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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1962 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP

REGINALD D. STEER (SBN 056324)

rsteer@akingump.com 

MARIA ELLINIKOS (SBN 235528) 

mellinikos@akingump.com 

580 California Street, 15th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94104-1036 

Telephone: 415-765-9500 

Facsimile: 415-765-9501 

WICK, PHILLIPS, GOULD & MARTIN LLP 

K. TODD PHILLIPS (admitted pro hac vice) 

todd.phillips@wickphillips.com 

SEEMA TENDOLKAR (admitted pro hac vice) 

seema.tendolkar@wickphillips.com 

2100 Ross Avenue, Suite 950 

Dallas, Texas 75201 

Telephone: 214-692-6200 

Facsimile: 214-692-6255 

Attorneys for Defendants TRANSFIRST HOLDINGS, INC., TRANSFIRST, 

LLC and TRANSFIRST THIRD PARTY SALES, LLC 

(Additional counsel listed on signature page) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION) 

JUST FILM, INC., RAINBOW BUSINESS 

SERVICES, D/B/A PRECISION TUNE AUTO 

CARE; BURLINGAME MOTORS, INC., DIETZ 

TOWING, INC., THE ROSE DRESS, INC., 

VOLKER VON GLASENAPP; JERRY SU; 

VERENA BAUMGARTNER; TERRY JORDAN; 

AND LEWIS BAE on behalf of themselves, the 

general public and those similarly situated 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

MERCHANT SERVICES, INC.; UNIVERSAL 

CARD, INC.; NATIONAL PAYMENT PROCESSING; UNIVERSAL MERCHANT SERVICES CORPORATION; ATLAS PAYMENT PROCESS-ING; 

UNITED BANK CARD OF AMERICA, INC.; SPC, 

INC. d/b/a FIRST NATIONAL MERCHANTS SOLUTIONS; MBF LEASING LLC; MBF MERCHANT CAPITAL, LLC; NORTHERN FUNDING, 

LLC; NORTHERN LEASING SYSTEMS, INC.; 

CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION; GOLDEN EAGLE LEASING LLC; LEASE SOURCE, 

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STIPULATION PURSUANT TO CIVIL 

LOCAL RULE 6-1(a) TO EXTEND 

DEADLINE TO ANSWER OR 

OTHERWISE RESPOND TO FIRST 

AMENDED CLASS ACTION 

COMPLAINT 

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INC.; LEASE FINANCE GROUP, LLC; TRANSFIRST HOLDINGS, INC.; TRANSFIRST FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SERVICES; TRANSFIRST 

INDEPENDENT SALES SERVICES; FIRST 

NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA; COLUMBUS 

BANK AND TRUST CO.; MERRICK BANK; 

THIRD FIFTH BANK; RBL CAPITAL GROUP, 

LLC; WILLIAM HEALY; ROBERT LATOUSEK; 

JAY COHEN; RICH HAHN; SARA KRIEGER; 

JASON MOORE; LINA KRAVIC; BRIAN 

FITZGERALD; SAM BUONO; PETER DEPALMA; FIONA WALSHE; AND ERIC MADURA 

AND DOES 1 THROUGH 75 

 Defendants. 

WHEREAS, on June 25, 2010, Plaintiffs filed a First Amended Class Action Complaint in this 

action (the “First Amended Complaint”); 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and defendants TransFirst Holdings, Inc., TransFirst, LLC, TransFirst 

Third Party Sales, LLC, Merchant Services, Inc., Universal Card, Inc., National Payment Processing, 

Inc., Columbus Bank and Trust, Merrick Bank, Fifth Third Bank, Atlas Payment Processing, MBF 

Leasing, LLC, MBF Merchant Capital, LLC, Northern Funding, LLC, Northern Leasing Systems, Inc., 

Golden Eagle Leasing, LLC, Lease Source, Inc., Lease Finance Group, LLC, RBL Capital Group, 

LLC, William Healy, Jay Cohen, Rich Hahn, Sara Krieger, Jason Moore, Lina Kravic, Sam Buono, 

Brian Fitzgerald, Fiona Walshe and Eric Madura (collectively, the “Served Defendants”) coordinated 

and extended the deadline for the Served Defendants to answer or otherwise respond to the First 

Amended Complaint until July 26, 2010; 

WHEREAS, by stipulation among the Plaintiffs and the Served Defendants and Order from 

this Court, the Served Defendants are required to answer or otherwise respond to the First Amended 

Complaint by July 26, 2010, and the hearing on any motions filed in response to the First Amended 

Complaint will be held on September 9, 2010; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have agreed to further extend the deadline for TransFirst Holdings, Inc., 

TransFirst, LLC, TransFirst Third Party Sales, LLC, and Columbus Bank and Trust to answer or 

otherwise respond to the First Amended Complaint until August 9, 2010, due to an illness of these 

defendants’ counsel; 

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WHEREAS, this further extension will not impact any deadline currently set by this Court; 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the undersigned 

parties, through their respective counsel of record, pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-1(a), as follows: 

1. Defendants TransFirst Holdings, Inc., TransFirst, LLC, TransFirst Third Party Sales, 

LLC, and Columbus Bank and Trust shall answer or otherwise respond to the First Amended 

Complaint no later than August 9, 2010; 

2. Plaintiffs shall oppose any such motions filed in response to the First Amended 

Complaint in accordance with the local rules; 

3. Defendants TransFirst Holdings, Inc., TransFirst, LLC, TransFirst Third Party Sales, 

LLC, and Columbus Bank and Trust shall reply to any such oppositions in accordance with the local 

rules; 

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DATED: July 26, 2010 Respectfully submitted, 

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS 

HAUER & FELD LLP 

By: /s/ Maria Ellinikos

Maria Ellinikos 

Attorneys for Defendants Transfirst 

Holdings, Inc., Transfirst, LLC and 

Transfirst Third Party Sales, LLC 

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

James R. McGuire (SBN 189275) 

jmcguire@mofo.com 

425 Market Street 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2482 

Telephone: 415-268-7000 

Facsimile: 415-268-7522 

Stephen M. Colangelo (admitted pro hac vice) 

scolangelo@mofo.com 

2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 6000 

Washington, DC 20006-1888 

Telephone: 202-887-1528 

Facsimile: 202-887-0763 

By /s/

James R. McGuire 

Attorneys for Defendant COLUMBUS BANK 

AND TRUST COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

I

A

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Claudia Wilken

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GUTRIDE SAFIER LLP

Adam J. Gutride (State Bar No. 181446) 

adam@gutridesafier.com 

Seth Safier (State Bar No. 197427) 

seth@gutridesafier.com 

835 Douglass Street 

San Francisco, California 94114 

Telephone: (415) 336-6545 

Facsimile: (415) 449-6469 

By: /s/ Adam J. Gutride 

Adam J. Gutride 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Just Film, Inc., 

Rainbow Business Services d/b/a Precision 

Tune Auto Care, Volker von Glasenapp and 

Jerry Su, Burlingame Motors, Inc., Dietz 

Towing, Inc., The Rose Dress, Inc., Verena 

Baumgartner, Terry Jordan and Lewis Bae 

 

 

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I, Maria Ellinikos, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this document. In 

compliance with section X(B) of General Order 45, I hereby attest that Adam J. Gutride and James R. 

McGuire concurred in this filing. 

 

/s/ Maria Ellinikos 

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