Order by Judge Edward M. Chen granting 77 Stipulation — Brooks v. Thomson Reuters Corporation (Dkt. 78, N.D. Cal. No. 3:21-cv-01418)

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U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · No. 3:21-cv-01418-EMC · Doc. 78 · 2022-03-01 · Docket on CourtListener

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 STIPULATION TO AMEND CASE SCHEDULE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 
Case No. 3:21-cv-1418-EMC 
Eric H. Gibbs (SBN 178658) 
Andre M. Mura (SBN 298541) 
David Stein (SBN 257465) 
Jeffrey B. Kosbie (SBN 305424) 
GIBBS LAW GROUP LLP  
505 14th Street, Suite 1110 
Oakland, California 94612 
Telephone: (510) 350-9700 
Facsimile: (510) 350-9701 
ehg@classlawgroup.com 
amm@classlawgroup.com 
ds@classlawgroup.com 
jbk@classlawgroup.com 
Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class 
[Additional counsel on signature page] 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 
CAT BROOKS and RASHEED SHABAZZ, 
individually and on behalf of all others 
similarly situated,  
Plaintiffs, 
            v.  
THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION, 
Defendant. 
Case No. 3:21-cv-1418-EMC 
STIPULATION TO AMEND CASE 
SCHEDULE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 
Judge: Hon. Edward M. Chen 
Case 3:21-cv-01418-EMC     Document 78     Filed 03/01/22     Page 1 of 6

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1 
 STIPULATION TO AMEND CASE SCHEDULE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 
Case No. 3:21-cv-1418-EMC 
Whereas, the Court entered a case schedule on August 26, 2022; 
Whereas, Plaintiffs’ lead counsel, Andre M. Mura, is serving as a juror in a trial in California 
Superior Court expected to run from February 28 to approximately March 25; 
Whereas, Plaintiffs Cat Brooks and Rasheed Shabazz and Defendant Thomson Reuters 
Corporation, by and through their respective counsel, continue to work diligently through discovery 
issues in this complex case in advance of the class certification stage; 
Whereas, the parties agree that an approximately 60-day extension of the case schedule is 
appropriate under the circumstances; 
Whereas, the parties will not be prejudiced by the agreed-upon modification of the case 
schedule, and this is the first request to modify it; and 
Whereas, the parties have prepared the following table summarizing the agreed-upon proposed 
changes to the case schedule: 
Current schedule 
Event 
Proposed Amended Schedule 
March 1, 2022 
Disclosure of Primary Class 
Certification Experts 
May 2, 2022 
May 17, 2022 
Disclosure of Class Certification 
Rebuttal Experts 
August 8, 2022 
 
June 17, 2022 
Close of Class Certification Expert 
Discovery 
September 8, 2022 
 
June 28, 2022 
Joint Status Report Due 
No change proposed 
July 1, 2022 
Deadline to pursue private mediation September 22, 2022 
 
July 5, 2022 
Status Conference, 2:30 pm 
No change proposed 
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 STIPULATION TO AMEND CASE SCHEDULE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 
Case No. 3:21-cv-1418-EMC 
July 18, 2022 
Deadline to Amend Pleadings and 
Plaintiffs’ deadline to Move for 
Class Certification 
October 10, 2022 
 
July 18, 2022 
Deadline for Plaintiff to File Class 
Certification Motion 
October 10, 2022 
September 12, 2022 
Deadline for Opposition to Class 
Certification 
December 15, 2022 
 
October 24, 2022 
Deadline for Plaintiffs’ Reply 
Supporting Class Certification 
January 26, 2023 
 
December 8, 2022 
Hearing on Motion for Class 
Certification 
March 16, 2023, or such other 
date as the Court deems 
appropriate 
February 8, 2023 
Close of Fact Discovery 
May 15, 2023 
The parties shall meet and 
confer within 14 days of a 
ruling on the motion for 
class certification to set 
deadlines for trial expert 
disclosures and discovery, 
pre-trial deadlines, and a 
trial date. 
Disclosure of Trial Experts 
No change proposed. 
Defer setting this deadline 
until after a ruling on class 
certification. 
Disclosure of Rebuttal Trial Experts 
No change proposed. 
Defer setting this deadline 
until after a ruling on class 
certification. 
Close of Expert Discovery 
No change proposed. 
Defer setting this deadline 
until after a ruling on class 
certification. 
Dispositive Motion Deadline 
No change proposed. 
Defer setting this deadline 
until after a ruling on class 
certification. 
Pretrial conference 
No change proposed. 
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 STIPULATION TO AMEND CASE SCHEDULE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 
Case No. 3:21-cv-1418-EMC 
Defer setting this deadline 
until after a ruling on class 
certification. 
Trial 
No change proposed. 
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, subject to Court approval, that the case 
schedule shall be extended as reflected in the table above.  
DATED: February 28, 2022 
GIBBS LAW GROUP LLP 
By: /s/ David Stein 
    Eric H. Gibbs 
Andre M. Mura 
  David Stein 
Jeffrey B. Kosbie 
505 14th Street, Suite 1110 
Oakland, CA 94612 
Telephone: (510) 350-9700 
Fax: (510) 350-9701 
ehg@classlawgroup.com 
amm@classlawgroup.com 
ds@classlawgroup.com 
jbk@classlawgroup.com 
Jennifer D. Bennett 
Neil K. Sawhney 
GUPTA WESSLER PLLC 
100 Pine Street, Suite 1250 
San Francisco, CA 94111 
Telephone: (415) 573-0336 
jennifer@guptawessler.com 
neil@guptawessler.com 
Albert Fox Cahn (pro hac vice) 
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY 
OVERSIGHT PROJECT 
40 Rector Street, 9th Floor  
New York, NY 10006 
albert@stopspying.org 
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 STIPULATION TO AMEND CASE SCHEDULE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 
Case No. 3:21-cv-1418-EMC 
Benjamin Elga (pro hac vice)  
JUSTICE CATALYST LAW INC. 
123 William Street, 16th floor 
New York, NY 10038 
Telephone: (518) 732-6703 
belga@justicecatalyst.org 
Attorneys for Plaintiffs 
DATED:  February 28, 2022 
PERKINS COIE LLP 
By: /s/ Susan D. Fahringer 
Susan D. Fahringer, Bar No. 21567 
Nicola C. Menaldo (pro hac vice) 
Anna M. Thompson (pro hac vice) 
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 
Seattle, WA 98101-3099 
Telephone: (206) 359-8000 
Facsimile: (206) 359-9000 
SFahringer@perkinscoie.com 
NMenaldo@perkinscoie.com 
AnnaThompson@perkinscoie.com 
 Gabriella Gallego, Bar No. 324226 
PERKINS COIE LLP 
3150 Porter Drive 
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1212 
Telephone: (650) 838-4300 
Facsimile: (650) 838-4350 
GGallego@perkinscoie.com 
Attorneys for Defendant 
Thomson Reuters Corporation 
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 STIPULATION TO AMEND CASE SCHEDULE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 
Case No. 3:21-cv-1418-EMC 
[PROPOSED] ORDER 
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION AND FOR GOOD CAUSE, IT IS SO ORDERED. 
   DATED: 
__________________________ 
EDWARD M. CHEN  
United States District Judge  
March 1, 2022
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