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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Labor/Mgmnt. Relations

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE SECOND MOTION 

FOR CONDITIONAL CERTIFICATION 

CASE NO. 2:08-CV-00965-LKK-GGH 

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NORMAN C. HILE (SBN 57299) 

nhile@orrick.com

JULIE A. TOTTEN (SBN 166470) 

jatotten@orrick.com

DAVID A. PRAHL (SBN 233583) 

dprahl@orrick.com

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 

400 Capitol Mall 

Sacramento, CA 95814-4497 

Telephone: +1-916-447-9200 

Facsimile: +1-916-329-4900 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP 

LYNNE C. HERMLE (SBN 99779) 

lchermle@orrick.com

JOSEPH C. LIBURT (SBN 155507) 

jliburt@orrick.com

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 

1000 Marsh Road 

Menlo Park, CA 94025 

Telephone: 650-614-7400 

Facsimile: 650-614-7401 

EDWARD J. WYNNE (SBN 165819) 

ewynne@wynnelawfirm.com

WYNNE LAW FIRM 

100 Drakes Landing Road, Suite 275 

Greenbrae, CA 94904 

Telephone: 415-461-6400 

Facsimile: 415-461-3900 

PETER A. MUHIC 

pmuhic@btkmc.com

BARROWAY TOPAZ KESSLER 

MELTZER & CHECK, LLP 

280 King of Prussia road 

Radnor, PA 19087 

Telephone: 610-667-7706 

Facsimile: 610-667-7056 

JEFFREY K. COMPTON (SBN 142969) 

jcompton@mzclaw.com

WILLIAM A. BAIRD (SBN 192675) 

tbaird@mzclaw.com

MARKUN ZUSMAN & COMPTON LLP 

17383 Sunset Boulevard, Suite A380 

Pacific Palisades, California 90272 

Telephone: 310-454-5900 

Facsimile: 310-454-5970 

STEVEN ELSTER (SBN 227545) 

LAW OFFICE OF STEVEN ELSTER 

785/E2 Oak Grove Road, #201 

Concord, CA 94518 

Telephone: 925-324-2159 

Facsimile: 925-945-1276 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LAC ANH LE, et al., 

Plaintiffs. 

v. 

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 2:08-cv-00965 LKK/GGH 

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE 

SECOND MOTION FOR 

CONDITIONAL CERTIFICATION 

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STIPULATION

WHEREAS, on April 22, 2009, the Court issued an Order directing Plaintiffs Samuel 

Brandon Kress, Lac Ahn Le, Jason Patterson, Lauren San Mateo, James Stekelberg, Jeffrey 

Laberge, Willow Markham, Dana Blindbury, Jesse Kenny, Kelly C. Jones, and Antoine Powell 

(collectively, Plaintiffs) to file, inter alia, their second Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") 

collective certification motion as to a putative nationwide class of Associates and Senior 

Associates in Defendant PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's ("PwC") Advisory and Tax lines of 

service and Senior Associates in PwC’s Assurance line of service by May 14, 2010 (“Second 

Motion for Conditional Certification”); 

WHEREAS, the parties are negotiating the terms of a potential stipulated consent to 

conditional certification as to some of the groups of employees at issue in Plaintiffs’ Second 

Motion for Conditional Certification; 

WHEREAS, the parties need additional time to consider and negotiate the stipulation; 

WHEREAS, the stipulation being negotiated, if finalized, will impact the scope of 

Plaintiffs’ Second Motion for Conditional Certification; 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and agree to extend the deadline for 

Plaintiffs to file their Second Motion for Conditional Certification by two weeks to May 28, 

2010; 

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between 

Plaintiffs and PwC, by and through their respective undersigned counsel, that: 

1. Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Conditional Certification may be filed on or before 

May 28, 2010; 

2. PwC’s opposition brief shall be filed 45 days from the date Plaintiffs file their 

Second Motion for Conditional Collective Certification, and Plaintiffs’ reply brief shall be filed 

30 days thereafter; 

3. All other dates set forth in the Court’s April 22, 2009 order shall remain in 

effect. 

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED. 

Dated: May 5, 2010 JULIE A. TOTTEN 

NORMAN C. HILE 

DAVID A. PRAHL 

ANDREA L. BROWN 

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 

/s/ Julie A. Totten 

JULIE A. TOTTEN 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC 

Dated: May 5, 2010 Edward J. Wynne 

WYNNE LAW FIRM 

Peter A. Muhic 

BARROWAY TOPAZ KESSLER MELTZER & 

CHECK, LLP 

Jeffrey K. Compton 

William A. Baird

MARKUN ZUSMAN & COMPTON LLP 

Steven Elster 

LAW OFFICE OF STEVEN ELSTER 

BARROWAY TOPAZ KESSLER 

MELTZER & CHECK, LLP 

/s/ Peter A. Muhic 

PETER A. MUHIC 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

 

ORDER

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 6, 2010

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