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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement (Insurance)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, an ) Case No : C 05-01878 JW

Indiana corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY, a Minnesota corporation,

Defendant.

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIM.

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER EXTENDING CERTAIN

SCHEDULED DATES

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2 and 7-12, the Parties submit the following Stipulation

and [Proposed] Order Extending Certain Scheduled Dates:

WHEREAS,

1. This action was filed by Federal Insurance Company ("Federal") against St. Paull'

Fire and Marine Insurance Company ("St. Paul") on May 6, 2003. On June 24, 2005, St. Paul

filed a counterclaim against Federal and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh,

PA ("National Union").

2. Extraordinary circumstances require that St. Paul request that the scheduling in

this case to extended by approximately 30 days.

3. St. Paul has been represented throughout this case by attorney Marc Shrake,

formerly of the Los Angeles office of Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel, Mason & Gette LLP (`Zelle

Hofmann").

4. On May 1, 2007, Zelle Hofmann announced the closure of its Los Angeles

office. Based on this development, St. Paul requested, and Federal and National Union agreed,

and the Court entered an Order on May 14, 2007, to extend the dates in this case by

approximately 60 days. A copy of this Scheduling Order is attached as Exhibit A.

5. Mr. Shrake has now joined the law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

("Squire Sanders"), and St. Paul is in the process of transferring responsibility for this case to

Mr. Shrake at his new firm. However, Mr. Shrake has advised counsel for Federal and

National Union that he has encountered possible conflict issues and is working diligently to

resolve them, including obtaining any necessary consents or waivers from Federal and National

Union and/or their respective affiliated companies. Mr. Shrake anticipates that these matters

can be resolved in the next 30 days.

6. The Parties have., to date, completed five depositions and, on July 23,

participated in a mediation with Mr. Martin Quinn of JAMS in San Francisco. The parties are

continuing to discuss possible resolution of this case through Mr. Quinn via telephone.

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7. A Scheduling Order was issued on July 12, 2006, essentially adopting the

schedule in the parties' Joint Case Management Statement and Proposed Order. A copy of this

Scheduling Order is attached as Exhibit B.

8. A Stipulation and Order Extending Certain Trial Dates was issued on February

27, 2007, due to the time necessary to analyze voluminous discovery including a database

produced by Cirrus Logic exceeding 500 Giga Bytes and to locate and arrange for the

depositions of certain witnesses no longer employed by any party. A copy of this Stipulation

and Order is attached as Exhibit C.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED that the following scheduled dates,

which have not yet passed, should be extended and rescheduled by approximately 30 days, or

as soon thereafter as permitted by the Court, as follows:

• Close of Discovery shall be November 21, 2007 (formerly October 24, 2007).

• Last Date for Hearing Dispositive Motions shall be February 4, 2008 (formerly

January 7, 2008).

• Preliminary Pretrial Conference Statements shall be due February 22, 2008

(formerly January 23, 2008).

• The Preliminary Pretrial Conference and Trial Setting Conference shall be

scheduled for Monday, March 3, 2008 (formerly February 4, 2008).

• All associated dates set forth in the Scheduling Order, which have not yet passed,

including expert witness disclosures, expert witness reports, expert witness

objections, and rebuttal expert witness disclosures, are also extended and

rescheduled by 30 days.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: August , 2007 NEWTON REMMEL

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Stephen L. Newton

Gabriel G. Gregg

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterclaim

Defendant

FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Dated : August , 2007

Marc J. SI&Ae

Attorney for Defendant and Counterclaim

Plaintiff

ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE

INSURANCE COMPANY

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,gated : August ^ 1 2007 BARGER && WOLEN LLP

By. l o OA 3'"

Thomas Beer

Attorneys for Counterclaim Defendant

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE

COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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THE HONORABLE JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: August 2007 NEWTON REMMEL

By:

Steften L.-Newton

Gabriel G. Gregg

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterclaim

Defendant

FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Dated: August , 2007

By:

Marc J . Shrake

Attorney for Defendant and Counterclaim

Plaintiff

ST. PAUL DIRE AND MARINE

INSURANCE COMPANY

Dated: August 2007 BARGER & WOLEN LLP

By:

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Thomas Beer

Attorneys for Counterclaim Defendant

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE

COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPCILATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August - _ 2007

THE HONORABLE JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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