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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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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

RE CASE SCHEDULE AND TOLLING

NO. CV 06-00430 PJH

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

THOMAS ROSENBURG et al., on behalf of 

themselves and classes of those similarly 

situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 

MACHINES CORPORATION, 

Defendant. 

Case No. CV 06-00430 PJH 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER STAYING LITIGATION 

PROCEEDINGS OTHER THAN 

PROCEEDINGS RELATED TO 

SETTLEMENT 

This Stipulation is entered into by and between Thomas Rosenburg, James Baxter, Sherry 

Mattson, Steve Park, Fnu Kennedy, Exaldo Topacio, Vincent Letizio, Frank Vasterling, Robert 

Carlo, Laurence Tosi III, Michelle Peel, Denise Rambsel, Robin Daniels, Marcia Howie, Rebecca 

Taylor and Alan Erece (“Plaintiffs”), by and through their undersigned counsel, and International 

Business Machines Corporation ("IBM" or the “Company”), by and through its undersigned 

counsel. Plaintiffs and the Company are collectively referred to herein as the “Parties.” 

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Parties to this action have negotiated a settlement of the case; 

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WHEREAS, on November 22, 2006, Plaintiffs filed a Motion for Order (1) Conditionally 

Certifying Settlement Classes and Collective Action, (2) Granting Preliminary Approval to 

Proposed Class Action Settlement and Plan of Allocation, (3) Directing Dissemination of Notice, 

and Claim Form to the Class, (4) Approving Releases, and (5) Setting Date for Fairness Hearing 

and Related Dates; 

WHEREAS, that motion is currently scheduled for a hearing on January 3, 2007; 

WHEREAS, for the reasons set forth above, good cause exists to stay the proceedings in 

this case, with the exception of proceedings related to approval and implementation of the 

settlement; 

WHEREAS, the only other modifications of time that the Parties have sought were a 

thirty-day stipulated extension of the deadline for IBM to respond to the Complaint, two 

stipulated continuances of the Case Management Conference, a stipulated extension of the 

deadlines for Plaintiffs' Hoffmann motion and IBM's motion for summary judgment from 

October 13, 2006, to, respectively, November 21, 2006 and November 22, 2006, and a stipulated 

order vacating certain deadlines pending settlement discussions; 

WHEREAS, except as set forth below, no other dates are affected by these changes; 

WHEREAS, only to the extent specified below, this Stipulation and Order modifies (1) 

the Stipulation and Order Regarding Case Schedule, Tolling of FLSA Statute of Limitations, and 

Potential Collective Action Member Contact Information entered on June 7, 2006; (2) the Civil 

Minutes order entered on August 18, 2006; (3) the Stipulation and Order Extending Tolling of 

FLSA Statute of Limitations, Tolling Statutes of Limitations for Certain State Law Claims, and 

Extending Schedule for Filing Certain Motions entered on October 5, 2006; and (4) the 

Stipulation and Order Extending Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Amending Case Schedule 

entered on November 15, 2006. Except as modified, all four of these Stipulations and Orders 

shall otherwise continue in full force and effect. 

THEREFORE, the Parties stipulate and agree as follows: 

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STIPULATION AND AGREEMENT

1. The Case Management Conference scheduled for January 11, 2007 (as 

specified in the Court’s August 17, 2006 Civil Minutes order) is vacated. 

2. All litigation proceedings, including discovery, except those proceedings 

related to the settlement, are stayed. 

3. Defendant shall not be required to file an answer or other responsive 

pleading or to move in response to Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint, filed on 

November 22, 2006, unless and until the Court lifts this stay of litigation proceedings and sets a 

date for Defendant to file an answer or other responsive pleading or to move in response to the 

Second Amended Complaint. 

4. This stay of litigation shall not apply to any proceedings related to approval 

and implementation of the settlement of this case. The January 3, 2007 hearing on Plaintiffs’ 

Motion for Order (1) Conditionally Certifying Settlement Classes and Collective Action, (2) 

Granting Preliminary Approval to Proposed Class Action Settlement and Plan of Allocation, (3) 

Directing Dissemination of Notice, and Claim Form to the Class, (4) Approving Releases, and (5) 

Setting Date for Fairness Hearing and Related Dates, and any further proceedings related to the 

settlement, shall proceed and shall not be affected by this stay. 

Dated: December 8, 2006 By: /S/ Donna M. Mezias 

 Donna M. Mezias 

Donna M. Mezias (SBN 111902) 

JONES DAY 

555 California Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 626-3939 

Facsimile: (415) 875-5700 

 Glen D. Nager, pro hac vice

JONES DAY 

51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20001-2113 

Telephone: (202) 879-5464 

Facsimile: (202) 626-1700 

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 Matthew W. Lampe, pro hac vice

JONES DAY 

325 John H. McConnell Boulevard 

Suite 600 

Columbus, Ohio 43215-2673 

Telephone: (614) 469-3939 

Facsimile: (614) 461-4198 

Attorneys for Defendant IBM 

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Dated: December 8, 2006 By: /S/ James M. Finberg 

 James M. Finberg 

James M. Finberg (SBN 114850) 

Eve H. Cervantez (SBN 164709) 

Jahan C. Sagafi (SBN 224887) 

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & 

 BERNSTEIN, LLP 

275 Battery Street, 30th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 

Telephone: (415) 956-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 

Email: jfinberg@lchb.com 

Email: ecervantez@lchb.com 

Email: jsagafi@lchb.com 

 Rachel Geman (RG 0998 [NY]) 

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & 

 BERNSTEIN, LLP 

780 Third Avenue, 48th Floor 

New York, NY 10017-2024 

Telephone: (212) 355-9500 

Facsimile: (212) 355-9592 

Email: rgeman@lchb.com 

 Steven G. Zieff (SBN 084222) 

David A. Lowe (SBN 178811) 

Kenneth J. Sugarman (SBN 195059) 

RUDY, EXELROD & ZIEFF, LLP 

351 California Street, Suite 700 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 434-9800 

Facsimile: (415) 434-0513 

Email: szieff@reztlaw.com 

Email: dal@reztlaw.com 

Email: kjs@reztlaw.com 

 Todd F. Jackson (SBN 202598) 

Claire Kennedy-Wilkins (SBN 231897) 

Lindsay E. Nako (SBN 239090) 

LEWIS FEINBERG RENAKER & 

 JACKSON, P.C. 

1330 Broadway, Suite 1800 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: (510) 839-6824 

Facsimile: (510) 839-7839 

Email: tjackson@lewisfeinberg.com 

Email: ckwilkins@lewisfeinberg.com 

Email: lnako@lewisfeinberg.com 

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 Adam T. Klein (AK 3293 [NY]) 

Justin M. Swartz (JS 7989 [NY]) 

Piper Hoffman (PH 4990 [NY]) 

OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP 

3 Park Ave., 29th Floor 

New York, NY 10016 

Telephone: (212) 245-1000 

Facsimile: (212) 977-4005 

Email: atk@outtengolden.com 

Email: jms@outtengolden.com 

Email: ph@outtengolden.com 

 Ira Spiro (SBN 67641) 

SPIRO MOSS BARNESS HARRISON & 

 BARGE, LLP 

11377 W. Olympic Blvd., Fl. 5 

Los Angeles, CA 90064-1625 

Telephone: (310) 235-2468 

Facsimile: (310) 235-2456 

Email: ispiro@smbhblaw.com 

 J. Derek Braziel (00793380 [TX]) 

LEE & BRAZIEL, LLP 

208 N. Market Street 

Dallas, TX 75202 

Telephone: (214) 749-1400 

Facsimile: (214) 749-1010 

Email: jdbraziel@l-b-law.com 

 Richard Burch (24001807 [TX]) 

BRUCKNER BURCH, PLLC 

5847 San Felipe, Suite 3900 

Houston, TX 77057 

Telephone: (713) 877-8788 

Facsimile: (713) 877-8065 

Email: rburch@brucknerburch.com 

 David Borgen (SBN 99354) 

GOLDSTEIN, DEMCHAK, BALLER, 

 BORGEN & DARDARIAN 

300 Lakeside Drive, Suite 1000 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: (510) 763-9800 

Facsimile: (510) 835-1417 

Email: borgen@gdblegal.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the proposed 

Plaintiff Classes

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ORDER

The foregoing Stipulation is approved, and IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ___________________ _____________________________________ 

 Hon. Phyllis J. Hamilton 

 United States District Judge 

1/3/07

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton

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I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a 

“conformed” signature (/s/) within this e-filed document. 

Dated: December 8, 2006 /S/ Donna M. Mezias 

 Donna M. Mezias 

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