Status Report by Bank of America, N.A. — In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation (Dkt. 32, S.D. Cal. No. 3:21-md-02992)

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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California · No. 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB · Doc. 32 · 2021-07-06 · Docket on CourtListener

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LAURA A. STOLL (SBN 255023)
LStoll@goodwinlaw.com 
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 
601 South Figueroa Street, 41st Floor 
Los Angeles, California  90017 
Tel.: +1 213 426 2500 
Fax: +1 213 623 1673 
JAMES W. MCGARRY (admitted pro hac vice) 
JMcGarry@goodwinlaw.com 
YVONNE W. CHAN (admitted pro hac vice) 
YChan@goodwinlaw.com 
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 
100 Northern Avenue 
Boston, MA  02210 
Tel.: +1 617 570 1000 
Fax: +1 617 523 1231 
THOMAS M. HEFFERON (admitted pro hac vice)
THefferon@goodwinlaw.com 
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP  
1900 N St. NW  
Washington, DC 20036  
Tel: +1 202 346 4000  
Fax: +1 202 346 4444 
Attorneys for Defendant  
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – 
SAN DIEGO DIVISION 
IN RE: BANK OF AMERICA
CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS LITIGATION 
Case No. 21-MD-02992-LAB-MSB
DEFENDANT BANK OF 
AMERICA, N.A.’S STATUS 
REPORT 
Courtroom: 14A – 14th Floor 
Judge:  Hon. Larry Alan Burns 
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DEFENDANT BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.’S
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Pursuant to the Court’s June 15, 2021 Order, see Dkt. No. 16, Defendant 
Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”) submits the following status report. 
I.
Related Cases
There are two related cases pending in state or federal court that have not 
joined this multidistrict litigation: 
1. 
Sorensen v. Bank of America, N.A., Case No. 30-2021-01193785-CL-
BT-CJC, was filed on April 5, 2021, and is pending in the Superior Court of 
California, County of Orange.  Sorensen involves a single common law claim of 
conversion based on Bank of America blocking an EDD debit card account.  Bank 
of America filed a demurrer on June 28, 2021, which has been noticed for hearing 
on July 29, 2021.  Plaintiff, who is representing himself, has been notified of the 
July 19, 2021 status conference before this Court. 
2. 
Abarr et al. v. Bank of America, N.A., Case No. 3:21-cv-01203-BEN-
AGS was filed on July 1, 2021, and is currently pending in the United States 
District Court for the Southern District of California before Judge Roger T. Benitez. 
Abarr involves the following causes of action: (1) Electronic Funds Transfer Act, 
(2) Fourteenth Amendment Due Process, (3) California Due Process, (4) California 
Consumer Privacy Act, (5) California Customer Records Act, (6) California Unfair 
Competition Law, (7) negligence and negligence per se, (8) breach of contract, (9) 
breach of implied contract, (10) breach of the implied covenant of good faith and 
fair dealing, (11) breach of fiduciary duty, (12) breach of contract (third-party 
beneficiaries), and (13) breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing 
(third-party beneficiaries).  On July 6, 2021, the Abarr plaintiffs filed a notice of 
related case, relating Abarr to this multidistrict litigation.  Dkt. No. 4.  Counsel for 
the Abarr plaintiffs also represents other parties in this multidistrict litigation and 
thus is aware of the July 19, 2021 status conference before this Court.     
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II.
Defendant’s Proposed Agenda Items
Bank of America proposes the following agenda items for the July 19, 2021
Status Conference: 
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Whether all of the actions, including both class actions and individual
actions, should be subject to a single consolidated amended complaint.
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Whether the Court should follow the timeline set forth in Local Civil Rule
16.1 in scheduling a Case Management Conference and issuing a Case
Management Order.
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Whether to continue the existing discovery stay pending the Court’s
ruling on Bank of America’s anticipated motion to dismiss any
consolidated amended complaint.
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Whether Bank of America needs to separately respond to any related
action that is not subject to a consolidated amended complaint, including
those filed following the filing of a consolidated amended complaint.
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Briefing schedule and page limits for Bank of America’s anticipated
motion to dismiss any consolidated amended complaint.
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Whether the Employment Development Department (“EDD”) will remain
a party.
Bank of America has identified these agenda items in bullet points, as instructed by 
the Court, but would be happy to submit its position on these or any of Plaintiffs’ 
proposed agenda items in advance of the Status Conference if doing so would be 
helpful to the Court. 
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Dated:
July 6, 2021
Respectfully Submitted, 
By: /s/ Yvonne W. Chan 
LAURA A. STOLL (SBN 255023) 
LStoll@goodwinlaw.com 
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 
601 South Figueroa Street 
41st Floor 
Los Angeles, California  90017 
Tel.: +1 213 426 2500 
Fax: +1 213 623 1673 
JAMES W. MCGARRY  (admitted pro hac 
vice) 
JmcGarry@goodwinlaw.com 
YVONNE W. CHAN (admitted pro hac 
vice) 
YChan@goodwinlaw.com 
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 
100 Northern Avenue 
Boston, MA  02210 
Tel.: +1 617 570 1000 
Fax: +1 617 523 1231 
THOMAS M. HEFFERON (admitted pro 
hac vice) 
THefferon@goodwinlaw.com 
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP  
1900 N St. NW  
Washington, DC 20036  
Tel: +1 202 346 4000  
Fax: +1 202 346 4444 
BARRY W. LEE (SBN 088685) 
bwlee@manatt.com  
MANATT PHELPS & PHILLIPS LLP 
One Embarcadero Center, 30th Floor  
San Francisco, CA 94111  
Tel.: +1 415 291 7450  
Fax: +1 415 291 7474 
Attorneys for Defendant 
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. 
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
I hereby certify that I electronically filed the foregoing with the clerk of the 
court for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California by 
using the CM/ECF system on July 6, 2021.  I further certify that all participants in 
the case are registered CM/ECF users and that service will be accomplished by the 
CM/ECF system. I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and 
correct. 
Executed:
July 6, 2021
/s/ Yvonne W. Chan
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