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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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STATUS CONFERENCE JOINT STATEMENT – C-07-2128 VRW 

Timothy T. Scott (SBN 126971) 

tscott@sidley.com 

Robert B. Martin III (SBN 235489) 

rbmartin@sidley.com 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

555 California Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 772-1200 

Facsimile: (415) 772-7400 

Attorneys For Defendants CUTERA, INC., 

KEVIN P. CONNORS, and RONALD J. SANTILLI 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

In re CUTERA SECURITIES LITIGATION ) 

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Master File No.: C-07-2128 VRW 

CLASS ACTION 

STATUS CONFERENCE JOINT 

STATEMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Date: January 8, 2008 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Before: The Honorable Vaughn R. Walker 

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STATUS CONFERENCE JOINT STATEMENT – C-07-2128 VRW 

At the Initial Case Management Conference held before the Court on November 1, 

2007, counsel for Defendants Cutera, Inc., Kevin P. Connors, and Ronald J. Santilli (collectively 

“Defendants”) suggested to the Court the possibility of concurrent briefing for a motion to dismiss 

and a motion for class certification in this action. The Court scheduled a Status Conference for 

January 8, 2008 to discuss the suggestion and requested the parties file status conference statements 

by January 4, 2008. Pursuant to that order, the parties hereby file this Status Conference Joint 

Statement and [Proposed] Order. 

On December 17, 2007, Lead Plaintiffs filed their Consolidated Amended Complaint. 

Defendants intend to file a motion to dismiss the complaint on January 31, 2008, the deadline set by 

the Court. 

With respect to class certification, at least one legal basis upon which Defendants 

intend to oppose class certification will require discovery in the form of depositions of representative 

institutional investors in Cutera common stock. Some or all of such discovery may be contested and 

both time-consuming and expensive. Because Defendants believe that the current complaint is 

deficient and the time and expense of class certification discovery can thus be avoided entirely, 

Defendants believe the most efficient approach is to first determine the sufficiency of the complaint 

through a motion to dismiss before addressing class certification issues. This sequence is also 

efficient for the Court, because the Court need not consider absent class member discovery disputes 

or class certification issues if Defendants prevail on their motion to dismiss. 

Although Lead Plaintiffs disagree with the Defendants’ assessment of the sufficiency 

of the complaint, Lead Plaintiffs and Lead Counsel agree that the sequence described above is 

preferable and more efficient for all the parties and the Court. 

Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that, pursuant to the following 

[Proposed] Order, the Court maintain the briefing schedule for the motion to dismiss currently in 

effect, and postpone consideration of class certification until after the Court issues a ruling on the 

motion to dismiss. At the November 1, 2007 hearing, the Court stated that if the parties agreed upon 

this schedule, the Court would cancel the January 8, 2008 Status Conference. Because the 

[Proposed] Order resolves the issues to be discussed at the Status Conference, the parties 

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STATUS CONFERENCE JOINT STATEMENT – C-07-2128 VRW 

respectfully submit that the Status Conference is no longer necessary and should be removed from 

the Court’s calendar. 

Respectfully submitted, 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

By: /s/ Timothy T. Scott 

Dated: January 4, 2008 

Timothy T. Scott 

Attorneys For Defendants Cutera, Inc., 

Kevin P. Connors, and Ronald J. Santilli 

GLANCY BINKOW & GOLDBERG LLP 

By: /s/ Peter A. Binkow 

Dated: January 4, 2008 

Peter A. Binkow 

Co-Lead Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs 

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STATUS CONFERENCE JOINT STATEMENT – C-07-2128 VRW 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

The briefing schedule set forth by the Court for a motion to dismiss by Defendants 

remains in effect. The last day for Defendants to file a motion to dismiss is January 31, 2008. The 

last day for Plaintiffs to oppose the motion is March 3, 2008. The last day for Defendants to file a 

reply in support of their motion is March 20, 2008. The Court will hold a hearing on the motion on 

April 3, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. 

The Status Conference scheduled for January 8, 2008 is taken off-calendar. 

Dated: January , 2008 

THE HONORABLE VAUGHN R. WALKER 

United States District Chief Judge 

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GRANTED

Judge Vaughn R Walker

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STATUS CONFERENCE JOINT STATEMENT – C-07-2128 VRW 

SIGNATURE ATTESTATION 

I am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to file the 

foregoing Status Conference Joint Statement and [Proposed] Order. In compliance with General 

Order 45.X.B., I hereby attest that each of the other signatories has concurred in this filing. 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

By: /s/ Timothy T. Scott 

Dated: January 4, 2007 

Timothy T. Scott 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

555 California Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94104-1715 

Telephone: 415-772-1200 

Facsimile: 415-772-7400 

Attorneys for Defendants Cutera, Inc., 

Kevin P. Connors, and Ronald J. Santilli 

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