Statement of Non-Opposition re 88 MOTION for Protective Order by… — Brooks v. Thomson Reuters Corporation (Dkt. 89)

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Defendant Thomson Reuters Corporation's Statement of Nonopposition to Non-Party File & ServeXpress, LLC's Motion for Limited Intervention and for Protective Order, Document 89, filed 05/09/22 in Case 3:21-cv-01418-EMC, Cat Brooks and Rasheed Shabazz v. Thomson Reuters Corporation, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division. Under Local Rule 7-3(b), Thomson Reuters states that it does not oppose the motion filed on April 25, 2022 (Docket No. 88). The motion seeks an order prohibiting Thomson Reuters from disclosing the Service Agreement between West Publishing Corporation and File & ServeXpress, LLC. Thomson Reuters reserves the right to use the existence of that agreement in its defense, including on the Dormant Commerce Clause and class treatment.

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     Case 3:21-cv-01418-EMC           Document 89      Filed 05/09/22     Page 1 of 2




      Susan D. Fahringer, Bar No. 21567                     Gabriella Gallego Bar No. 324226
 1    SFahringer@perkinscoie.com                            GGallego@perkinscoie.com
 2    Nicola C. Menaldo, pro hac vice                       PERKINS COIE LLP
      NMenaldo@perkinscoie.com                              3150 Porter Drive
 3    Erin K. Earl, pro hac vice                            Palo Alto, CA 94304-1212
      EEarl@perkinscoie.com                                 Telephone: 650.838.4300
 4    Anna M. Thompson, pro hac vice                        Facsimile: 650.838.4350
      AnnaThompson@perkinscoie.com
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      PERKINS COIE LLP
 6    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900
      Seattle, WA 98101-3099
 7    Telephone: 206.359.8000
      Facsimile: 206.359.9000
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      Attorneys for Defendant
 9    Thomson Reuters Corporation
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                                UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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                             NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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                                     SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
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      CAT BROOKS and RASHEED                          Case No. 3:21-cv-01418-EMC
15    SHABAZZ, individually and on behalf
      of all others similarly situated,               DEFENDANT THOMSON REUTERS
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                                                      CORPORATION’S STATEMENT OF
                            Plaintiffs,               NONOPPOSITION TO NON-PARTY
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                                                      FILE & SERVEXPRESS, LLC'S
             v.
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      THOMSON REUTERS                                 INTERVENTION AND FOR
19    CORPORATION,                                    PROTECTIVE ORDER
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                            Defendant.
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            Pursuant to Local Rule 7-3(b), Defendant Thomson Reuters submits this Statement of
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     Nonopposition (“Statement”) to the Motion for Limited Intervention and for Protective Order (the
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     “Motion for Limited Intervention”), filed on April 25, 2022 by Non-Party File & ServeXpress,
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     LLC (“FSX”). See Docket No. 88.
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            The Motion for Limited Intervention seeks an Order prohibiting Thomson Reuters from
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      Case No. 3:21-cv-01418-EMC                -1-          THOMSON REUTERS’ STATEMENT OF
                                                                            NONOPPOSITION
     Case 3:21-cv-01418-EMC            Document 89             Filed 05/09/22   Page 2 of 2




 1   disclosing and/or producing the Service Agreement between West Publishing Corporation and

 2   Non-Party File & ServeXpress, LLC (the “FSX Service Agreement”). While Thomson Reuters

 3   does not oppose the relief sought, Thomson Reuters reserves the right to use the existence of the

 4   FSX Service Agreement in its defense. For example (and without limitation), Thomson Reuters

 5   reserves the right to use the existence of the FSX Service Agreement to establish that the

 6   injunctive and monetary relief Plaintiffs seek in this case would violate the Dormant Commerce

 7   Clause 1 and would be an impermissible, extraterritorial application of California’s Unfair

 8   Competition Law, 2 and/or to help demonstrate that this case is not suitable for class treatment or

 9   that public injunctive relief is inappropriate.

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            Dated: May 9, 2022                           PERKINS COIE LLP
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12                                                           By: /s/ Susan D. Fahringer
13                                                               Susan D. Fahringer, Bar No. 21567
                                                                 SFahringer@perkinscoie.com
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                                                             Attorneys for Defendant
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            1 Applying California law to the collection, dissemination, or sale of data that is subject to

24   service agreements such as the FSX Service Agreement would burden interstate commerce and
     impermissibly regulate conduct occurring wholly outside of California. See Sam Francis Found.
25   v. Christies, Inc., 784 F.3d 1320, 1323 (9th Cir. 2015) (citing Healy v. Beer Instit., 491 U.S. 324,
     336 (1989)).
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            2 The UCL does not apply extraterritorially. See Sullivan v. Oracle Corp., 254 P.3d 237,
27   247 (Cal. 2011).
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      Case No. 3:21-cv-01418-EMC                       -2-           THOMSON REUTERS’ STATEMENT OF
                                                                                    NONOPPOSITION


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