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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY LITIGATION

C09-05039 CRB 

NJ 226,859,841v3 

LOUIS SMITH, Attorney At Law, Admitted Pro Hac Vice 

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 

200 Park Avenue 

P.O. Box 677 

Florham Park, NJ 07932-0677 

Telephone: (973) 360-7900 

Facsimile: (973) 301-8410 

Email: SmithLo@gtlaw.com 

WILLIAM J. GOINES, SBN 61290 

GREGORY NYLEN, SBN 151129 

KAREN ROSENTHAL, SBN 209419 

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 

1900 University Ave., 5th Fl. 

East Palo Alto, CA 94303 

Telephone: (650) 328-8500 

Facsimile: (650) 328-8508 

Email: goinesw@gtlaw.com; nyleng@gtlaw.com; 

rosenthalk@gtlaw.com; 

 

Attorneys for Defendants American 

Express Company and American Express 

Centurion Bank 

[additional counsel listed on signature page] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MINDY N. PAGSOLINGAN, on Behalf of 

Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, 

 Plaintiff; 

v. 

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY and 

AMERICAN EXPRESS CENTURION 

BANK, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. C09-05039 CRB 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TO STAY LITIGATION 

Date Action Filed: October 22, 2009 

Plaintiff Mindy N. Pagsolingan (“Plaintiff”), on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly 

Situated (the purported “Class”), and Defendants American Express Company and American Express 

Centurion Bank (“Defendants”) by and through their respective counsel, and pursuant to United 

States District Court, Northern District of California Civil Local Rule 6-2, hereby stipulate and 

respectfully request that the Court stay this litigation, including all pending deadlines and hearings, 

up to and including May 28, 2010. In support of this stipulation, the Parties state as follows: 

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 - 2 - STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY LITIGATION

 C09-05039 CRB 

NJ 226,859,841v3 

1. This case (the “California Action”) is related to another action pending in the United 

States District Court for the District of New Jersey, G.R. Homa, individually and on behalf of all 

others similarly situated, v. American Express Company and American Express Centurion Bank, 06-

cv-02985 (JAP) (the “New Jersey Action”). The allegations in both the California Action and the 

New Jersey Action concern the rebate feature of the “Blue Cash” credit card. The New Jersey 

Action seeks to certify a class of “consumers residing in New Jersey,” while the California Action 

seeks to certify a class of “consumers who reside or resided in the State of California.” 

2. The parties have completed substantial discovery in the New Jersey Action, and now 

have engaged in settlement discussions. The Court in the New Jersey Action recently extended the 

fact discovery period in the New Jersey Action to June 1, 2010, to provide the parties with additional 

time in which to engage in settlement discussions before being required to complete the remaining 

fact discovery. 

3. In light of the above, and in furtherance of the on-going settlement discussions, which 

also address the claims asserted in the California Action, the parties believe a stay of the California 

Action is appropriate. The parties thus request that the Court continue the Initial Case Management 

Conference, currently set for March 26, 2010 at 8:30 a.m., to May 28, 2010 at 8:30 a.m., or at such 

date and time as the Court may determine. At that time, the Parties will apprise the Court as to the 

status of the settlement efforts, and the Court will set a deadline for Defendants to respond to the 

amended complaint. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the Parties, through their 

respective counsel, to stay this litigation, including all pending deadlines and hearings, up to and 

including May 28, 2010, or to such other date and time as the Court deems reasonable and just. 

Dated: March 15, 2010 STULL, STULL & BRODY 

By: /s/ Patrice L. Bishop

 Patrice L. Bishop 

 Timothy J. Burke 

 service@ssbla.com 

 10940 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 2300 

 Los Angeles, CA 90024 

Tel: (310) 209-2468; Fax: (310) 209-2087

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 C09-05039 CRB 

NJ 226,859,841v3 

ATTESTATION CLAUSE

I, Karen Rosenthal, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

STIPULATION TO STAY ACTION. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest 

that Patrice L. Bishop has concurred in this filing. 

Dated: March 15, 2010. 

 /s/ Karen Rosenthal 

 Karen Rosenthal 

 Howard T. Longman

tsvi@aol.com 

Stull, Stull & Brody 

6 East 45th St. 

New York, NY 10017 

Tel: (212) 687-7230; Fax: (212) 490-2022 

Gary S. Graifman 

ggraifman@kgglaw.com 

Michael L. Braunstein 

mbraunstein@kgglaw.com 

KANTROWITZ, GOLDHAMER & 

 GRAIFMAN, P.C. 

747 Chestnut Ridge Rd. 

Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977 

Tel: (210) 391-7000; Fax: (210) 307-1088 

 Abraham Rappaport 

THE LAW OFFICE OF ABRAHAM 

 RAPPAPORT, P.A. 

3774 N.W. 3rd Ave. 

Boca Raton, FL 33431 

Tel: (561) 368-9252; Fax: (561) 447-9480 

Counsel for Plaintiff Mindy Pagsolingan 

Dated: March 15, 2010 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 

By: /s/ Karen Rosenthal

Louis Smith 

William J. Goines 

Karen Rosenthal 

Cindy Hamilton 

Counsel for Defendants American 

Express Company and American Express 

Centurion Bank

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY LITIGATION

C09-05039 CRB 

NJ 226,859,841v3 

[PROPOSED[ ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: . 

 Honorable Charles R. Breyer 

 Judge, United States District Court 

March 23, 2010

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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A

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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