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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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Steve W. Berman, (pro hac vice) 

Catherine Y.N. Gannon (pro hac vice)

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3300 

Seattle, WA 98101 

Telephone: (206) 623-7292 

Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 

steve@hbsslaw.com 

catherineg@hbsslaw.com 

Jeff D. Friedman (CSB No. 173886) 

Shana E. Scarlett (CSB No. 217895) 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202 

Berkeley, CA 94710 

Telephone: (510) 725-3000 

Facsimile: (510) 725-3001 

jefff@hbsslaw.com 

shanas@hbsslaw.com 

Plaintiffs’ Interim Co-Lead Counsel 

[Additional Counsel listed on Signature Page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

IN RE 

MYFORD TOUCH CONSUMER 

LITIGATION. 

 No. 13-cv-3072-EMC 

JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT 

STATEMENT 

Date: June 12, 2014 

Time: 10:30 A.M. 

Courtroom: 5, 17th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Edward M. Chen 

; ORDER

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JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT - 1 -

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I. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 

Pursuant to the Court’s Minute Entry (Dkt. No. 87) and the Standing Order for all Judges of 

the Northern District of California, counsel for the parties respectfully submit this Updated Joint 

Case Management Statement. This is the fourth Case Management Statement; three previous 

statements were filed with the Court on October 3, 2013 (Dkt. No. 33); January 16, 2014 (Dkt. No. 

58); and April 17, 2014 (Dkt. No. 82). This Updated Joint Case Management Statement is intended 

to: update the Court on the status of the pleadings and discovery; request an extension of time for 

Ford to file its Answer; and, request a sixty (60) day postponement of the June 12, 2014 Court 

Management Conference. 

II. JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT 

A. Motions 

On January 13, 2014, Ford filed its Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. No. 56). Plaintiffs filed a 

Memorandum in Opposition on February 21, 2014 (Dkt. No. 69) and Ford filed its Reply on March 

14, 2014 (Dkt. No. 72). The Court heard oral argument on April 25, 2014. On May 30, 2014 this 

Court rendered a decision granting in part and denying in part Ford’s Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. No. 

97). 

B. Amendment of Pleadings 

Plaintiffs will not amend the First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) and will proceed based on 

the surviving claims. Thus, the current deadline to file an Answer to the FAC is June 13, 2014. Ford 

anticipates that due to the length of the FAC it will be in a position to file an Answer by July 14, 

2014. Ford therefore requests that the Court grant an extension of thirty (30) days from the current 

deadline. Plaintiffs consent to Ford’s request for an extension. 

III. STATUS OF DISCOVERY 

As previously reported (see Dkt. No. 82), the parties participated in a Rule 26(f) conference 

and exchanged their initial disclosures, pursuant to Rule 26(a). Plaintiffs served Ford with their First 

Set of Requests for Production of Documents on December 3, 2013 and Ford served its Responses 

and Objections to Plaintiffs’ First Set of Requests for Production of Documents, with Plaintiffs’ 

agreement, on January 17, 2014. 

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Since April 17, 2014, the parties have agreed upon the format of production, including 

Electronically Stored Information (“ESI”) protocols. The parties have also negotiated a general 

protective order, which this Court ordered on May 16, 2014 (Dkt. No. 96). The parties are currently 

negotiating a second protective order that would pertain to highly confidential information, such as 

source code data. 

Over the coming months, Ford anticipates making regular productions around every two 

weeks. Ford has so far made the following productions: 

• Documents pertaining to the named Plaintiffs’ vehicles and 

warranty history (04/03/2014); 

• Showroom brochures, owners’ manuals, and warranty guides 

(04/15/2014); 

• Additional showroom brochures, owners’ manuals, and 

warranty guides, as well as print/video advertising (5/22/2014); 

• Special Service Messages and Technical Service Bulletins 

(5/27/2014); 

• Email production of approximately 95,000 pages for Document 

Custodian J. Bragg (5/30/2014). 

On February 26, 2014, Plaintiffs served Ford with a Second Set of Requests for Production of 

Documents. On April 1, 2014 Ford served its Responses and Objections to Plaintiffs’ Second Set of 

Requests for Production of Documents. Ford objected to this discovery primarily on the grounds of 

relevance and burdensomeness because it sought documents concerning Ford’s communications and 

relationships with other entities regarding future technology systems that are not installed in the 

current production of Ford or Lincoln vehicles. The parties have met and conferred on multiple 

occasions regarding Ford’s responses to the Second Set of Requests for Production of Documents. 

On May 27, 2014, Ford communicated that, while it intends to stand on its objections of relevancy 

and burden, its search efforts for relevant information are on-going and, to the extent relevant 

information is identified, it will so advise Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs continue to believe that the Second 

Set of Requests for Production of Documents seeks relevant documents the collection and production 

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of which would impose no unusual burden upon Ford. While the parties’ efforts to resolve this 

dispute amicably are on-going, motion practice may be required to resolve this dispute. 

On December 31, 2013, Ford served Plaintiffs with its First Set of Interrogatories and 

Requests for Production of Documents, to which Plaintiffs responded, with Ford’s agreement, on 

March 17, 2014. Several plaintiffs provided only objections to Ford’s interrogatories and no 

plaintiffs have produced any documents. Ford raised these and other issues with Plaintiffs’ 

responses in a letter on April 16, about which Plaintiffs have now agreed to Meet and Confer. 

The parties will continue to work cooperatively to ensure the efficient and timely exchange of 

documents and do not believe there are any disputes that require the Court’s assistance at this time. 

IV. POSTPONEMENT OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

Given the productive developments outlined in Section III of this Updated Joint Case 

Management Statement, all parties believe that additional time to review the ongoing mutual 

productions will better position them to make meaningful case management scheduling 

recommendations. In addition, Ford’s lead counsel have scheduling constraints including, for Mr. 

Edwards, an impending trial in another matter, that would make a continuance of the June 12, 2014 

conference preferable. As such, all parties request postponing the Case Management Conference by 

sixty (60) days, to August 12, 2014 on the grounds of prematurity and defense counsel’s limited 

availability at the scheduled time. All parties anticipate that they will be able to provide the Court 

with a full discovery and trial schedule by August 2014. 

DATED: June 5, 2014 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

By /s/ Steve W. Berman 

Steve W. Berman (pro hac vice) 

Catherine Y.N. Gannon (pro hac vice) 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

1918 8th Avenue, Suite 3300 

Seattle, WA 98101 

Telephone: (206) 623-7292 

Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 

steve@hbsslaw.com 

 catherineg@hbsslaw.com 

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Jeff D. Friedman (173886) 

Shana E. Scarlett (217895) 

715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202 

Berkeley, CA 94710 

Telephone: (510) 725-3000 

Facsimile: (510) 725-3001 

jefff@hbsslaw.com 

shanas@hbsslaw.com 

Adam J. Levitt (pro hac vice) 

 Kyle McGee (pro hac vice) 

GRANT & EISENHOFER P.A. 

30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1200 

Chicago, IL 60602 

Telephone: (312) 214-0000 

Facsimile: (312) 214-0001 

alevitt@gelaw.com 

Roland Tellis (186269) 

Mark Pifko (228412) 

BARON & BUDD, P.C. 

15910 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 1600 

Encino, CA 91436 

Telephone: (818) 839-2320 

Facsimile: (818) 986-9698 

rtellis@baronbudd.com 

mpifko@baronbudd.com 

Joseph G. Sauder (pro hac vice) 

Matthew D. Schelkopf (pro hac vice) 

CHIMICLES & TIKELLIS LLP 

One Haverford Centre 

361 West Lancaster Avenue 

Haverford, PA 19041 

Telephone: (610) 642-8500 

Facsimile: (610) 649-3633 

JGS@chimicles.com 

Plaintiffs’ Interim Co-Lead Counsel 

Randall W. Edwards (179053) 

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3823 

Telephone: (415) 984-8700 

Facsimile: (415) 984-8701 

redwards@omm.com 

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Janet. L. Conigliaro (pro hac vice)

DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC 

400 Renaissance Center 

Detroit, Michigan 48243 

Telephone: (313) 568-5372 

Jconigliaro@Dykema.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

FORD MOTOR COMPANY 

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ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 5-1(i)(3) 

I, Steve W. Berman, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to 

file the foregoing document. In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that all 

signatories have concurred in this filing. 

Dated: June 5, 2014 

 /s/ Steve W. Berman 

Steve W. Berman 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify the on June 5, 2014, I electronically filed the foregoing document using the 

CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the email addresses registered in the 

CM/ECF system, as denoted on the Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have 

caused to be mailed a paper copy of the foregoing document via the United States Postal Service to 

the non-CM/ECF participants indicated on the Manual Notice List generated by the CM/ECF system. 

Dated: June 5, 2014 

 /s/ Steve W. Berman 

Steve W. Berman 

IT IS SO ORDERED that the CMC is reset from 6/12/14 to 8/14/14 at 10:30 a.m. 

An updated joint CMC statement shall be filed by 8/7/14. 

_______________________ 

Edward M. Chen 

U.S. District Judge

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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