Duffy v. Yardi Systems Inc et al, No. 2:2023cv01391 - Document 166 (W.D. Wash. 2024)

Court Description: ORDER granting 165 Stipulated MOTION Re: SUBMISSION OF AGREEMENT REGARDING THE DISCOVERY OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (MJV)

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Duffy v. Yardi Systems Inc et al Doc. 166 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 MCKENNA DUFFY and MICHAEL BRETT, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, 11 Plaintiffs, 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 v. Case No. 2:23-cv-01391-RSL STIPULATED MOTION RE: SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED AGREEMENT REGARDING THE DISCOVERY OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION YARDI SYSTEMS, INC., BRIDGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, L.C., CALIBRATE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC, DALTON MANAGEMENT, INC., HNN ASSOCIATES, LLC, LEFEVER MATTSON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, MANCO ABBOTT, INC., MORGUARD MANAGEMENT COMPANY; R.D. MERRILL REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS, LLC, SUMMIT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., and CREEKWOOD PROPERTY CORPORATION, Defendants. 21 22 Pursuant to Local Civil Rules 7(d)(1) and 10(g), Plaintiffs McKenna Duffy and Michael 23 Brett (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Yardi Systems, Inc. (“Yardi”), Bridge Property Management, 24 L.C. (“Bridge”), Calibrate Property Management LLC (“Calibrate”), Creekwood Property 25 Corporation (“Creekwood”), Dalton Management, Inc. (“Dalton”), LeFever Mattson Property 26 Management (“LeFever”), HNN Associates, LLC (“HNN”), Manco Abbott, Inc. (“Manco”), 27 Morguard Management Company Inc. (“Morguard”), Summit Management Services, Inc. 28 (“Summit”), and R.D. Merrill Real Estate Holdings, LLC (“Pillar STIP. MOTION RE SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED ESI PROTOCOL & ORDER– 1 (Case No. 2:23–cv–01391-RSL) Dockets.Justia.com 1 Properties”) (collectively “Defendants”), by and through their respective counsel, hereby 2 stipulate as follows: 3 1. WHEREAS, the Parties1 submitted a stipulated motion to extend the deadlines for 4 submitting a proposed agreement regarding the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information 5 (“ESI Protocol”) and a proposed Protective Order to April 1, 2024. ECF No. 145. 6 2. WHEREAS, this Court granted the Parties’ stipulated motion and ordered the 7 Parties to present a Protective Order and an ESI Protocol no later than April 1, 2024. ECF. No. 8 147. 9 10 3. deadline to submit an ESI Protocol to April 26, 2024. ECF No. 160. 11 12 WHEREAS, the Parties submitted a stipulated motion to extend the April 1, 2024 4. WHEREAS, this Court granted the Parties’ stipulated motion and ordered the Parties to present an ESI Protocol no later than April 26, 2024. ECF. No. 161. 13 5. WHEREAS, the Parties have continued to meet and confer regarding the ESI 14 Protocol, the Parties continue to narrow the issues in dispute, the Parties would benefit from 15 more time to either reach agreement or narrow the scope of any disputed issues, and, subject to 16 the Court’s approval, have agreed to continue the deadline for submitting an ESI Protocol until 17 May 6, 2024; 18 THEREFORE, the Parties STIPULATE AND AGREE that: 19 The Parties will present an ESI Protocol, as well as any related disputed issues, by no 20 later than May 6, 2024. 21 STIPULATED to this 25th day of April, 2024. 22 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated this 26th day of April, 2024. 23 24 Robert S. Lasnik United States District Court Judge 25 26 27 1 Defendants and Plaintiffs are collectively referred to as the “Parties.” 28 STIPULATED MOTION RE SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED ESI PROTOCOL & ORDER– 2 (Case No. 2:23–cv–01391-RSL) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP /s/ Steve W. Berman Steve W. Berman (WSBA No. 12536) Theodore Wojcik (WSBA No. 55553) Stephanie A. Verdoia (WSBA No. 58636) Xiaoyi Fan (WSBA No. 56703) 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2000 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: (206) 623-7292 Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 Email: steve@hbsslaw.com Email: tedw@hbsslaw.com Email: stephaniev@hbsslaw.com Email: kellyf@hbsslaw.com Rio S. Pierce (pro hac vice) 715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 300 Berkeley, CA 94710 Telephone: (510) 725-3000 Facsimile: (510) 725-3001 Email: riop@hbsslaw.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs MCKENNA DUFFY and MICHAEL BRETT 18 19 VAN KAMPEN & CROWE PLLC /s/ Al Van Kampen Al Van Kampen (WSBA No. 13670) P.O. BOX 33632 Seattle, WA 98133 Telephone: (206) 441–1121 Email: avankampen@vkclaw.com VINSON & ELKINS LLP Michael W. Scarborough (pro hac vice) Dylan I. Ballard (pro hac vice) M. Kevin Costello (pro hac vice) Madison Lo (pro hac vice) 555 Mission Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: (415) 979–6900 Email: mscarborough@velaw.com Email: dballard@velaw.com Email: kcostello@velaw.com Email: mlo@velaw.com Stephen Medlock (pro hac vice) 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 500 West Washington, DC 20037 Telephone: (202) 639–6500 Email: smedlock@velaw.com Mackenzie Newman (pro hac vice) 1114 Avenue of the Americas 32nd Floor New York, NY 10036 Telephone: (212) 237-0000 Email: mnewman@velaw.com 20 21 22 23 Attorneys for Defendant Bridge Property Management, L.C. 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATED MOTION RE SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED ESI PROTOCOL & ORDER– 3 (Case No. 2:23–cv–01391-RSL) 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 BAILEY DUQUETTE PC CABLE HUSTON LLP /s/ Hozaifa Cassubhai Hozaifa Cassubhai (WSBN No. 39512) William Burnside (WSBN No. 36002) 800 Fifth Ave, Suite 101-800 Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: (206) 225-2250 Fax : (866) 233-5869 Email: hozaifa@baileyduquette.com will@baileyduquette.com /s/ Brian S. Epley Brian S. Epley (WSBA No. 48412) Jon W. Monson (WSBA No. 43912) 1455 SW Boadway, Suite 1500 Portland, OR 97201-3412 Telephone: (503) 224-3092 Email: jmonson@cablehuston.com Email: bepley@cablehuston.com Attorneys for Defendant Calibrate Property Management, LLC FOGARTY LAW GROUP PLLC /s/ Paul E. Fogarty Paul E. Fogarty (WSBN No. 26929) 1904 Third Avenue, Ste 933 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: (206) 441-0172 Email: pfogarty@fogartylawgroup.com NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP Michael Swarztendruber (pro hac vice) 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 3600 Dallas, Texas 75201 Telephone: 214-855-8067 Email: michael.swartzendruber@ nortonrosefulbright.com Eliot Turner (pro hac vice) 1301 McKinney, Suite 5100 Houston, TX 77010 Telephone: 713-651-5113 Email: eliot.turner@nortonrosefulbright.com Attorneys for Defendant Creekwood Property Corporation 26 27 28 STIPULATED MOTION RE SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED ESI PROTOCOL & ORDER– 4 (Case No. 2:23–cv–01391-RSL) Attorneys for Defendant Dalton Management, Inc. PERKINS COIE LLP /s/ David A. Perez David A. Perez (WSBA No. 43959) Elvira Castillo (WSBA No. 43893) Tiffany Lee (WSBA No. 51979) Marten King (WSBA No. 57106) 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Telephone: 206.359.6767 Email: DPerez@perkinscoie.com Email: ECastillo@perkinscoie.com Email: TiffanyLee@perkinscoie.com Email: MKing@perkinscoie.com Adrianna Simonelli (WSBA No. 58472) 1120 NW Couch Street, Tenth Floor Portland, OR 97209–4128 Telephone: 503–727–2000 Facsimile: 503–727–2222 Email: ASimonelli@perkinscoie.com Attorneys for Defendant HNN Associates, LLC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. K&L GATES LLP /s/ Steven Rich Steven Rich (WSBA No. 48444) 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6800 Seattle, Washington 98104 Telephone: (206) 344.7600 Email: srich@shb.com /s/ Christopher M. Wyant Christopher M. Wyant (WSBA No. 35561) Tyler Lichter (WSBA No. 51090) 925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900 Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: (206) 623–7580 Fax: (206) 623–7022 Email: chris.wyant@klgates.com tyler.lichter@klgates.com Ryan Sandrock (pro hac vice) 555 Mission Street Suite 2300 San Francisco, California 94105 Telephone: (415) 544.1900 Email: rsandrock@shb.com 11 Attorneys for Defendant LeFever Mattson 12 STOKES LAWRENCE, P.S. 13 /s/ Valerie Walker Valerie Walker (WSBA No. 52584) Mathew Harrington (WSBA No. 33276) 1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3000 Seattle, WA 98101–2393 Telephone: (206) 626–6000 Email: Mathew.Harrington@stokeslaw.com Email: Valerie.Walker@stokeslaw.com 14 15 16 17 18 19 SPENCER FANE LLP Lauren Norris Donahue (pro hac vice) 70 W. Madison St., Ste. 3300 Chicago, IL 60602 Telephone: (312) 372–1121 Fax: (312) 827–8000 Email: lauren.donahue@klgates.com Derek Sutton (pro hac vice) 301 Hillsborough St., Suite 1200 Raleigh, NC 27603 Telephone: (919) 743–7331 Fax: (919) 516–2122 Email: derek.sutton@klgates.com Attorneys for Defendant R.D. Merrill Real Estate Holdings, LLC BRADLEY BERNSTEIN SANDS LLP 23 Jessica Nelson (pro hac vice) Donald Heeman (pro hac vice) 100 South Fifth Street, Suite 2500 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Telephone: (612) 268–7006 Email: jnelson@spencerfane.com Email: dheeman@spencerfane.com /s/ Heidi B. Bradley Heidi B. Bradley (WSBA No. 35759) 2800 First Avenue, Suite 326 Seattle, WA 98121 Telephone: (206) 337-6551 Email: hbradley@bradleybernstein.com 24 Attorneys for Defendant Manco Abbott, Inc. Attorney for Defendant Morguard Corporation 20 21 22 25 26 27 28 STIPULATED MOTION RE SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED ESI PROTOCOL & ORDER– 5 (Case No. 2:23–cv–01391-RSL) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP /s/ Todd A. Bowers Todd A. Bowers (WSBA No. 24638) 701 5th Avenue, Suite 2100 Seattle, WA 98104 Telephone: (206) 695–5197 Email: tbowers@grsm.com ROETZEL & ANDRESS Stephen W. Funk (pro hac vice) 222 South Main Street, Suite 400 Akron, OH 44308 Telephone: (330) 849–6602 Cell: (330) 819–5387 Email: sfunk@ralaw.com Attorneys for Defendant Summit Management Services, Inc. 14 15 16 MATTHEW CARVALHO, ATTORNEY AT LAW, PLLC /s/ Matthew A. Carvalho Matthew A. Carvalho (WSBA No. 31201) 720 Seneca Street Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: (206) 799–6888 Email: matt@mattcarvalholaw.com DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP Maura K. Monaghan (pro hac vice) Michael Schaper (pro hac vice) Kristin D. Kiehn (pro hac vice) 66 Hudson Boulevard New York, NY 10001 Telephone: (212) 909–6000 Email: mkmonaghan@debevoise.com Email: mschaper@debevoise.com Email: kdkiehn@debevoise.com Abraham Tabaie (pro hac vice) 650 California Street San Francisco, CA 94108 Telephone: (415) 738–5700 Email: atabaie@debevoise.com Attorneys for Defendant Yardi Systems, Inc. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATED MOTION RE SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED ESI PROTOCOL & ORDER– 6 (Case No. 2:23–cv–01391-RSL)

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