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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 15:2301 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND CERTAIN DISCOVERY DEADLINES

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Robert J. Giuffra, Jr. (pro hac vice)

Sharon L. Nelles (pro hac vice)

William B. Monahan (pro hac vice)

SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP

125 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

Telephone: (212) 558-4000

Facsimile: (212) 558-3588

Laura Kabler Oswell (State Bar No. 241281)

oswelll@sullcrom.com

SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP

1870 Embarcadero Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94303

Telephone: (650) 461-5600

Facsimile: (650) 461-5700

Co-Liaison Counsel for the Volkswagen Group Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE: VOLKSWAGEN “CLEAN DIESEL” 

MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES, AND 

PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

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This Document Relates to:

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MDL No. 2672 CRB (JSC)

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO EXTEND CERTAIN 

DISCOVERY DEADLINES

The Honorable Charles R. Breyer

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WHEREAS, on February 25, 2016, the Court entered Pre-Trial Order No. 9 

(Docket No. 1252), which, in Paragraph 4(B), requires the exchange of Rule 26 initial 

disclosures on or before April 6, 2016;

WHEREAS, the Volkswagen Group and Porsche Defendants and the Plaintiffs’ 

Steering Committee have agreed that the deadline for serving Rule 26 initial disclosures as 

between them will be April 15, 2016;

WHEREAS, the Volkswagen Group Defendants and Plaintiff the Federal Trade 

Commission (the “FTC”) have agreed that the deadline for serving Rule 26 initial disclosures as 

between them will be April 8, 2016;

WHEREAS, Pre-Trial Order No. 9, in Paragraph 4(E)(ii), requires Defendants’ 

written responses and objections to requests for the production of documents to be served within 

45 days after service of such requests;

WHEREAS, the Volkswagen Group and Porsche Defendants and the Plaintiffs’ 

Steering Committee have agreed to extend the deadline for the Volkswagen Group and Porsche 

Defendants to serve written responses and objections to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee’s 

pending document requests by nine days; and

WHEREAS, no previous request for an extension of these deadlines has been 

sought.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and 

among the parties, that:

1. The Volkswagen Group and Porsche Defendants shall serve Rule 26 initial 

disclosures on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, and the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee shall 

serve their Rule 26 initial disclosures, by April 15, 2016.

2. The Volkswagen Group Defendants shall serve Rule 26 initial disclosures 

on the FTC, and the FTC shall serve their Rule 26 initial disclosures, by April 8, 2016.

3. The Volkswagen Group and Porsche Defendants shall have an additional 

nine days to serve their written responses and objections to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee’s 

pending document requests.

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Dated: April 7, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Elizabeth J. Cabraser (with permission)

Elizabeth J. Cabraser

LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN &

BERNSTEIN, LLP

275 Battery Street, 29th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339

Telephone: 415.956.1000

Facsimile: 415.956.1008

E-mail: ecabraser@lchb.com

Plaintiffs’ Lead Counsel

Dated: April 7, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Robert J. Giuffra, Jr.

Robert J. Giuffra, Jr.

giuffrar@sullcrom.com

Sharon L. Nelles

nelless@sullcrom.com

William B. Monahan

monahanw@sullcrom.com

SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP

125 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

Telephone: (212) 558-4000

Facsimile: (212) 558-3588

Laura Kabler Oswell

oswelll@sullcrom.com

SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP

1870 Embarcadero Road 

Palo Alto, California 94303

Telephone: (650) 461-5600

Facsimile: (650) 461-5700

Co-Liaison Counsel for the Volkswagen 

Group Defendants

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Dated: April 7, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Cari K. Dawson (with permission)

Cari K. Dawson

ALSTON & BIRD LLP

One Atlantic Center

1201 West Peachtree Street

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

Telephone: (404) 881-7766

cari.dawson@alston.com

Liaison Counsel for Porsche Cars North 

America, Inc.

Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Jonathan Cohen (with permission)

Jonathan Cohen (jcohen2@ftc.gov)

Michelle L. Schaeffer (mschaefer@ftc.gov)

Sangjoon “Simon” Han (shan@ftc.gov)

Megan A. Bartley (mbartley@ftc.gov)

Federal Trade Commission

600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, CC-9528

Washington, DC 20580

(202) 326-2551 (Cohen); -3515 (Schaefer); -

2880 (Kostner); -2495 (Han); -3424 (Bartley); 

-3197 (fax)

Attorneys for Plaintiff Federal Trade 

Commission

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: ___________, 2016. _______________________________________ CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

April 7

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ATTESTATION (CIVIL LOCAL RULE 5-1(i)(3))

In accordance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I attest that concurrence in the 

filing of this document has been obtained from the signatories.

Dated: April 6, 2016 SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP

/s/ Laura Kabler Oswell

Laura Kabler Oswell

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