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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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JONATHAN SHUB (SBN 237708) 

SHELLER, LUDWIG & BADEY 

1528 Walnut Street, 3rd Floor 

Philadelphia, PA 19102 

Tel: (215) 790-7300 

Fax: (215) 546-0942 

IRA P. ROTHKEN (SBN 160029) 

ROTHKEN LAW FIRM 

1050 Northgate Drive 

Suite 520 

San Rafael, CA 94903 

Tele: (415) 924-4250 

Facsimile: (415) 924-2905 

RALPH M. STONE (pro hac vice) 

SHALOV STONE & BONNER LLP 

485 Seventh Ave 

New York, NY 10018 

Tele: (212) 239-4240 

Fascimile: (212) 239-4310 

STAN MALLISON (SBN 184191) 

LAW OFFICES OF MALLISON & 

MARTINEZ 

1004 Brown Ave 

Lafayette, CA 94549 

Tele: (925) 283-3842 

Facsimile: (925) 283-3426 

Co-Lead Counsel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(SAN JOSE DIVISION) 

In re: PALM TREO 600 and 650 

LITIGATION 

This Document Relates To: 

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MASTER FILE NO. __________

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ORDER

 The parties to this consolidated proceeding have conferred and submit this stipulated case 

management proposal including the organization of plaintiffs’ counsel. This Order shall govern 

the pre-trial proceedings and trial of these consolidated actions and all subsequent related 

actions, which are added-on, transferred or otherwise consolidated as part of this consolidated 

proceeding. 

I. CONSOLIDATION OF RELATED ACTIONS

 1. These actions and any actions filed in or transferred in or transferred to this 

District which arise from facts similar to those in the present action are hereby consolidated 

pursuant to Rule 42(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This consolidation is for all 

pretrial proceedings and trial, and applies to all of the following cases: 

 a. Gans v. PALMONE, Civil Action No. 05-cv-03774-RMW, filed in the 

Northern District of California; 

 b. Berliner v. Palm, Inc, Civil Action No. 05-cv-03854-RMW, filed in the 

Northern District of California; 

 c. Geisen v. Palm, Inc., aka PALMONE, INC., Civil Action No. 05-cv04120-RMW, filed in the Northern District of California; and 

 d. Moya v. Palm, Inc., Civil Action No. 05-cv-03926-RMW, filed in the 

Northern District of California; 

 e. Loew v. Palm, Inc. aka PALMONE, INC., Civil Action No. 05-cv-03980-

RMW, filed in the Northern District of California; 

 f. Palza v. Palm, Inc., Civil Action No. 05-CV-04408-RMW, removed to the 

Northern District of California. 

 2. The clerk shall establish and maintain a Master Docket and Master File for this 

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proceeding under the caption “In re Palm Treo 600 and 650 Litigation,” Master File No. 

_______. All orders, pleadings, motions and other documents, when filed and docketed in the 

Master File, will be deemed filed and docketed in each individual case. 

 3. Henceforth, every pleading or other such document in this consolidated 

proceeding, which ordinarily contains a pleading caption, shall bear the following caption: 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(SAN JOSE DIVISION) 

In re: PALM TREO 600 and 650 

LITIGATION 

This Document Relates To: 

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 4. When a pleading or other captioned document is intended to be applicable to all 

actions which are part of these proceedings, the words “All Actions” shall appear immediately 

after the words “This Document Relates To:” in the caption set forth above. When a pleading or 

other captioned document is intended to be applicable only to some, but not all, of such actions, 

the last name of the first-named plaintiff in said action and that case’s individual action number 

shall appear immediately after the words “This Document Relates To:” in the caption set forth 

above. 

II. ORGANIZATION OF PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL

 5. The organizational structure of plaintiffs’ counsel established by this Order shall 

bind plaintiffs’ counsel in the Consolidated Actions, including any action subsequently governed 

by this Order. 

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 6. The Court appoints the following individuals to act on behalf of plaintiffs in the 

Consolidated Actions, including any plaintiffs subsequently governed by this Order, with the 

responsibilities hereinafter prescribed. 

 a. As Co-Lead Counsel: 

 (1) Jonathan Shub of Sheller, Ludwig & Badey, 

P.C.; 

 (2) Ira Rothken of the Rothken Law Firm; 

 (3) Ralph Stone of Shalov Stone & Bonner, 

LLP; and 

 (4) Stan Mallison of Mallison & Martinez. 

 b. As members of the Executive Committee: 

 (1) Mark Tamblyn of Kershaw Cutter & 

Ratinoff LLP; 

 (2) Michael Goldberg of Glancy, Binkow & 

Goldberg; 

 (3) Seth Lesser of the Locks Law Firm; 

 (4) Paul Weiss of Freed & Weiss LLP:; 

 (5) Brad Lakin of the Lakin Law Firm; 

 (6) Robert Green of Green Welling LLP. 

(7) Ronen Sarraf of Sarraf Gentile LLP 

(8) . Edward Wallace of The Wexler Firm LLP 

 c. As Co-Chairs of the Executive Committee: 

 Michael Goldberg and Mark Tamblyn. 

 7. Co-Lead Counsel. Co-Lead Counsel shall have day-to-day responsibility for the 

conduct of the consolidated litigation; shall determine how to prosecute the case and shall 

initiate, coordinate and supervise the efforts of plaintiffs’ counsel in the consolidated action in 

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the areas of discovery, briefing, trial and settlement. Co-Lead Counsel shall also be deemed to 

be members of the Executive Committee. 

 8. Co-Lead Counsel shall designate responsibilities for specific tasks to plaintiffs’ 

counsel in the consolidated cases in a manner to assure that pretrial preparation is conducted 

effectively, efficiently and economically; shall assist the Executive Committee and its co-chairs 

in maintaining communication among counsel; and shall monitor the activities of plaintiffs’ 

counsel to assure that schedules are met and unnecessary expenditures of time and money are 

avoided. Co-Lead Counsel shall maintain the official service list of all plaintiffs and plaintiffs’ 

counsel in the Consolidated Actions, including their addresses. Co-Lead Counsel shall perform 

whatever any additional functions that may be assigned to them by the Court. Agreements 

reached between defendant and Co-Lead Counsel are binding on all plaintiffs and their counsel. 

No discovery shall be served, and no motion shall be filed, by any plaintiff’s counsel without the 

consent of Co-Lead Counsel, unless leave of Court is obtained. 

 9. Executive Committee. To the extent delegated by Co-Lead Counsel, members of 

the Executive Committee and its Chair shall execute the orders of the Court concerning the 

conduct of the litigation; formulate and draft material for plaintiffs in the Consolidated Actions, 

including interrogatories, document requests, pleadings, briefs and motion papers; and perform 

such other tasks as are delegated by Co-Lead Counsel, including, for example, the taking of 

depositions upon oral examination. Co-Lead Counsel and the Executive Committee members 

may organize whatever subordinate bodies or subcommittees they deem expedient, such as 

discovery committees and briefing committees. 

 10. Co-Chair of the Executive Committee. The Co-Chairs of the Executive 

Committee shall be responsible for overseeing the work of that Committee, and coordinating the 

assignments established by the Co-Leads. At the Co-Leads invitation, the Co-Chairs may 

participate in the conferences and planning meetings conducted by Co-Leads. 

 11. Service of all papers filed with the Court shall be accomplished by e-filing, and 

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no other type of service shall be required. Service of all papers that are not filed with the Court 

shall be accomplished by plaintiffs serving defendant's counsel, and by defendant serving CoLead Counsel for plaintiffs, as applicable, by either: (i) overnight mail service; (ii) telecopier or 

(iii) hand delivery. Whenever feasible, the serving party shall send courtesy copies 

simultaneously via e-mail in PDF format, to defendant's counsel or to Co-Lead Counsel for 

Plaintiffs, as applicable. 

III. APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER TO SUBSEQUENT CASES

 12. This Pretrial Order No. 1 shall apply to each related case subsequently added-on 

or transferred to this consolidated proceeding. When an action is added-on as part of these 

proceedings, plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel shall serve a file-endorsed copy of this Pretrial Order 

No. 1 to the attorneys for the plaintiff(s) in the add-on case, and direct that this Pretrial Order 

No. 1 be served upon any new defendant(s) in the add-on case, or their counsel. A new party 

objecting to the application of any provision of this Order must file a request for relief from this 

Order within ten (10) days of service of this Order upon that party. 

IV. CONSOLIDATED AMENDED COMPLAINT

 13. A Consolidated Amended Complaint shall be filed and served on or before 

January 31, 2006. The Consolidated Amended Complaint shall supersede each of the six listed 

complaints, set forth in paragraph 1, above, and unless further amended, with leave of court, 

shall be the operative complaint in this proceeding. Defendant’s responsive pleading shall be 

electronically filed on or before 4:00 pm on March 2, 2006. All prior dates, deadlines and 

hearings shall be vacated upon entry of this Order. If defendant decides to file anything other 

than an answer to the Consolidated Amended Complaint, then defendant shall inform plaintiff at 

least five Court days prior to filing such responsive pleading of the nature and basis of such 

motion, and the parties will meet and confer, and consult the Court, on a briefing schedule and 

hearing date thereon. 

V. RULE 26 INITIAL DISCLOSURES

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 14. The parties will meet and confer on or before February 16, 2006, per Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure, Rule 26(f). The parties will exchange their Rule 26 Initial Disclosures 

fourteen days after the Rule 26(f) conference, on March 2, 2006. Discovery will commence in 

accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

VII. CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

 15. A Case Management Conference will be held on March 3, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. 

VIII. MODIFICATION OF THIS ORDER

 16. This order may be modified or supplemented by the Court or on motion by any 

party for good cause shown. 

 I, Ira P. Rothken, 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: January 18, 2006 IRA P. ROTHKEN 

ROTHKEN LAW FIRM 

By: /s/ Ira P. Rothken 

Ira P. Rothken 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: January 18, 2006 JONATHAN SHUB 

SHELLER, LUDWIG & BADEY, P.C. 

By: /s/ Jonathan Shub 

Jonathan Shub 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: January 18, 2006 RALPH STONE 

SHALOV STONE & BONNER, LLP

By: /s/ Ralph Stone 

Ralph Stone 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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Dated: January 18, 2006 STAN MALLISON 

THE LAW OFFICES OF MALLISON & 

MARTINEZ 

By: /s/ Stan Mallison 

Stan Mallison 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: January 18, 2006 MARK TAMBLYN 

KERSHAW CUTTER & RATINOFF LLP

By: /s/ Mark Tamblyn 

Mark Tamblyn 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: January 18, 2006 MICHAEL GOLDBERG 

MARC L. GODINO 

GLANCY, BINKOW & GOLDBERG 

By: /s/ Marc L. Godino 

Marc L. Godino 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: January 18, 2006 SETH LESSER 

THE LOCKS LAW FIRM 

By: /s/ Seth Lesser 

Seth Lesser 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: January 18, 2006 PAUL WEISS 

FREED & WEISS LLP

By: /s/ Paul Weiss 

Paul Weiss 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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Dated: January 18, 2006 BRAD LAKIN 

THE LAKIN LAW FIRM 

By: /s/ Brad Lakin 

Brad Lakin 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: January 18, 2006 ROBERT GREEN 

GREEN WELLING LLP

By: /s/ Robert Green 

Robert Green 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: January 18, 2006 RONEN SARRAF 

SARRAF GENTILE LLP

By: /s/ Ronen Sarraf 

Ronen Sarraf 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: January 18, 2006 PENELOPE A. PREOVOLOS 

LORI A. SCHECHTER 

ROGER E. COLLANTON 

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s/ Lori A. Schechter 

Lori A. Schechter 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PALM, INC. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January _____, 2006 

The Honorable Ronald M. Whyte 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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