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CourtU.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Filed2020-12-18

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · No. 4:20-cv-07810-JSW · Doc. 62 · 2020-12-18 · Docket on CourtListener

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 
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JOHN R. READ (DC Bar #419373) 
john.read@doj.gov 
MEAGAN K. BELLSHAW (CA Bar #257875) 
meagan.bellshaw@usdoj.gov 
CORY BRADER LEUCHTEN (NY Bar # 5118732) 
cory.leuchten@usdoj.gov 
United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division 
450 Fifth Street, NW, Suite 4000 
Washington, DC 20530 
Telephone: (202) 307-0468 
Facsimile: (202) 514-7308 
 
Attorneys for Plaintiff United States  
 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
OAKLAND DIVISION 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
Plaintiff 
 
 
v. 
 
 
VISA INC. and PLAID INC., 
 
                                 Defendants. 
 
 
Case No. 4:20-cv-07810-JSW 
 
JOINT STIPULATION AND 
[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING 
CASE SCHEDULE  
 
Date:  December 18, 2020 
Time: 11 a.m. 
Judge: Hon. Jeffrey S. White 
 
 
Pursuant to the Court’s December 15, 2020, Order, the Parties have met and conferred 
regarding a trial date and pretrial schedule.  The Parties jointly recommend a trial date of June 
28, 2021.    
 Defendants understand the Court’s Order to instruct the Parties to select a date for the 
pretrial conference three weeks in advance of the trial date.  The United States agrees with 
Defendants’ reading of the Court’s Order but also understands that the Court’s Order could be 
read to direct the Parties to propose a date for pretrial submissions, e.g. the Parties’ joint 
proposed final pretrial conference order, three weeks in advance of trial.  The Parties respectfully 
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request clarification as to the meaning of the Court’s December 15 Order.   
It is the Parties’ intention to comply with the Court’s normal pretrial schedule without 
modification.  Accordingly, the Parties have agreed upon and jointly recommend two alternative 
schedules, and respectfully request the Court adopt the pretrial schedule that is consistent with its 
normal schedule: (i) Schedule #1 below, with a pretrial conference one week before trial, on June 
21, and pretrial submissions three weeks in advance of trial, on June 7; or (ii) Schedule #2, 
below, with a pretrial conference three weeks in advance of trial, on June 21.   
 
Event 
Schedule #1 
Schedule #2 
The United States serves Rule 26(a)(1) 
Initial Disclosures 
December 17, 2020 
December 17, 2020 
Defendant Visa to supplement Rule 
26(a)(1) Initial Disclosures 
3 days after receipt 
of Plaintiffs’ 
Investigative File 
3 days after receipt 
of Plaintiffs’ 
Investigative File 
Deadline to file dispositive motions 
January 8, 2021 
January 8, 2021 
Parties exchange preliminary trial 
witness lists 
January 15, 2021 
January 19, 2021 
Parties exchange final trial witness lists 
February 26, 2021 
March 12, 2021 
Close of fact discovery 
March 5, 2021 
March 17, 2021 
Close of Supplemental Discovery 
March 19, 2021 
March 24, 2021 
Parties serve Rule 26(a)(2)(B) initial 
expert witness disclosures that contain 
complete statements of all opinions the 
witness will express and the basis and 
reasons for those opinions 
March 24, 2021 
March 26, 2021 
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Event 
Schedule #1 
Schedule #2 
Parties serve Rule 26(a)(2)(D)(ii) 
expert witness disclosures that are 
intended solely to contradict or rebut 
evidence on the same subject matter 
identified by another Party under Rule 
26(a)(2)(B) 
April 14, 2021 
April 12, 2021 
Parties serve supplemental/rebuttal 
expert witness disclosures that are 
intended solely to contradict or rebut 
evidence on the same subject matter 
identified by another Party under Rule 
26(a)(2)(D)(ii) 
May 5, 2021 
April 28, 2021 
Parties exchange exhibit lists and, 
opening deposition designations, and 
all interrogatories and requests for 
admission a Party intends to use in its 
case-in-chief. 
May 7, 2021 
April 23, 2021 
Each Party informs each non-party of 
all documents produced by that non-
party that are on that Party’s exhibit list 
and all depositions of that non-party 
that have been designated by any Party. 
May 14, 2021 
April 23, 2021 
Close of expert discovery 
May 19, 2021 
May 5, 2021 
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Event 
Schedule #1 
Schedule #2 
Each side exchanges its objections to 
the other side’s exhibits, 
interrogatories, requests for admission, 
and opening deposition designations 
and its deposition counter-designations 
May 21, 2021 
April 30, 2021 
Non-parties provide notice whether 
they object to the potential public 
disclosure at trial of any non-party 
documents and deposition designations 
included on the parties’ exhibit lists, 
explain the basis for any such 
objections, and propose redactions 
where possible 
May 21, 2021 
April 30, 2021 
Motions in limine to be exchanged 
May 21, 2021 
May 7, 2021 
Parties and non-parties meet and confer 
regarding confidentiality of non-party 
documents on trial exhibit lists and 
non-party depositions 
May 28, 2021 
May 14, 2021 
Parties meet and confer regarding 
admissibility of trial exhibits, 
interrogatories, requests for admission, 
and deposition designations 
May 28, 2021 
May 14, 2021 
Parties meet and confer regarding 
disputes about confidentiality of Party 
documents on trial exhibit lists 
May 28, 2021 
May 14, 2021 
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Event 
Schedule #1 
Schedule #2 
Oppositions to motions in limine to be 
exchanged 
June 1, 2021 
May 18, 2021 
Motions in limine and oppositions to be 
filed 
June 7, 2021 
May 24, 2021 
Joint submission regarding disputes 
about admissibility of trial exhibits, 
deposition designations, interrogatories 
and requests for admission 
June 7, 2021 
May 24, 2021 
Joint submission regarding disputes 
about confidentiality of Party 
documents on trial exhibit lists to be 
filed 
June 7, 2021 
May 24, 2021 
Joint submissions regarding disputes 
about confidentiality of each non-
party’s documents on trial exhibit lists 
and non-party depositions to be filed 
June 7, 2021 
May 24, 2021 
Joint Proposed Final Pretrial 
Conference Order to be filed 
June 7, 2021 
May 24, 2021 
Proposed Findings of Fact and 
Conclusions of Law to be filed 
June 7, 2021 
May 24, 2021 
Pretrial briefs to be filed 
June 7, 2021 
May 24, 2021 
Final pretrial conference 
June 21, 2021 
June 7, 2021 
Parties submit hard copies of final trial 
exhibits to Court 
June 24, 2021 
June 24, 2021 
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Event 
Schedule #1 
Schedule #2 
Trial begins 
June 28, 2021 
June 28, 2021 
Post-trial briefs to be filed 
7 business days 
after the conclusion 
of trial 
7 business days 
after the conclusion 
of trial  
 
Respectfully submitted, 
Dated: December 18, 2020 
/s/ Meagan K. Bellshaw 
 
 
JOHN R. READ 
MEAGAN K. BELLSHAW 
Attorney 
U.S. Department of Justice 
Antitrust Division 
450 Fifth Street N.W., Suite 4000 
Washington, D.C. 20530 
Tel.: (202) 598-2307 
Email: meagan.bellshaw@usdoj.gov       
Attorneys for Plaintiff United States 
 
Dated: December 18, 2020 
 /s/ Steven C. Sunshine 
 
 
STEVEN C. SUNSHINE 
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 
1440 New York Avenue, NW 
Washington, DC 20005 
Tel: (202) 371-7000 
Email: steve.sunshine@skadden.com       
Attorneys for Defendant Visa Inc. 
 
Dated: December 18, 2020 
 /s/ Jonathan M. Jacobson 
 
 
JONATHAN M. JACOBSON 
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 
1301 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Floor 
New York, NY 10019 
Tel: (212) 497-7758 
Email: jjacobson@wsgr.com 
Attorneys for Defendant Plaid Inc. 
 
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[PROPOSED] ORDER 
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Parties shall comply with Schedule # ____. 
 
Dated: ________________ 
_____________________________ 
 
HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE 
 
United States District Judge 
 
 
 
 
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ATTORNEY ATTESTATION 
          I, Meagan K. Bellshaw, am the ECF user whose identification and password are being 
used to file the JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING CASE 
SCHEDULE.  In compliance with Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that all signatories hereto 
concur in this filing.   
 
 
/s/ Meagan K. Bellshaw 
 
 
Meagan K. Bellshaw 
 
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