Wolfire Games LLC et al v. Valve Corporation, No. 2:2021cv00563 - Document 172 (W.D. Wash. 2023)
Court Description: ORDER granting Parties' 171 Stipulated Motion for Extension of Time. The Court extends the discovery deadline from 11/30/2023 to 12/15/2023 to complete depositions of fact witnesses as stipulated herein. The parties agree that nonparties upon whom Plaintiffs or Defendant, prior to 11/1/2023, served subpoenas requesting production of documents or data may, if necessary, make their productions after 11/30/2023. Signed by U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour. (KRA)
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Wolfire Games LLC et al v. Valve Corporation 1 Doc. 172 THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 IN RE VALVE ANTITRUST LITIGATION No. 2:21-cv-00563-JCC STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF DEADLINE TO TAKE CERTAIN DEPOSITIONS 11 12 NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: NOVEMBER 30, 2023 13 14 15 Plaintiffs Wolfire Games, LLC, Dark Catt Studios Holdings, Inc., and Dark Catt Studios 16 Interactive LLC (collectively “Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Valve Corporation (“Defendant”), by 17 and through their undersigned counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 18 19 20 1. The Court entered a Case Schedule on August 23, 2022 (Dkt. #98), which set certain case deadlines through summary judgment briefing. 2. On May 2, 2023, the Court granted the parties’ Stipulated Motion to Modify Case 21 Schedule (Dkt. #130), which, inter alia, extended the close of fact discovery from October 31, 22 2023 to November 30, 2023. 23 3. The parties have been working to complete fact discovery, including written 24 discovery and depositions of Plaintiffs, Defendant, and nonparties. The Parties commenced 25 depositions in September 2023 and have made substantial progress to complete them by 26 STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF DEPOSITION DEADLINE – 1 (NO. 2:21-CV-00563-JCC) Dockets.Justia.com 1 November 30, 2023. The parties anticipate that at least twenty-five depositions of Plaintiffs, 2 Defendant, and nonparties will have been taken by November 30, 2023. 4. 3 However, due to a small number of scheduling conflicts and limited availability of 4 some witnesses (both party and nonparty), Plaintiffs and Defendants need to take certain 5 depositions following the November 30, 2023 discovery deadline. 6 Defendants jointly request that the Court extend until December 15, 2023 the deadline within 7 which to conduct the following, specified depositions: As such, Plaintiffs and 8 a. Deposition of David Rosen to be conducted on December 1, 2023; 9 b. Deposition of Jason Owens, to be conducted on December 5, 2023; c. Deposition of Plaintiff Dark Catt Studios Holdings, Inc., and Dark Catt Studios 10 Interactive LLC, to be conducted on December 6, 2023; 11 12 d. Deposition of Chris Schenck, to be conducted on December 8, 2023; 13 e. Deposition of Valve Corporation to be conducted on December 12, 2023, as to 30(b)(6) Topic 4 (2012-2022 U.S. federal tax returns); 14 f. Deposition of Sean Murray on or before December 15, 2023, or, if necessary, 15 on a date mutually agreeable to the deponent and the parties; 16 17 g. Deposition of Microsoft Corporation, pursuant to subpoena, on or before 18 December 15, 2023, or, if necessary, on a date mutually agreeable to the 19 deponent and the parties; 20 h. Deposition of Nathaniel Muller, pursuant to subpoena, on or before December 21 15, 2023, or, if necessary, on a date mutually agreeable to the deponent and the 22 parties. 1 23 24 25 1 26 Defendant has objected to Mr. Muller’s deposition on grounds that it exceeds the number of permitted party depositions, which Plaintiffs deny. STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF DEPOSITION DEADLINE – 2 (NO. 2:21-CV-00563-JCC) 1 5. The parties agree that nonparties upon whom Plaintiffs or Defendant, prior to 2 November 1, 2023, served subpoenas requesting production of documents or data may, if 3 necessary, make their productions after November 30, 2023. 4 6. The parties request the brief, 15-day extension of time to take the above-specified 5 depositions in order to accommodate the scheduling conflicts and availability of witnesses, and 6 not for purposes of delay or any improper purposes. 7 8 9 10 7. The parties respectfully request that the Court enter the below Order extending the deadline to complete depositions of fact witnesses as stipulated. IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. DATED this 30th day of November, 2023. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 /s/Kara M. Mundy Kenneth J. Rubin (pro hac vice) Timothy B. McGranor (pro hac vice) Kara M. Mundy (pro hac vice) VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE LLP 52 East Gay Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Telephone (614) 464-6400 Fax (614) 719-4796 kjrubin@vorys.com tbmcgranor@vorys.com kmmundy@vorys.com 22 Thomas N. McCormick (pro hac vice) VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE LLP 4675 MacArthur Court, Suite 700 Newport Beach, California 92660 Phone (949) 526-7903 Fax (949) 383-2384 tnmccormick@vorys.com 23 Executive Committee Members for Plaintiffs 20 21 /s/ Gavin W. Skok Gavin W. Skok, WSBA #29766 FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 4400 Seattle, WA 98154 Telephone: (206) 624-3600 Fax: (206) 389-1708 gskok@foxrothschild.com Kristen Ward Broz FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP 2020 K. St. NW, Ste. 500 Washington, DC 20006 Telephone (202) 794-1220 Fax (202) 461-3102 kbroz@foxrothschild.com 25 Charles B. Casper (pro hac vice) MONTGOMERY MCCRACKEN WALKER & RHOADS LLP 1735 Market Street, 21st Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone (215) 772-1500 ccasper@mmwr.com 26 Attorneys for Defendant Valve Corporation 24 STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF DEPOSITION DEADLINE – 3 (NO. 2:21-CV-00563-JCC) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Alicia Cobb, WSBA #48685 QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP 1109 First Avenue, Suite 210 Seattle, Washington 98101 Telephone (206) 905-7000 Fax (206) 905-7100 aliciacobb@quinnemanuel.com Steig D. Olson (pro hac vice) David LeRay (pro hac vice) QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP 51 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10010 Telephone (212) 849-7231 Fax (212) 849-7100 steigolson@quinnemanuel.com Adam Wolfson (pro hac vice) QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP 865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor Los Angeles, California 90017 Telephone (213) 443-3285 Fax (213) 443-3100 adamwolfson@quinnemanuel.com 16 20 Charles Stevens (pro hac vice) QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP 50 California St., 22nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone (415) 875-6600 Fax (415) 875-6700 charliestevens@quinnemanuel.com 21 Interim Co-Lead Counsel 22 David Golden (pro hac vice) CONSTANTINE CANNON LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., 22nd Floor Washington, D.C. 20004 Telephone (202) 204-4527 Fax (202) 204-3501 dgolden@constantinecannon.com 17 18 19 23 24 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF DEPOSITION DEADLINE – 4 (NO. 2:21-CV-00563-JCC) 1 2 3 4 5 6 A. Owen Glist (pro hac vice) Ankur Kapoor (pro hac vice) Jeffrey I. Shinder (pro hac vice) CONSTANTINE CANNON LLP 335 Madison Avenue, 9th Floor New York, NY 10017 Telephone (212) 350-2700 Fax (212) 350-2701 oglist@constantinecannon.com 7 Interim Co-Lead Counsel 8 Stephanie L. Jensen, WSBA #42042 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI P.C. 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5100 Seattle, WA 98104-7036 Telephone (206) 883-2500 Fax (206) 883-2699 sjensen@wsgr.com 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Kenneth R. O’Rourke (pro hac vice) Allison B. Smith (pro hac vice) WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI P.C. 1700 K Street, NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20006 Telephone (202) 973-8800 Fax (202) 973-8899 korourke@wsgr.com allison.smith@wsgr.com 23 W. Joseph Bruckner (pro hac vice) Joseph C. Bourne (pro hac vice) LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN P.L.L.P. 100 Washington Avenue S, Suite 2200 Minneapolis, MN 55401 Telephone: (612) 339-6900 Fax: (612) 339-0981 wjbruckner@locklaw.com jcbourne@locklaw.com 24 Interim Co-Lead Counsel 19 20 21 22 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF DEPOSITION DEADLINE – 5 (NO. 2:21-CV-00563-JCC) 1 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 DATED this 1st day of December 2023. 5 A 6 John C. Coughenour UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF DEPOSITION DEADLINE – 6 (NO. 2:21-CV-00563-JCC)
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