Duffy v. Yardi Systems Inc et al, No. 2:2023cv01391 - Document 55 (W.D. Wash. 2023)

Court Description: ORDER granting Parties' 43 Stipulated MOTION for Extension of Time to Respond to Complaint. The deadline for all Defendants to answer, move to dismiss, or otherwise respond to Plaintiff's Complaint is continued to 11/17/2023. The parties will submit a proposed briefing schedule to the Court within 14 days of the entry of the order. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (SB)

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Duffy v. Yardi Systems Inc et al Doc. 55 Case 2:23-cv-01391-RSL Document 55 Filed 10/04/23 Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 9 10 11 McKENNA DUFFY, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 v. Case No. 2:23-cv-01391-RSL STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT AND ORDER YARDI SYSTEMS, INC., BRIDGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC, CALIBRATE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC, CLEAR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC, DALTON MANAGEMENT, INC., HNN ASSOCIATES, LLC, LEFEVER MATTSON, MANCO ABBOTT, INC., MORGUARD CORPORATION, SUMMIT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., CREEKWOOD PROPERTY CORPORATION, and LEGACY PARTNERS, INC. Defendants. 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT & ORDER Case No.: 2:23-cv-01391-RSL Matthew Carvalho Attorney at Law, PLLC 720 Seneca Street Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 799-688 Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:23-cv-01391-RSL Document 55 Filed 10/04/23 Page 2 of 7 1 Pursuant to Local Civil Rules 7(d)(1), 7(j), and 10(g), Plaintiff McKenna Duffy and 2 Defendants Yardi Systems, Inc. (“Yardi”), Bridge Property Management, LLC (“Bridge”), 3 Calibrate Property Management, LLC (“Calibrate”), Dalton Management, Inc. (“Dalton”), 4 LeFever Mattson (“LeFever”), Legacy Partners, Inc. (“Legacy”), HNN Associates, LLC 5 (“HNN”), Manco Abbott, Inc. (“Manco”), and Summit Management Services, Inc. (“Summit”), 6 (collectively, “Stipulating Defendants,”1 and with Plaintiff, the “Stipulating Parties”), by and 7 through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: 8 9 1. all Defendants in the above captioned action on September 8, 2023; 10 11 2. WHEREAS, Plaintiff served Stipulating Defendants with the Complaint on or around September 14, 15, and 18, 2023; 12 13 WHERAS, Plaintiff filed the Class Action Complaint (the “Complaint”) against 3. WHEREAS, the Complaint asserts two claims under Section 1 of the Sherman Act based on the alleged use of Yardi’s software for the multifamily leasing market; 14 4. WHEREAS, Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed their claims, without prejudice, 15 against non-Stipulating Defendants Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated and Pillar Properties LLC 16 on September 25, 2023 (ECF Nos. 36-37); 17 5. WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Stipulating Defendants are not aware whether non- 18 Stipulating Defendants Morguard Corporation and Clear Property Management LLC are yet 19 represented by counsel and, in any event, have not yet connected with counsel; 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 6. WHEREAS, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 12(a)(1)(A)(i), the current deadline to answer, move to dismiss, or otherwise respond to the Complaint is October 5 1 Defendant Creekwood Property Corporation (“Creekwood”) is in the process of engaging local counsel. Creekwood’s attorneys have agreed to abide by this stipulation regarding their answer date and expect to make an appearance as soon as local counsel is engaged. 2 STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT & [PROPOSED ORDER] Case No.: 2:23-cv-01391-RSL Matthew Carvalho Attorney at Law, PLLC 720 Seneca Street Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 799-688 Case 2:23-cv-01391-RSL Document 55 Filed 10/04/23 Page 3 of 7 1 as to Stipulating Defendants Yardi, HNN, LeFever, and Legacy, October 6 as to Stipulating 2 Defendants Bridge, Dalton, and Summit, and October 9 as to Stipulating Defendants Calibrate 3 and Manco; 4 7. WHEREAS, under Rule 12(a)(1)(A)(ii), Defendant Creekwood’s deadline to 5 answer, move to dismiss, or otherwise respond to the Complaint is on or around November 20, 6 2023, because on September 19, 2023, Creekwood waived service; 7 8. WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Stipulating Defendants have conferred telephonically 8 and by electronic mail, and have agreed that party and judicial efficiency would be best served 9 by continuing the deadline for all Defendants to answer, move to dismiss, or otherwise respond 10 11 to the Complaint to November 17, 2023; 9. WHEREAS, continuing all Defendants’ deadline to answer, move to dismiss, or 12 otherwise respond to the Complaint to November 17, 2023, would not prejudice any party 13 because this case is in its early stages, no substantive filings have been made, and no schedule 14 has been entered; 15 10. WHEREAS, the Stipulating Parties do not intend via this Stipulated Motion to 16 shorten any Defendant’s time to answer, move to dismiss, or otherwise respond to the 17 Complaint. To the extent any current or future Defendant has a deadline to respond to the 18 Complaint under Rule 12(a)(1) that falls after November 17, 2023, those deadlines will remain 19 the same and such Defendants (if any) may answer, move to dismiss, or respond to the 20 Complaint consistent with their Rule 12(a)(1) obligations after November 17, 2023; and 21 11. WHEREAS, the Stipulating Parties plan to meet and confer to propose a joint 22 briefing procedure and schedule for the Court to consider within fourteen days of the entry of the 23 proposed order, which the Stipulating Parties anticipate will provide for the filing of one 24 25 26 3 STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT & [PROPOSED ORDER] Case No.: 2:23-cv-01391-RSL Matthew Carvalho Attorney at Law, PLLC 720 Seneca Street Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 799-688 Case 2:23-cv-01391-RSL Document 55 Filed 10/04/23 Page 4 of 7 1 oversized joint motion to dismiss addressing issues and arguments common to all Defendants 2 and undersized motions to dismiss for each Defendant that wishes to make arguments unique to 3 them. 4 THEREFORE, Plaintiff and Stipulating Defendants STIPULATE AND AGREE that: 5 The deadline for all Defendants to answer, move to dismiss, or otherwise respond to 6 Plaintiff’s Complaint is continued to November 17, 2023. This stipulation shall not shorten any 7 Defendant’s time to answer, move to dismiss, or otherwise respond to the Complaint to the 8 extent any current or future Defendant’s deadline under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to 9 respond to the Complaint falls after November 17, 2023. 10 The parties will meet and confer to discuss a joint briefing schedule and page limits for 11 any joint and/or individual motions to dismiss that Defendants anticipate filing in connection 12 with the Complaint. The parties will submit their proposed briefing schedule to the Court within 13 14 days of the entry of the order adopting this stipulation and, to the extent agreement cannot be 14 reached, the parties will identify any outstanding areas of disagreement and each party’s 15 position. 16 17 18 STIPULATED to this 3rd day of October, 2023. Dated this 4th day of October, 2023. 19 20 21 Presented by: 22 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 23 24 25 26 Robert S. Lasnik United States District Judge Steve W. Berman (WSBA No. 12536) Theodore J Wojcik (WSBA No. 55553) By: /s/ Steve W. Berman Stephanie A Verdoia (WSBA No. 58636) 4 STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT & [PROPOSED ORDER] Case No.: 2:23-cv-01391-RSL Matthew Carvalho Attorney at Law, PLLC 720 Seneca Street Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 799-688 Case 2:23-cv-01391-RSL Document 55 Filed 10/04/23 Page 5 of 7 1 Xiaoyi Fan (WSBA No. 56703) 2 1301 Second Avenue Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: 206-623-7292 steve@hbsslaw.com tedw@hbsslaw.com stephaniev@hbsslaw.com kellyf@hbsslaw.com 3 4 5 6 Attorneys for Defendant, YARDI SYSTEMS, INC. BYRNES KELLER CROMWELL LLP By: /s/ Jofrey M. McWilliam Jofrey M. McWilliam (WSBA No. 28441) 1000 Second Avenue, 38th Floor Seattle, Washington 98104 Telephone: (206) 622-2000 Email: jmcwilliam@byrneskeller.com 8 Rio S Pierce 715 Hearst Ave Ste 202 Berkeley, CA 94710 Telephone: 510-725-3000 riop@hbsslaw.com Attorneys for Defendant, CALIBRATE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC 9 Attorneys for Plaintiff, MCKENNA DUFFY CABLE HUSTON LLP 10 MATTHEW CARVALHO, ATTORNEY AT LAW, PLLC 7 11 14 By: /s/ Matthew Carvalho Matthew Carvalho (WSBA #31201) 720 Seneca Street Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: (206) 799-6888 Email: matt@mattcarvalholaw.com 15 DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 By: /s/ Brian S. Epley Jon W. Monso (WSBA No. 43912) Brian S. Epley (WSBA No. 48412) 1455 SW Boadway, Suite 1500 Portland, OR 97201-3412 Telephone: (503) 224-3092 Email: jmonson@cablehuston.com Email: bepley@cablehuston.com Attorneys for Defendant, DALTON MANAGEMENT, INC. SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. Maura K. Monaghan (pro hac vice forthcoming) Michael Schaper (pro hac vice forthcoming) Kristin D. Kiehn (pro hac vice forthcoming) 66 Hudson Boulevard New York, NY 10001 Telephone: (212) 909-6000 Email: mkmonaghan@debevoise.com Email: mschaper@debevoise.com Email: kdkiehn@debevoise.com By: /s/ Steven Rich Steven Rich (WSBA No. 48444) 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6800 Seattle, Washington 98104 Telephone: (206) 344.7600 Email: srich@shb.com Ryan Sandrock (pro hac vice forthcoming) 555 Mission Street Suite 2300 San Francisco, California 94105 Telephone: (415) 544.1900 Email: rsandrock@shb.com Abraham Tabaie (pro hac vice forthcoming) 650 California Street San Francisco, CA 94108 Telephone: (415) 738-5700 Email: atabaie@debevoise.com Attorneys for Defendant, LEFEVER MATTSON 5 STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT & [PROPOSED ORDER] Case No.: 2:23-cv-01391-RSL Matthew Carvalho Attorney at Law, PLLC 720 Seneca Street Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 799-688 Case 2:23-cv-01391-RSL Document 55 Filed 10/04/23 Page 6 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 CORR DOWNS PLLC NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP Michael Swarztendruber 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 3600 Dallas, Texas 75201 Telephone: 214-855-8067 Email: michael.swartzendruber@nortonrosefulbrig ht.com By: /s/ Jacob M. Downs Jacob M. Downs (WSBA # 37982) 100 W. Harrison St., Suite N440 Seattle, WA 98119 Direct: (206) 962-5041 Cell: (206) 683-6266 Email: jdowns@corrdowns.com Eliot Turner 1301 McKinney, Suite 5100 Houston, TX 77010 Telephone: 713-651-5113 Email: eliot.turner@nortonrosefulbright.com ROETZEL & ANDRESS Stephen W. Funk (pro hac vice forthcoming) 222 South Main Street, Suite 400 Akron, OH 44308 Telephone: 330.849.6602 Cell: 330.819.5387 Email: sfunk@ralaw.com Attorneys for Defendant, CREEKWOOD PROPERTY CORPORATION PERKINS COIE LLP 14 Attorneys for Defendant, SUMMIT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. By: /s/ David A. Perez 15 HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP David A. Perez, WSBA No. 43959 DPerez@perkinscoie.com Elvira Castillo, WSBA No. 43893 ECastillo@perkinscoie.com Tiffany Lee, WSBA No. 51979 TiffanyLee@perkinscoie.com Marten King, WSBA No. 57106 MKing@perkinscoie.com 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Telephone: 206.359.6767 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 By: /s/ Kristin Asai Kristin Asai (WSBA No. #49511) 601 SW Second Avenue, Suite 1800 Portland, OR 97204 Telephone: (503) 243.2300 Email: kristin.asai@hklaw.com Kenneth Racowski 1650 Market Street, Suite 3300, Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone: (215) 252.9580 Email: Kenneth.Racowski@hklaw.com Adrianna Simonelli, WSBA No. 58472 ASimonelli@perkinscoie.com 1120 NW Couch Street, Tenth Floor Portland, Oregon 97209-4128 Telephone: 503.727.2000 Facsimile: 503.727.2222 Attorneys for Defendant, LEGACY PARTNERS, INC. 24 25 26 6 STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT & [PROPOSED ORDER] Case No.: 2:23-cv-01391-RSL Matthew Carvalho Attorney at Law, PLLC 720 Seneca Street Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 799-688 Case 2:23-cv-01391-RSL Document 55 Filed 10/04/23 Page 7 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Attorneys for Defendant, HNN ASSOCIATES, LLC VAN KAMPEN & CROWE PLLC SPENCER FANE LLP By: /s/ Al Van Kampen Al Van Kampen (WSBA No. 13670) avankampen@vkclaw.com P.O. BOX 33632 Seattle, WA 98133 Telephone: (206) 441-112 By: /s/ Rob Warzel Rob Warzel (WSBA No. 56360) 2415 East Camelback Road, Suite 600 Phoenix, AZ 85016 Telephone: 602-333-5430 rwarzel@spencerfane.com VINSON & ELKINS LLP Jessica Nelson (pro hac vice forthcoming) Donald Heeman (pro hac vice forthcoming) 100 South Fifth Street, Suite 2500 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Telephone : 612-268-7006 jnelson@spencerfane.com dheeman@spencerfane.com Michael W. Scarborough (pro hac vice forthcoming) Dylan I. Ballard (pro hac vice forthcoming) M. Kevin Costello (pro hac vice forthcoming Madison Lo (pro hac vice forthcoming) 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 Attorneys for Defendant, MANCO ABBOTT, INC. 13 14 Stephen Medlock (pro hac vice forthcoming Molly McDonald (pro hac vice forthcoming) 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 500 West Washington, DC 20037 Telephone: (202) 639-6500 Email: smedlock@velaw.com Email: mmcdonald@velaw.com 15 16 17 18 19 Mackenzie Newman (pro hac vice forthcoming) 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, LLC 24 25 26 7 STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT & [PROPOSED ORDER] Case No.: 2:23-cv-01391-RSL Matthew Carvalho Attorney at Law, PLLC 720 Seneca Street Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 799-688

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