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Nature of Suit Code: 430
Nature of Suit: Banks and Banking
Cause of Action: 28:1337 Sherman-Clayton Act

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LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

PATRICK J. COUGHLIN (111070) 

CHRISTOPHER M. BURKE (214799) 

ELISABETH A. BOWMAN (147393) 

MARY LYNNE CALKINS (212171) 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

patc@lerachlaw.com 

chrisb@lerachlaw.com 

mcalkins@lerachlaw.com 

lisab@lerachlaw.com 

SCHRAG & BAUM, P.C. 

THOMAS F. SCHRAG (39377) 

JAMES S. BAUM (52202) 

280 Panoramic Way 

Berkeley, CA 94704 

Telephone: 510/849-1618 

510/841-6050 (fax) 

tom@schragbaum.com 

jim@schragbaum.com 

MEADE & SCHRAG LLP 

TYLER R. MEADE (160838) 

MICHAEL L. SCHRAG (185832) 

1816 Fifth Street 

Berkeley, CA 94710 

Telephone: 510/843-3670 

510/843-3679 (fax) 

tyler@meadeschrag.com 

michael@meadeschrag.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

[Additional counsel appear on signature page.] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

ANDREW T. PIIÑON, et al., On Behalf of 

Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. C-07-0634-SBA 

PROPOSED PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 1 

APPOINTING INTERIM LEAD COUNSEL 

AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

DATE: May 22, 2007 

TIME: 1:00 p.m. 

COURTROOM: 3 

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I. APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF CLASS COUNSEL 

1. Pursuant to Rule 23(g) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court appoints: 

Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP as interim lead-counsel. The Court appoints 

Meade & Schrag LLP, Schrag & Baum, P.C., Hulett Harper Stewart LLP, Scott + Scott LLP and 

Bushnell, Caplan, Fielding & Maier, LLP as plaintiffs’ Executive Committee, with Meade & Schrag 

as Executive Chair. Interim Lead Counsel shall be generally responsible for conducting the 

prosecution of the litigation on behalf of plaintiffs and the putative class in consultation with the 

plaintiffs’ executive committee. 

2. Interim Lead Counsel in consultation with the Executive Committee shall: 

(a) file and serve a consolidated class action complaint; 

(b) determine and present (in briefs, oral argument, or such other fashion as may 

be appropriate, personally or by a designee) to the Court and opposing parties, the position of the 

plaintiffs on all matters arising during pretrial proceedings; 

(c) coordinate the initiation and conduct of discovery on behalf of plaintiffs’ 

counsel with the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1), 26(2), and 26(g), including the preparation 

of joint interrogatories and requests for production of documents and the examination of witnesses in 

depositions; 

(d) conduct settlement negotiations on behalf of plaintiffs, but not enter binding 

agreements except to the extent expressly authorized; 

(e) delegate specific tasks to other counsel or committees of counsel, in the 

discretion of interim lead counsel, in a manner to ensure that pretrial preparation for the plaintiffs is 

conducted efficiently and effectively; 

(f) enter into stipulations with opposing counsel as necessary for the conduct of 

the litigation; 

(g) prepare and distribute periodic status reports to the parties; 

(h) monitor the activities of all plaintiffs’ counsel to ensure that schedules are met 

and unnecessary expenditures of time and funds are avoided, including the avoidance of unnecessary 

or duplicative communications among plaintiffs’ counsel; 

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(i) perform such other duties as may be incidental to proper coordination of 

plaintiffs’ pretrial activities or authorized by further order of the Court; 

(j) maintain and distribute an up-to-date service list to all counsel; 

(k) maintain and make available to co-counsel at reasonable hours a complete file 

of all documents served by, or upon, each party except such documents as may be available at a 

document depository; and 

(l) establish and maintain a document depository, including electronic 

depositions with remote access, if appropriate. 

3. The Chair of the Executive Committee shall act as liaison with the Court and 

opposing parties and shall receive and, as appropriate, distribute Orders from the Court and 

documents from opposing parties and counsel to co-counsel. 

4. Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee: To the extent delegated by interim lead counsel, 

members of the Executive Committee shall: 

(a) execute the Orders of the Court concerning the conduct of the litigation, and 

participate in drafting pleadings, motions, oral argument, written discovery, depositions, pre-trial 

preparation and settlement, or such other tasks assigned to them. Interim Lead Counsel and the 

executive committee members may organize and delegate to other plaintiffs’ counsel, and form 

working committees to the extent necessary for the efficient prosecution of the case; and 

(b) work with Lead Counsel to prosecute the case and assist in assuring that the 

case is handled efficiently and cost-effectively. 

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II. SUBSEQUENT ACTIONS 

This order will apply to all subsequent “tag-a-long” actions related to this litigation. A copy 

of this order shall be served on counsel for plaintiffs of all subsequent “tag-a-long” actions in related 

actions by Interim Lead Counsel. 

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O R D E R 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _________________________ ____________________________________ 

THE HONORABLE SAUNDRA B. 

ARMSTRONG 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on March 27, 2007, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of 

the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail 

addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have 

mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non-CM/ECF 

participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List. 

I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed on March 27, 2007. 

 s/ CHRISTOPHER M. BURKE 

 CHRISTOPHER M. BURKE 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101-3301 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

E-mail:ChrisB@LerachLaw.com 

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Mailing Information for a Case 4:07-cv-00634-SBA 

Electronic Mail Notice List 

The following are those who are currently on the list to receive e-mail notices for this case. 

z James Samuel Baum

jim@schragbaum.com 

z Christopher M. Burke

chrisb@lerachlaw.com christinas@lerachlaw.com;gweston@lerachlaw.com 

z Mary Lynne Calkins

mcalkins@lerachlaw.com 

z Patrick J. Coughlin

patc@lerachlaw.com e_file_sf@lerachlaw.com 

z Geoffrey M. Ezgar

gezgar@sidley.com grodriguez@sidley.com;ldonohue@sidley.com 

z David M. Jolley

djolley@cov.com 

z Jennifer Haejoo Lee

jennifer.lee@wilmerhale.com 

z James F. McCabe

JMcCabe@mofo.com marcim@mofo.com 

z Stephen J. Newman

SNEWMAN@STROOCK.COM 

snewman8@yahoo.com;sturner@stroock.com;lacalendar@stroock.com 

z Stuart C. Plunkett

splunkett@mofo.com tarmaz@mofo.com 

z Arthur L. Shingler, III

ashingler@scott-scott.com ssawyer@scott-scott.com 

z Cathleen Ellis Stadecker

cstadecker@mofo.com 

z Anita Fern Stork, Esq

astork@cov.com malcantara@cov.com 

z Michael F. Tubach

mtubach@omm.com lvichich@omm.com;cchiu@omm.com 

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z Jennifer S Wang

jwang@omm.com wmartens@omm.com 

z Sonya D. Winner

winnersd@cov.com hsalazar@cov.com 

Manual Notice List 

The following is the list of attorneys who are not on the list to receive e-mail notices for this case (who 

therefore require manual noticing). You may wish to use your mouse to select and copy this list into 

your word processing program in order to create notices or labels for these recipients. 

David J. Fioccola

Morrison & Foerster, LLP 

1290 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10104-0050 

Andrew J. Frackman

O'Melveny & Myers LLP 

Times Square Tower 

Seven Times Square 

New York, NY 10036 

David F. Graham

Sidley Austin LLP 

One South Dearborn Street 

Chicago, IL 60603 

Eric H. Grush

Sidley Austin LLP 

One South Dearborn Street 

Chicago, IL 60603 

Noel C. Johnson

Washington Mutual Bank 

201 Mission Street 

28th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94110 

Mark P. Ladner

Morrison & Foerster LLP 

1290 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10104 

Tyler R. Meade

Law Offices of Tyler R. Meade 

1816 Fifth Street 

Berkeley, CA 94710 

Theodore R. Scarborough

Sidley Austin LLP 

One South Dearborn Street 

Chicago, IL 60603 

Michael L. Schrag

Schrag & Baum, PC 

1816 Fifth Street 

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Berkeley, CA 94710 

Thomas F. Schrag

Schrag & Baum, PC 

280 Panoramic Way 

Berkeley, CA 94704 

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