Brooks.ICMC Minutes.081721.EMC.FINAL

What This Document Is

This document is the Clerk's civil minutes for the 13-minute Initial Case Management Conference held by Judge Edward M. Chen on August 17, 2021, held by Zoom webinar shortly after the Court's ruling on the motion to dismiss.

Factual Summary

The minutes record that the parties proposed private mediation, which the Court stated a strong preference for the parties to pursue before class certification, with both sides amenable and a firm mediation deadline to be set at the next status conference. The Court ordered the parties to file a stipulation and proposed order within two weeks setting a schedule for the anticipated motion for class certification, directing that the motion be filed within eleven months, that the last supporting brief be due no earlier than three weeks before the hearing date, and that the close of fact discovery be set two months after the class certification hearing. The Court set a further status conference for December 14, 2021 at 2:30 p.m., with a joint status report due December 7, 2021.

Key Facts

• Case or proceeding: Brooks v. Thomson Reuters Corporation, 3:21-cv-01418-EMC, N.D. Cal.
• Docket reference: Doc. 55, Initial Case Management Conference, held August 17, 2021, 2:44-2:57 p.m. (13 minutes), by Zoom webinar.
• Appearing counsel: Andre Mura for plaintiff; Susan Fahringer and Nicola Menaldo for defendant.
• Court's directives: parties to pursue private mediation before class certification; parties to file a stipulated class-certification schedule within two weeks; further status conference set for December 14, 2021.

Source Caveats

• This factual digest relies on the Clerk's minute-entry text; use the linked source file and the corresponding hearing transcript (Doc. 63) for the full colloquy.