmilstein.com rkoffman@cohenmilstein.com jbracken@cohenmilstein.com lchingcuanco@cohenmilstein.com Counsel for Plaintiffs Don Copeland, Joseph Murray, Carol Smith, Patrick Whitney, Phillip Hague, Denise Fotis, Roxann Doriott, Bruce Mims, Lori Ably, Timothy Brown, Peter Costas, and Mike Ballard and Proposed Lead Counsel for Indirect Purchaser Class 16 17 18 19 20 Sarah Grossman-Swenson (SBN 259792) Kimberley C. Weber (SBN 302894) MCCRACKEN STEMERMAN & HOLSBERRY LLP 475 14th Street, Suite 1200 Oakland, CA 94612 (415) 597-7200 sgs@msh.law kweber@msh.law 21 Local Counsel for Copeland Plaintiffs 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING BRIEFING SCHEDULE CASE NOS. 4:23-CV-02087-HSG, 4:23-CV-02091-HSG, 4:23-CV-02093-HSG 1 2 3 ECF ATTESTATION Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(h)(3), I attest that the concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from all other signatories. 4 5 July 12 Dated: ____________________, 2023 /s/ Samuel G. Liversidge ____________________________________ 6 7 * * * * * 8 9 ORDER PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 10 11 Dated: 7/13/2023 ______________________________ Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. United States District Judge 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING BRIEFING SCHEDULE CASE NOS. 4:23-CV-02087-HSG, 4:23-CV-02091-HSG, 4:23-CV-02093-HSG

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