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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1132 E.R.I.S.A.

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JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMARO LLP

ROBERT E. MANGELS (Bar No. 48291)

SUSAN ALLISON (Bar No. 133448)

1900 Avenue of the Stars, Seventh Floor

Los Angeles, California 90067-4308

Telephone: (310) 203-8080

Facsimile: (310) 203-0567

Attorneys for Defendant

TOWERS, PERRIN, FORSTER & CROSBY, INC.

LEWIS FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C.

TERESA S. RENAKER (Bar No. 187800)

CATHA WORTHMAN (Bar No. 230399)

1330 Broadway, Suite 1800

Oakland, CA 94612

Telephone: (510) 839-6824

Facsimile: (510) 839-7839

Attorneys for PLAINTIFFS

RUKIN HYLAND DORIA & TINDALL LLP

STEVEN M. TINDALL (Bar No. 187862)

CAROLE VIGNE (Bar No. 251829

100 Pine Street, Suite 725

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 421-1800

Facsimile: (415) 421-1700

Attorneys for PLAINTIFFS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THOMAS A. PAULSEN, et al.

Plaintiffs,

v.

CNF, INC., et al.

Defendants.

CASE NO. C 03-03960 JW (EAI)

JOINT STIPULATION AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER

REGARDING EXPERT

DISCLOSURE DEADLINES

WHEREAS, the Court entered a Scheduling Order in this Matter on

January 27, 2010;

WHEREAS, on March 30, 2010, the Court entered the Joint Stipulation

and Order Regarding Class Certification Briefing and Hearing (the “Stipulation and

Order”), which modified the earlier Scheduling Order in several respects;

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WHEREAS, under the Stipulation and Order, the Court has set

August 6, 2010 as the Close of Class Discovery and September 20, 2010 as the Close

of Fact Discovery;

WHEREAS, under the Stipulation and Order, the Court has set

August 30, 2010 as the date for the Preliminary Pretrial Conference and September

27, 2010 as the date for the hearing on Class Certification;

WHEREAS, the Stipulation and Order did not specify dates for the

parties’ expert disclosures, and the parties desire to have those dates made certain,

given the importance of expert testimony to the case;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED BY THE PARTIES,

subject to the Court’s approval that:

(1) Any party wishing to present expert witness testimony with

respect to a claim or defense shall lodge with the Court and serve on all parties the

name, address, qualifications, resume and a written report which complies with Fed.

R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) on or before September 1, 2010. Expert witness disclosure

must be made with respect to a person who is either (a) specially retained or specially

employed to provide expert testimony pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 702 or (b) a regular

employee or agent who may be called to provide expert opinion testimony;

(2) If the testimony of an expert is intended solely to contradict or

rebut opinion testimony on the same subject matter identified by another party, the

party offering a rebuttal report shall make the disclosures required by Fed. R. Civ. P.

26(a)(2)(B) on or before September 30, 2010.

(3) The parties shall complete any and all depositions of designated

experts no later than October 29, 2010; and

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(4) Any party objecting to the qualifications or proposed testimony of

an expert must file, serve and notice a motion to exclude the expert or any portion of

the expert’s testimony, in writing in accordance with Civil Local Rule 7-2, for

hearing on a Monday at 9 a.m., no later than November 13, 2010.

Respectfully submitted:

DATED: April 22, 2010 JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMARO LLP

ROBERT E. MANGELS

SUSAN ALLISON

By: /s/Susan Allison

SUSAN ALLISON

Attorneys for Defendants TOWERS, PERRIN,

FORSTER & CROSBY, INC.

DATED: April 22, 2010 LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER & JACKSON,

P.C.

TERESA S. RENAKER

JEFFREY LEWIS

CATHA WORTHMAN

By: /s/Teresa S. Renaker

SUSAN ALLISON

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

DATED: April 22, 2010 RUKIN HYLAND DORIA & TINDALL LLP

STEVEN M. TINDALL

By: /s/Steven M. Tindall

SUSAN ALLISON

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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ORDER

Pursuant to a stipulation of the parties, the parties are ordered to comply

with the following expert disclosure and expert discovery schedule:

Last date to lodge with the Court and serve on all

parties the name, address, qualifications, resume and

a written report of expert witness(es) pursuant to Fed.

R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B).

September 1, 2010

Last date to lodge with the Court and serve on all

parties any rebuttal expert witness report(s) required

by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B).

September 30, 2010

Last date to complete any and all depositions of

designated experts.

October 29, 2010

Last date for hearing motion(s) to exclude the expert

or any portion of the expert’s testimony.

November 13, 2010

It is so ordered:

Dated:

The Honorable James Ware

United States District Court

April 28, 2010 

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