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STATUS REPORT Joint Status Report by Cat Brooks, Rasheed Shabazz.… — Brooks v. Thomson Reuters Corporation (Dkt. 65)
No. 3:21-cv-01418-EMC · Doc. 65 · Docket on CourtListener
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Eric H. Gibbs (SBN 178658)
1 Andre M. Mura (SBN 298541)
2 Amanda M. Karl (SBN 301088)
Jeffrey B. Kosbie (SBN 305424)
3 GIBBS LAW GROUP LLP
505 14th Street, Suite 1110
4 Oakland, California 94612
Telephone: (510) 350-9700
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Facsimile: (510) 350-9701
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amm@classlawgroup.com
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jbk@classlawgroup.com
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed
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Class
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[Additional counsel on signature page]
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
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16 CAT BROOKS and RASHEED SHABAZZ, Case No. 3:21-cv-01418-EMC
individually and on behalf of all others
17 similarly situated, JOINT STATUS REPORT
18 Plaintiffs, Date: December 14, 2021
v. Time: 2:30 p.m.
19 Place: Courtroom 5, 17th Floor
20 THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION, Judge: Hon. Edward M. Chen
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JOINT STATUS REPORT
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1 Pursuant to this Court’s Minute Entry dated August 17, 2021 (Docket 55) and L.R. 16-10(d),
2 Plaintiffs Cat Brooks and Rasheed Shabazz (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Thomson Reuters Corporation
3 (collectively, the “Parties”) submit this Joint Status Report in advance of the Case Management
4 Conference set for December 14, 2021, in the above-captioned action.
5 1. BACKGROUND
6 The Complaint in this case was filed in California Superior Court on December 3, 2020, and the
7 action was removed to this Court on February 26, 2021. See Dkt. 1. On August 16, 2021, the Court
8 denied in part and granted in part Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss the Complaint pursuant to Federal
9 Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 12(b)(6), and Motion to Strike Complaint pursuant to Cal. Civ. Proc.
10 Code § 425.16(b)(1). See Dkt. 54. The Court entered the Parties’ stipulated case schedule on August 26,
11 2021, see Dkt. 59, and Defendant filed its Answer to the Complaint on September 10, 2021. See Dkt.
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13 2. DISCOVERY
14 The Parties have met and conferred pursuant to Rule 26(a)(1), made their initial disclosures, and
15 exchanged written discovery requests. Defendant has responded to Plaintiffs’ discovery requests, has
16 made an initial production of responsive documents, and anticipates supplementing that production on a
17 rolling basis with a second production occurring once a protective order is in place, and additional
18 productions occurring on a rolling basis thereafter. The Parties are meeting and conferring regarding
19 Defendant’s responses and its proposed timing for a rolling production. Plaintiffs’ responses to
20 Defendant’s written discovery requests are due December 8, 2021. The Parties have exchanged drafts
21 of a Stipulated Order regarding Discovery of Electronically Stored Information and Protective Order
22 regarding the confidential treatment of certain documents, and they anticipate submitting stipulated
23 forms of such orders later this month.
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1 3. SCHEDULING
2 The Parties agree that private mediation is appropriate for this case, and they believe that a
3 deadline of July 1, 2022, would be appropriate.
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Dated: December 7, 2021 Respectfully submitted,
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/s/ Andre M. Mura
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8 Eric H. Gibbs (SBN 178658)
Andre M. Mura (SBN 298541)
9 Amanda M. Karl (SBN 301088)
Jeffrey B. Kosbie (SBN 305424)
10 GIBBS LAW GROUP LLP
505 14th Street, Suite 1110
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Oakland, CA 94612
12 Telephone: (510) 350-9700
Facsimile: (510) 350-9701
13 ehg@classlawgroup.com
amm@classlawgroup.com
14 amk@classlawgroup.com
jbk@classlawgroup.com
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Jennifer D. Bennett (SBN 296726)
16 Neil K. Sawhney (SBN 300130)
17 GUPTA WESSLER PLLC
100 Pine Street, Suite 1250
18 San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: (415) 573-0336
19 jennifer@guptawessler.com
neil@gutawessler.com
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21 Benjamin Elga (pro hac vice)
JUSTICE CATALYST LAW INC.
22 123 William Street, 16th floor
New York, NY 10038
23 Telephone: (518) 732-6703
belga@justicecatalyst.org
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25 Albert Fox Cahn (pro hac vice)
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY
26 OVERSIGHT PROJECT
40 Rector Street, 9th Floor
27 New York, NY 10006
albert@stopspying.org
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs Cat Brooks and
1 Rasheed Shabazz and the Proposed Class
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Dated: December 7, 2021 PERKINS COIE LLP
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Susan D. Fahringer
5 Susan D. Fahringer, Bar No. 21567
Nicola C. Menaldo, pro hac vice
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Anna M. Thompson, pro hac vice
7 PERKINS COIE LLP
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900
8 Seattle, WA 98101-3099
Telephone: (206) 359-8000
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SFahringer@perkinscoie.com
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NMenaldo@perkinscoie.com
11 AnnaThompson@perkinscoie.com
12 Gabriella Gallego, Bar No. 324226
PERKINS COIE LLP
13 3150 Porter Drive
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1212
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Telephone: (650) 838-4300
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GGallego@perkinscoie.com
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1 ATTESTATION
2 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I attest that concurrence in the filing of this document
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5 /s/ Andre Mura
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