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STATUS REPORT Joint Status Report by Cat Brooks, Rasheed Shabazz.… — Brooks v. Thomson Reuters Corporation (Dkt. 104)

No. 3:21-cv-01418-EMC · Doc. 104 · Docket on CourtListener

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Case 3:21-cv-01418-EMC Document 104 Filed 07/19/22 Page 1 of 6

1 Eric H. Gibbs (SBN 178658)
Andre M. Mura (SBN 298541)
2 David Stein (SBN 257465)
Jeffrey B. Kosbie (SBN 305424)
3
Ezekiel S. Wald (SBN 341490)
4 GIBBS LAW GROUP LLP
1111 Broadway, Suite 2100
5 Oakland, California 94607
Telephone: (510) 350-9700
6 Facsimile: (510) 350-9701
ehg@classlawgroup.com
7
amm@classlawgroup.com
8 ds@classlawgroup.com
jbk@classlawgroup.com
9 zsw@classlawgroup.com
10
Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class
11
[Additional counsel on signature page]
12

13
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
14 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
15
CAT BROOKS and RASHEED SHABAZZ, Case No. 3:21-cv-1418-EMC
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individually and on behalf of all others
17 similarly situated, JOINT STATUS REPORT

18 Plaintiffs, Judge: Hon. Edward M. Chen
v. Date: July 26, 2022
19 Time: 2:30 p.m.
THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION, Courtroom: 5
20

21 Defendant.

JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT
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1 Pursuant to the Clerk’s notice dated April 22, 2022 (Docket 87) and L.R. 16-10(d), Plaintiffs

2 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 July 26, 2022 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.

12 60. The Court entered the Parties’ stipulated amended case schedules on March 1, 2022, see Dkt. 78,

13 and March 31, 2022. See Dkt. 84.

14 2. DISCOVERY

15 The Parties have met and conferred pursuant to Rule 26(a)(1), made their initial disclosures,

16 exchanged written discovery requests, and entered a stipulated Protective Order, see Dkt. 70, and an

17 Order regarding Discovery of Electronically Stored Information, see Dkt. 72. Defendant has responded

18 to Plaintiffs’ discovery requests, has made multiple productions of responsive documents, and the

19 parties continue to meet and confer regarding subsequent rolling productions. The Parties have had two

20 discovery disputes regarding Thomson Reuters’ data licensing agreements for CLEAR, see Dkt. 82,

21 and account access credentials for Plaintiffs to access and search CLEAR, see Dkt. 95. In response to

22 the Parties’ first discovery dispute, the Court ordered Thomson Reuters to produce all data licensing

23 agreements for CLEAR. See Dkt. 92. After the Court’s Order, a non-party, File & ServeXpress, moved

24 for a protective order barring production of its licensing agreement. See Dkt. 88. A hearing on File &

25 ServeXpress’s motion was held on June 30, 2022, and the Court ordered production of the agreement

26 under the Parties’ existing Protective Order. See Dkt. 99. Thomson Reuters produced the agreement on

27 July 6, 2022. In response to the Parties’ second discovery dispute regarding account access credentials

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1 for Plaintiffs to access and search CLEAR, the Court referred the Parties to Magistrate Judge Kandis

2 Westmore for discovery. See Dkt. 96. The parties attended a telephonic discovery conference with

3 Judge Westmore regarding the second discovery dispute, after which Judge Westmore issued a minute

4 order stating that “[t]he parties will continue to meet and confer via videoconference and, per the

5 Court’s guidance, will file another joint letter that more clearly defines and narrows disputes that

6 cannot be resolved without Court intervention, if any.”

7 Plaintiffs have substantially completed production in response to Defendant’s discovery

8 requests, and have produced their Primary Class Certification Expert Reports. Plaintiffs have taken

9 three depositions of Thomson Reuters employees to date. Paul Godlewski, a Senior Director of

10 Outbound Product Marketing, was deposed on May 6, 2022. Steve Fox, a Director of Product

11 Development, was deposed on May 16, 2022. Dori Buckethal, a Vice President of Inbound Product

12 Marketing, was deposed on May 18, 2022. Plaintiffs have requested deposition availability of an

13 additional Thomson Reuters employee, Eric Gerhard, a lead product manager for CLEAR. Thomson

14 Reuters will be deposing Plaintiff Cat Brooks on August 10, 2022, and has requested deposition

15 availability for Plaintiffs’ Primary Class Certification Experts between August 17 and August 26.

16 Thomson Reuters has also requested deposition availability for Plaintiff Rasheed Shabazz between

17 August 17 and September 1.

18 3. SCHEDULING

19 The Parties agree that private mediation is appropriate for this case, and they believe that a

20 deadline of October 24, 2022, would be appropriate, as indicated in the Parties’ stipulated case

21 schedule, see Dkt. 84.

23
Dated: July 19, 2022 Respectfully submitted,
24
/s/ Andre M. Mura
25

26 Eric H. Gibbs (SBN 178658)
Andre M. Mura (SBN 298541)
27 David Stein (SBN 257465)
Jeffrey B. Kosbie (SBN 305424)
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Ezekiel S. Wald (SBN 341490)
1 GIBBS LAW GROUP LLP
2 1111 Broadway, Suite 2100
Oakland, California 94607
3 Telephone: (510) 350-9700
Facsimile: (510) 350-9701
4 ehg@classlawgroup.com
amm@classlawgroup.com
5
ds@classlawgroup.com
6 jbk@classlawgroup.com
zsw@classlawgroup.com
7
Jennifer D. Bennett (SBN 296726)
8 Neil K. Sawhney (SBN 300130)
GUPTA WESSLER PLLC
9 100 Pine Street, Suite 1250
San Francisco, CA 94111
10 Telephone: (415) 573-0336
11 jennifer@guptawessler.com
neil@gutawessler.com
12
Benjamin Elga (pro hac vice)
13 Alice Buttrick (pro hac vice)
JUSTICE CATALYST LAW INC.
14 123 William Street, 16th floor
15 New York, NY 10038
Telephone: (518) 732-6703
16 belga@justicecatalyst.org
abuttrick@justicecatalyst.org
17
Albert Fox Cahn (pro hac vice)
18 SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY
19 OVERSIGHT PROJECT
40 Rector Street, 9th Floor
20 New York, NY 10006
albert@stopspying.org
21
Attorneys for Plaintiffs Cat Brooks and
22
Rasheed Shabazz and the Proposed Class
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24 DATED: July 19, 2022 PERKINS COIE LLP

25 /s/ Susan D. Fahringer

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Susan D. Fahringer, Bar No. 21567
1 Nicola C. Menaldo, pro hac vice
2 Erin K Earl, pro hac vice
Anna M. Thompson, pro hac vice
3 PERKINS COIE LLP
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900
4 Seattle, WA 98101-3099
Telephone: (206) 359-8000
5
Facsimile: (206) 359-9000
6 SFahringer@perkinscoie.com
NMenaldo@perkinscoie.com
7 EEarl@perkinscoie.com
AnnaThompson@perkinscoie.com
8
Hayden M. Schottlaender, pro hac vice
9
PERKINS COIE LLP
10 500 N. Akard Street, Suite 3300
Dallas, Texas 75201-3347
11 Telephone: (214) 965-7700
Facsimile: (214) 965-7799
12 HSchottlaender@perkinscoie.com
13
Gabriella Gallego, Bar No. 324226
14
PERKINS COIE LLP
15 3150 Porter Drive
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1212
16 Telephone: (650) 838-4300
Facsimile: (650) 838-4350
17 GGallego@perkinscoie.com
18
Attorneys for Defendant
19 Thomson Reuters Corporation

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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

3 has been obtained from the other signatory.

5 /s/ Andre M. Mura

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