Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-cand-3_07-cv-04056/USCOURTS-cand-3_07-cv-04056-0/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

---

1

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

Sherrie R. Savett Andrew M. Schatz 

Barbara A. Podell Jeffrey S. Nobel 

Phyllis M. Parker Nancy A. Kulesa 

BERGER & MONTAGUE, P.C. SCHATZ NOBEL IZARD, P.C. 

1622 Locust Street One Corporate Center 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 20 Church Street, Suite 1700 

Telephone: (215) 875-3000 Hartford, CT 06103 

Facsimile: (215) 875-4604 Telephone: (860) 493-6292 

Email: ssavett@bm.net Facsimile: (860) 493-6290 

Email: bpodell@bm.net Email: aschatz@snilaw.com 

Email: pparker@bm.net Email: jnobel@snilaw.com 

 Email: nkulesa@snilaw.com 

Proposed Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs

Dennis J. Herman (220163) 

COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 288-4545 

Facsimile: (415) 288-4534 

Email: dennish@csgrr.com 

Proposed Liaison Counsel for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

ELECTRICAL WORKERS PENSION FUND,

LOCAL 103, I.B.E.W., On Behalf of Itself and

All Others Similarly Situated 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

NUVELO, INC., et al., 

Defendants. 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

No. 3:07-cv-04056-MJJ 

CLASS ACTION

[PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOLIDATING 

RELATED ACTIONS, APPOINTING JUAN 

PABLO CABRERA, FRANK C. PETRONIS 

AND PATRICIA A. PETRONIS AND TODD 

A. STEPHENS AND AMY STEPHENS AS 

LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND APPROVING 

THEIR CHOICE OF COUNSEL AS COLEAD COUNSEL 

DATE: October 2, 2007 

TIME: 9:30 a.m. 

COURTROOM: The Hon. Martin J. Jenkins

Case 3:07-cv-04056-CRB Document 26 Filed 09/21/07 Page 1 of 10
[3:07-cv-04056-MJJ] - [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOL. RELATED ACTIONS, APPTING JUAN PABLO 

CABRERA, FRANK C. PETRONIS & PATRICIA A. PETRONIS & TODD A. STEPHENS & AMY 

STEPHENS AS LD PLTFFS & APPROVING THEIR CHOICE OF COUNSEL AS CO-LD COUNSEL 

- 1 -

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

 Having considered the papers in support of the various motions for appointment of lead 

plaintiff and consolidation of related actions filed pursuant to Section 21D(a)(3)(B) of the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(a)(3)(B), and the Consolidated 

Response to Pending Motions of All Lead Applicants Regarding the Appointment of Lead Plaintiffs 

and Co-Lead Counsel for good cause shown, the Court hereby enters the following Order: 

I. CONSOLIDATION 

 1. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42 and § 78u-4(a)(3)(B)(ii) of the 

Exchange Act, as amended by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA”), 

the following actions are hereby consolidated for all purposes into one action: 

 Abbreviated Case Name Case Number Date Filed

Electrical Workers Pension Fund, 3:07-cv-04056-MJJ 08/08/07 

Local 103, I.B.E.W. et al. v. Nuvelo, Inc. et al.

Logan v. Nuvelo, Inc. et al. 3:07-cv-04057-MJJ 08/08/07 

Giles v. Nuvelo, Inc. et al. 3:07-cv-04058-MJJ 08/08/07 

 

 Braker v. Nuvelo, Inc. et al. 3:07-cv-04059-MJJ 08/08/07 

 2. These actions shall be referred to as the “Consolidated Action.” This order shall apply 

to the Consolidated Action and to each case that is subsequently filed in this Court or transferred to 

this Court that relates to the same subject matter as in the Consolidated Action. 

 3. Every pleading in this Consolidated Action shall bear the following caption:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

In re NUVELO, INC. SECURITIES ) Master File No. 07-cv-04056-MJJ 

LITIGATION ) 

 ) CLASS ACTION 

 ) 

This Documents Relates To: ) [TITLE OF DOCUMENT] 

 4. When the document being filed pertains to all actions, the phrase “All Actions” shall 

Case 3:07-cv-04056-CRB Document 26 Filed 09/21/07 Page 2 of 10
[3:07-cv-04056-MJJ] - [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOL. RELATED ACTIONS, APPTING JUAN PABLO 

CABRERA, FRANK C. PETRONIS & PATRICIA A. PETRONIS & TODD A. STEPHENS & AMY 

STEPHENS AS LD PLTFFS & APPROVING THEIR CHOICE OF COUNSEL AS CO-LD COUNSEL 

- 2 -

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

appear immediately after the phrase “This Document Relates To:.” When a document applies to 

some, but not all, of the actions, the document shall list, immediately after “This Document Relates 

To:”, the docket number for each individual action to which the document applies, along with the 

name of the first-listed plaintiff in said action. 

 5. This Court requests the assistance of counsel in calling to the attention of the Clerk of 

this Court the filing or transfer of any case which might properly be consolidated as part of this 

Consolidated Action. 

II. MASTER DOCKET AND MASTER FILE 

6. A Master Docket and Master File shall be established for the Consolidated Action. 

The Master File shall be No. 07-cv-04056-MJJ. All orders, pleadings, motions and other documents 

shall, when filed and docketed in the Master file, be deemed filed and docketed in each individual 

case to the extent applicable. When an order, pleading, motion or document is filed with a caption 

indicating that it is applicable to fewer than all of these consolidated action, the clerk shall file such 

pleadings in the Master File and note such filing in the Master Docket and in the docket of each 

action referenced. 

III. NEWLY-FILED OR TRANSFERRED ACTIONS 

 7. When a case that arises out of the subject matter of this action is hereinafter filed in 

this Court or transferred to this Court from another court, the Clerk of this Court shall: 

 a. file a copy of this Order in the separate file for such action; 

 b. mail a copy of this Order to the attorneys for the plaintiff(s) in the newly filed or 

transferred case and to any new defendant(s) in the newly filed or transferred case; and 

 c. make the appropriate entry in the docket for this action. 

 8. Each new case which arises out of the subject matter of this Consolidated Action that 

Case 3:07-cv-04056-CRB Document 26 Filed 09/21/07 Page 3 of 10
[3:07-cv-04056-MJJ] - [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOL. RELATED ACTIONS, APPTING JUAN PABLO 

CABRERA, FRANK C. PETRONIS & PATRICIA A. PETRONIS & TODD A. STEPHENS & AMY 

STEPHENS AS LD PLTFFS & APPROVING THEIR CHOICE OF COUNSEL AS CO-LD COUNSEL 

- 3 -

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

is filed in this Court or transferred to this Court shall be consolidated with this action and this Order 

shall apply thereto, unless a party objecting to this Order or any provision of this Order shall, within 

ten (10) days after the date upon which a copy of this Order is served on counsel for such party, files 

an application for relief from this Order or any provision herein and this Court deems it appropriate 

to grant such application. 

 9. During the pendency of this litigation, or until further order of this Court, the parties 

shall take reasonable steps to preserve all documents within their possession, custody or control, 

including computer-generated and stored information and materials such as computerized data and 

electronic mail, containing information that is relevant to or which may lead to discovery of 

information relevant to the subject matter of the pending litigation. 

IV. APPOINTMENT OF LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND LEAD PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL 

 10. Juan Pablo Cabrera (“Cabrera”) and Frank C. Petronis, Patricia A. Petronis, Todd A. 

Stephens, and Amy Stephens (the “Petronis Group”) have moved the Court to be appointed as Lead 

Plaintiffs in the Consolidated Action and to approve their selection of Co-Lead Counsel. 

 11. Having considered the provisions of § 21D(a)(3)(B) of the PSLRA, 15 U.S.C. §78u4(a)(3)(B), and each of the lead plaintiff motions, including the consolidated response, the Court 

hereby concludes that Cabrera and the Petronis Group are the “most adequate plaintiffs” and that 

they satisfy the requirements of § 21D of the PSLRA. The Court hereby appoints Cabrera and the 

Petronis Group to be Lead Plaintiffs in the Consolidated Action against Nuvelo, Inc. and the other 

defendants and to represent the interests of the Class. 

 12. Pursuant to § 21D(a)(3)(B)(v) of the PSLRA, 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(a)(3)(B)(v), the Lead 

Plaintiffs have selected and retained the law firms of Berger & Montague, P.C. and Schatz Nobel 

Izard, P.C. to serve as Co-Lead Counsel and Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP as 

Case 3:07-cv-04056-CRB Document 26 Filed 09/21/07 Page 4 of 10
[3:07-cv-04056-MJJ] - [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOL. RELATED ACTIONS, APPTING JUAN PABLO 

CABRERA, FRANK C. PETRONIS & PATRICIA A. PETRONIS & TODD A. STEPHENS & AMY 

STEPHENS AS LD PLTFFS & APPROVING THEIR CHOICE OF COUNSEL AS CO-LD COUNSEL 

- 4 -

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

Liaison Counsel. The Court hereby appoints Schatz Nobel Izard, P.C. and Berger & Montague, 

P.C., as Co-Lead Counsel and Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP as Liaison Counsel. 

 13. Co-Lead Counsel shall have the authority to speak for all plaintiffs and class members 

in all matters regarding the litigation including, but not limited to, pre-trial proceedings, motion 

practice, trial and settlement, and shall make all work assignments in such a manner as to facilitate 

the orderly and efficient prosecution of this litigation and to avoid duplicative or unproductive effort. 

Additionally, Co-Lead Counsel shall have the following responsibilities: 

 a. to brief and argue motions; 

 b. to initiate and conduct discovery including, without limitation, coordination of 

discovery with defendants’ counsel, the preparation of written interrogatories, requests for 

admissions and requests for production of documents; 

 c. to direct and coordinate the examination of witnesses in depositions; 

 d. to act as spokesperson at pretrial conferences; 

 e. to call and chair meetings of plaintiffs’ counsel as appropriate or necessary 

from time to time; 

 f. to initiate and conduct any settlement negotiations with counsel for defendants; 

 g. to provide general coordination of the activities of plaintiffs’ counsel and to 

delegate work responsibilities to selected counsel as may be required in such a manner as to lead to 

the orderly and efficient prosecution of this litigation and to avoid duplication or unproductive effort; 

 h. to consult and employ experts; 

 i. to receive and review periodic time reports of all attorneys on behalf of plaintiffs, to 

determine if the time is being spent appropriately and for the benefit of plaintiffs, and to determine 

and distribute plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees; and 

Case 3:07-cv-04056-CRB Document 26 Filed 09/21/07 Page 5 of 10
[3:07-cv-04056-MJJ] - [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOL. RELATED ACTIONS, APPTING JUAN PABLO 

CABRERA, FRANK C. PETRONIS & PATRICIA A. PETRONIS & TODD A. STEPHENS & AMY 

STEPHENS AS LD PLTFFS & APPROVING THEIR CHOICE OF COUNSEL AS CO-LD COUNSEL 

- 5 -

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

 j. to perform such other duties as may be expressly authorized by further order of this 

Court. 

 14. Co-Lead Counsel and Liaison Counsel shall be responsible for coordinating all 

activities and appearances on behalf of the Class and for disseminating notices and orders of this 

Court. 

 15. No motion, application or request for discovery shall be served or filed, or other 

pretrial proceedings initiated, on behalf of Lead Plaintiffs, except through Co-Lead Counsel or 

Liaison Counsel. 

 16. All notices, proposed orders, pleadings, motions, discovery, and memoranda shall be 

served upon Co-Lead Counsel and Liaison Counsel by overnight mail service, telecopy, e-mail, or 

hand delivery. 

 17. Co-Lead Counsel and Liaison Counsel for the Class shall be available and responsible 

for communications to and from the Court. 

 18. Defendants’ counsel may rely upon all agreements made with the Co-Lead Counsel, 

Liaison Counsel or other duly authorized representatives of Lead Plaintiffs. 

DATED: _________________ ________________________________ 

 THE HON. MARTIN J. JENKINS 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

9/19/2007

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

I

A

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Martin J. Jenkins

Case 3:07-cv-04056-CRB Document 26 Filed 09/21/07 Page 6 of 10
[3:07-cv-04056-MJJ] - [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOL. RELATED ACTIONS, APPTING JUAN PABLO 

CABRERA, FRANK C. PETRONIS & PATRICIA A. PETRONIS & TODD A. STEPHENS & AMY 

STEPHENS AS LD PLTFFS & APPROVING THEIR CHOICE OF COUNSEL AS CO-LD COUNSEL 

- 6 -

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

Submitted by: 

DATED: September 11, 2007 

 COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

/s/ Dennis J. Herman 

 Dennis J. Herman (220163)

 100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

 San Francisco, CA 94111 

 Telephone: (415) 288-4545 

 Facsimile: (415) 288-4534 

 Proposed Liaison Counsel for Plaintiffs 

I, Dennis J. Herman, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

[PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOLIDATING RELATED ACTIONS, APPOINTING JUAN PABLO 

CABRERA, FRANK C. PETRONIS AND PATRICIA A. PETRONIS AND TODD A. STEPHENS 

AND AMY STEPHENS AS LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND APPROVING THEIR CHOICE OF 

COUNSEL AS CO-LEAD COUNSEL. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest 

that the undersigned have concurred in this filing. 

/s/ Dennis J. Herman 

 DENNIS J. HERMAN 

SCHATZ NOBEL IZARD, P.C. 

/s/ Andrew M. Schatz 

 Jeffrey S. Nobel 

 Nancy A. Kulesa 

One Corporate Center 

 20 Church Street, Suite 1700 

 Hartford, CT 06103 

Proposed Co-Lead Counsel for Lead 

 Plaintiff Movant Juan Pablo Cabrera 

BERGER & MONTAGUE, P.C. 

/s/ Sherrie R. Savett 

 Barbara A. Podell 

 Phyllis M. Parker 

 1622 Locust Street 

 Philadelphia, PA 19103 

Proposed Co-Lead Counsel for Lead Plaintiff Movants 

 Frank C. Petronis and Patricia A. Petronis, 

 Todd A. Stephens and Amy Stephens 

T:\CasesSF\Nuvelo\ORD00045461.doc 

Case 3:07-cv-04056-CRB Document 26 Filed 09/21/07 Page 7 of 10
[3:07-cv-04056-MJJ] - [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOL. RELATED ACTIONS, APPTING JUAN PABLO 

CABRERA, FRANK C. PETRONIS & PATRICIA A. PETRONIS & TODD A. STEPHENS & AMY 

STEPHENS AS LD PLTFFS & APPROVING THEIR CHOICE OF COUNSEL AS CO-LD COUNSEL 

- 1 -

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on September 11, 2007, I electronically filed the foregoing with the 

Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail 

addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have 

mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non-CM/ECF 

participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List. 

I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed on September 11, 2007. 

 s/ Dennis J. Herman 

 DENNIS J. HERMAN 

COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

100 Pine Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

E-mail:dennish@csgrr.com

Case 3:07-cv-04056-CRB Document 26 Filed 09/21/07 Page 8 of 10
Mailing Information for a Case 3:07-cv-04056-MJJ 

Electronic Mail Notice List 

The following are those who are currently on the list to receive e-mail notices for this case. 

z Scott Devereaux 

devereauxsd@cooley.com 

z Grant P. Fondo 

gfondo@cooley.com,sholloway@cooley.com,mcintoshjc@cooley.com 

z Dennis J. Herman 

dennish@csgrr.com,e_file_sf@csgrr.com 

z Christopher J. Keller 

ckeller@labaton.com,cchan@labaton.com 

z Nicole Catherine Lavallee 

nlavallee@bermanesq.com,ysoboleva@bermanesq.com 

z Alan Roth Plutzik 

aplutzik@bramsonplutzik.com 

z David Avi Rosenfeld , Esq

drosenfeld@geller-rudman.com 

Manual Notice List 

The following is the list of attorneys who are not on the list to receive e-mail notices for this case (who therefore require 

manual noticing). You may wish to use your mouse to select and copy this list into your word processing program in order to 

create notices or labels for these recipients. 

Mario Alba 

Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP 

58 South Service Road 

Suite 200 

Melville, NY 11747 

Phyllis M. Parker 

Berger & Montague PC 

1622 Locust Street 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 

Barbara A. Podell 

Berger & Montague PC 

1622 Locust Street 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 

Samuel Howard Rudman 

Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP 

58 South Service Road 

Suite 200 

New York, NY 11747 

Sherrie R. Savett 

Berger & Montague, P.C. 

1622 Locust Street 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 

Marisa Megur Seifan 

Cooley Godward Kronish LLP 

Case 3:07-cv-04056-CRB Document 26 Filed 09/21/07 Page 9 of 10
1114 Avenue of Americas 

New York, NY 10036 

Evan J. Smith 

Brodsky & Smith L.L.C. 

240 Mineola Blvd. 

Mineola, NY 11501 

Nicolette Tropiano 

Schiffrin Barroway Topaz & Kessler LLP 

280 King of Prussia Road 

Radnor, PA 19087 

Case 3:07-cv-04056-CRB Document 26 Filed 09/21/07 Page 10 of 10