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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Fraud

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STIPULATION RE CONTINUING HEARING ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO REMAND AND DEFENDANTS’ 

MOTION TO DISMISS AND CONTINUE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND PROPOSED 

ORDER THEREON, CASE NO. 09-CV-05585-PJH 

Nancy Sher Cohen (Bar No. 81706)

ncohen@proskauer.com

Ronald A. Valenzuela (Bar No. 210025)

rvalenzuela@proskauer.com

PROSKAUER LLP

2049 Century Park East, 32nd Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90067-3206

Telephone: (310) 557-2900

Facsimile: (310) 557-2193

Richard M. Goldstein*

Lawrence I. Weinstein*

Michael T. Mervis*

Baldassare Vinit*

PROSKAUER LLP

1585 Broadway

New York, NY 10036-8299

Telephone: (212) 969-3000

Facsimile: (212) 969-2900

* Admitted pro hac vice

Attorneys for Defendant

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

ROBERT GORDON, MELE LAU-SMITH,

and DOES 1-100,

PLAINTIFFS,

v.

CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.; and

ROES 1-100,

DEFENDANTS.

Case No.: 09-cv-05585-PJH

STIPULATION RE 

CONTINUING HEARING ON 

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO 

REMAND AND DEFENDANTS’ 

MOTION TO DISMISS AND 

CONTINUE INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

THEREON

WHEREAS, on or about October 30, 2009, Plaintiffs Robert Gordon and Mele 

Lau-Smith filed a complaint against Defendant Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (“Church 

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MOTION TO DISMISS AND CONTINUE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND PROPOSED 

ORDER THEREON, CASE NO. 09-CV-05585-PJH 

& Dwight”) in the Superior Court of California, In and For The County of San 

Francisco, and service of the Complaint was effected on November 24, 2009;

WHEREAS, Church & Dwight removed this action from state court to the 

United States District Court for the Northern District of California on November 24, 

2009;

WHEREAS, on December 9, 2009, the parties stipulated to a brief extension of 

the deadline for Church & Dwight to respond to the complaint, and there have been 

no other time modifications in this case;

WHEREAS, on December 24, 2009, Plaintiffs filed a motion to remand this 

case to state court (“Motion to Remand”), Church & Dwight filed its Opposition on 

January 27, 2010, to that motion and Plaintiffs’ reply brief must be filed and served 

on or before February 3, 2010;

WHEREAS, on January 13, 2010, Church & Dwight filed a motion to dismiss 

this case pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) (“Motion to Dismiss”), 

Plaintiffs filed their Opposition to that motion on January 27, 2010, and Church & 

Dwight’s reply brief must be filed and served on or before February 3, 2010;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand and Church & Dwight’s Motion to 

Dismiss are currently scheduled to be heard by this Court at 9:00 a.m. on February 

17, 2010;

WHEREAS, counsel for Church & Dwight, Baldassare Vinti, who is 

responsible for the day-to-day management of this case and played a significant role 

in briefing the Motion to Dismiss and opposition to the Motion to Remand, must tend 

to his spouse as she recuperates from surgery that is scheduled for this week; 

WHEREAS, Church & Dwight has relied upon Baldassare Vinti to prepare and 

implement its defense in this lawsuit and requests that Mr. Vinti assist in the 

preparation for oral argument of the pending motions;

WHEREAS, the Court’s clerk has advised that the next available dates the 

Court can hear the pending motions are March 17, 24, or 31, 2010;

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STIPULATION RE CONTINUING HEARING ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO REMAND AND DEFENDANTS’ 

MOTION TO DISMISS AND CONTINUE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND PROPOSED 

ORDER THEREON, CASE NO. 09-CV-05585-PJH 

WHEREAS, the Court, by order dated November 24, 2009, scheduled the 

Initial Case Management Conference in this matter for March 4, 2010;

WHEREAS, the Proskauer partners’ retreat is scheduled for March 4, 2010; 

WHEREAS, counsel for the parties met and conferred by telephone on January 

29, and February 3, 2010, during which counsel for Church & Dwight asked 

Plaintiffs to join Church & Dwight in requesting a reasonable continuance of the 

hearing on the pending Motion to Remand and Motion to Dismiss and a continuance 

of the Initial Case Management Conference to permit counsel for Church & Dwight 

to attend to personal needs and other professional commitments, and Plaintiffs agreed 

to join Church & Dwight in seeking a continuance;

WHEREAS, no trial date has been set, nor any order issued setting a pretrial or 

discovery schedule for this case, and thus a brief continuance of the hearing on the 

pending Motion to Remand and Motion to Dismiss and a continuance of the Initial 

Case Management Conference will not affect any pretrial or trial deadlines or 

schedules set in this case;

NOW, THEREFORE, PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANT HEREBY 

STIPULATE AND REQUEST that the hearing on Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand and 

Church & Dwight’s Motion to Dismiss, and the Initial Case Management Conference 

(along with all corresponding Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 and 26(f) dates accordingly) be 

continued from February 17, 2010 and March 4, 2010, respectively, to March 24, 

2010, or as soon thereafter as the matters can be heard by this Court.

Dated: February 3, 2010 Proskauer LLP

By 

_________/S/___________________________

Nancy Sher Cohen

Attorneys for Defendant

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton

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