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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Fair Labor Standards

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LEGAL_US_W # 58061448.2 

SECOND JOINT CMC STATEMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal., No. C- 07-2813-JW 

KELLY M. DERMODY (Cal. State Bar No. 171716) 

JAHAN C. SAGAFI (Cal. State Bar No. 224887) 

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 

275 Battery Street, 30th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111-3339 

Telephone: (415) 956-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 

E-mails: kdermody@lchb.com 

jsagafi@lchb.com 

JAMES M. FINBERG (Cal. State Bar No. 114850) 

EVE H. CERVANTEZ (Cal. State Bar No. 218029 

PETER E. LECKMAN (Cal. State Bar No. 235721) 

ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 

177 Post Street, Suite 300 

San Francisco, California 94108 

Telephone: (415) 421-7151 

Facsimile: (415) 362-8064 

E-mails: jfinberg@altshulerberzon.com 

ecervantez@altshulerberzon.com

pleckman@altshulerberzon.com

 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Ahmed Higazi 

M. KIRBY C. WILCOX (Cal. State Bar No. 78576) 

JEFFREY D. WOHL (Cal. State Bar No. 96838) 

MOLLY A. HARCOS (Cal. State Bar No. 233556) 

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

55 Second Street, 24th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 856-7000 

Facsimile: (415) 856-7100 

E-mails: kirbywilcox@paulhastings.com 

jeffwohl@paulhastings.com 

mollyharcos@paulhastings.com 

Attorneys for Defendant Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

AHMED HIGAZI, on behalf of himself 

and a class of those similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC., 

Defendant. 

No. C-07-2813-JW 

SECOND JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE STATEMENT AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Date: February 11, 2008 

Courtroom: 8, 4th Floor 

Judge: Hon. James Ware 

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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A

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge James Ware

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SECOND JOINT CMC STATEMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal., No. C- 07-2813-JW 

SECOND JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT

Pursuant to Local Rule 16-10(d), plaintiff Ahmed Higazi and defendant Cadence Design 

Systems, Inc., jointly submit this Case Management Statement and request that the Court adopt the 

accompanying proposed order. 

The parties in this class action participated in a mediation on January 9, 2008, before David 

Rotman of Gregorio, Haldeman, Piazza, Rotman, Frank & Feder LLP. As a result of that mediation, the 

parties are in the process of preparing documentation that will be submitted to the Court for review and 

approval in early February 2008. As part of that documentation, the parties will seek a hearing before 

the Court, which the parties request be held on March 3, 2008, or the next available date following 

March 3, 2008, as determined by the Court. 

Dated: February 1, 2008. KELLY M. DERMODY 

JAHAN C. SAGAFI 

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 

JAMES M. FINBERG 

EVE H. CERVANTEZ 

PETER E. LECKMAN 

ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 

By: /s/ Jahan C. Sagafi 

Jahan C. Sagafi 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Ahmed Higazi

Dated: February 1, 2008. M. KIRBY C. WILCOX 

JEFFREY D. WOHL 

MOLLY A. HARCOS 

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

By: /s/ Jeffrey D. Wohl 

Jeffrey D. Wohl 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 

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CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

At the request of the parties, and good cause appearing therefore, 

IT IS ORDERED: 

1. The preliminary approval hearing is scheduled for March 3, 2008. 

Dated: February __, 2008. ___________________________________________ 

Honorable James Ware 

United States District Judge 

March 10, 2008 at 10 A.M.

The parties shall file their Motion for Preliminary Approval of Settlement on or before February 

27, 2008. The Proposed Order shall include, inter alia, dates the parties intend to send out notices 

to the class, deadlines for filing objections, and the hearing for Final Approval of Settlement. 

 In light of this Order, the February 4, 2008 Case Management Conference is VACATED. 

Dated: February 5, 2008 __________________________________ 

 JAMES WARE 

 United States District Judge 11, 2008 Case Management Conference is VACATED.

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