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Joint Motion for Leave to Appear By Zoom at March 28 Status Conference — In re BofA Unemployment Litigation (Dkt. 442)

Filed March 28, 2025 in In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation; one of 1415 filings from this case.

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CourtU.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Filed2025-03-28

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California · No. 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB · Doc. 442 · 2025-03-28 · Docket on CourtListener

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JOINT MOTION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR BY ZOOM AT MARCH 28 STATUS CONFERENCE 
AND HEARING ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO STAY  
 
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JOSEPH W. COTCHETT (SBN 36324) 
jcotchett@cpmlegal.com 
BRIAN DANITZ (SBN 247403) 
bdanitz@cpmlegal.com 
KARIN B. SWOPE (Pro Hac Vice) 
kswope@cpmlegal.com 
COTCHETT PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP 
840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200 
Burlingame, CA 94010 
Telephone: (650) 697-6000 
Fax: (650) 697-0577 
 
MICHAEL RUBIN (SBN 80618) 
mrubin@altber.com 
CONNIE K. CHAN (SBN 284230) 
cchan@altber.com 
ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 
177 Post Street, Suite 300 
San Francisco, CA 94108 
Telephone: (415) 421-7151 
Fax: (415) 362-8064 
 
Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and  
the Proposed Class  
JAMES W. McGARRY 
JMcGarry@goodwinlaw.com 
MICHELLE T. BRIGGS 
MBriggs@goodwinlaw.com 
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 
100 Northern Avenue 
Boston, MA 02210 
Tel.: +1 617 570 1000 
Fax: +1 617 523 1231 
 
SABRINA M. ROSE-SMITH (pro hac 
vice) 
MATTHEW L. RIFFEE (pro hac vice) 
SRoseSmith@goodwinlaw.com 
MRiffee@goodwinlaw.com 
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 
1900 N Street 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 
 
IN RE BANK OF AMERICA 
CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS LITIGATION 
Case No. 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB 
 
JOINT MOTION FOR LEAVE TO 
APPEAR BY ZOOM AT MARCH 
28 STATUS CONFERENCE AND 
HEARING ON DEFENDANT’S 
MOTION TO STAY  
 
This Document Relates to All Actions 
 
Hearing Date: March 28, 2025 
Time: 1:30 p.m.  
Ctrm: 2d, Second Floor 
Judge: Hon. Gonzalo P. Curiel 
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Plaintiffs and Defendant (the “Parties”) hereby respectfully jointly move the 
Court to conduct the upcoming status conference and hearing on Defendant’s Motion 
to Stay Pending Supreme Court Review, set for March 28, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. before the 
Honorable Gonzalo P. Curiel, solely by Zoom.  
The Parties bring this application for good cause and on the grounds that co-lead 
counsel for Plaintiffs and the proposed class, attorney Michael Rubin, who has long 
been planning to present the argument for Plaintiffs on the Bank’s motion, has a 
medical appointment and other conflicts on March 28 that make him unable to travel 
to San Diego for an in-person hearing that day.  Declaration of Michael Rubin ¶¶ 1, 3, 
5.  Plaintiffs had previously understood the docket entry at ECF 423 to indicate that 
both the status conference and hearing on Defendant’s stay motion would be conducted 
via Zoom on March 28.  Id. ¶ 4. 
 
Upon receiving the Court’s March 24, 2025 order regarding the March 28 in-
person hearing, Plaintiffs’ counsel promptly notified counsel for Defendant of their 
intent to request that the Court allow the stay motion to be argued by Zoom rather than 
in person. Id. ¶ 5. Defendant’s counsel informed Plaintiffs that, as a personal 
accommodation to Mr. Rubin, the Bank would not oppose a request to have both the 
status conference and the hearing on the Bank’s motion conducted via Zoom only.  Id. 
¶ 6.  Plaintiffs’ counsel subsequently communicated with the Court’s courtroom deputy 
Andrew Sacco, who advised the Parties to file the instant motion requesting leave of 
Court to appear by Zoom.  Id. ¶ 7. 
For the reasons set forth above, the Parties respectfully request leave to appear 
by Zoom for both the status conference and the hearing on Defendant’s Motion to Stay 
Pending Supreme Court Review to be held before this Court on March 28, 2025.  
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Respectfully submitted, 
Dated:  March 26, 2025 
COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP 
 
By: /s/ Brian Danitz  
 
 
 
JOSEPH W. COTCHETT  
BRIAN DANITZ  
KARIN B. SWOPE  
BLAIR V. KITTLE 
VASTI S. MONTIEL 
 
Dated:  March 26, 2025 
ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 
 
By: /s/ Michael Rubin 
 
 
 
MICHAEL RUBIN  
STACEY M. LEYTON  
CONNIE K. CHAN 
KATHERINE G. BASS 
COLIN C. JONES 
 
Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the 
Proposed Class 
 
Dated:  March 26, 2025 
By:  /s/ James McGarry 
 
 
 
JAMES McGARRY 
JMcGarry@goodwinlaw.com 
MICHELLE T. BRIGGS 
MBriggs@goodwinlaw.com 
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 
100 Northern Avenue 
Boston, MA 02210 
Tel.: +1 617 570 1000 
Fax: +1 617 523 1231 
 
THOMAS M. HEFFERON (pro hac vice) 
THefferon@goodwinlaw.com 
SABRINA M. ROSE-SMITH (pro hac vice) 
SRoseSmith@goodwinlaw.com 
MATTHEW L. RIFFEE (pro hac vice) 
MRiffee@goodwinlaw.com 
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 
1900 N Street NW 
Washington, DC 20036 
Tel.: +1 202 346 4000 
Fax: +1 202 346 4444 
 
YVONNE W. CHAN (pro hac vice) 
YChan@jonesday.com 
JONES DAY 
100 High Street 
Boston, MA 02210 
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Tel.: +1 617 960 3939 
Fax: +1 617 449 6999 
 
Counsel for Defendant Bank of America, N.A. 
 
 
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SIGNATURE CERTIFICATION 
Pursuant to Section 2(f)(4) of this Court’s Electronic Case Filing 
Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual, I, Michael Rubin, hereby certify 
that the content of this document is acceptable to all the signatories herein and that I 
have obtained counsel’s authorization to affix their electronic signatures to this 
document. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Michael Rubin  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         
MICHAEL RUBIN 
 
 
 
 
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