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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE No. 5:15-cv-00819-NC

FENWICK 

&

WEST LLP

ATTO RN EY S AT LAW

MOUN TAI N VI EW 

RODGER R. COLE (CSB No. 178865)

rcole@fenwick.com 

FENWICK & WEST LLP

Silicon Valley Center

801 California Street

Mountain View, CA 94041

Telephone: 650.988.8500

Facsimile: 650.938.5200

Attorneys for Defendant Superfish, Inc.

Additional counsel listed on signature page

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

DAVID HUNTER, individually, and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff,

v.

LENOVO (UNITED STATES), INC., a 

Delaware corporation, and SUPERFISH, INC., a 

Delaware corporation,

Defendants.

Case No.: 5:15-cv-00819-50:

STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE 

OF TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO 

RESPOND TO COMPLAINT AND 

[] ORDER

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STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE 2 No. 5:15-cv-00819-NC

FENWICK &

WEST LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

MOUNTAI N VIEW

WHEREAS the above-referenced Plaintiff filed the above-captioned case; 

WHEREAS 21 other complaints have been filed to-date in federal district courts 

throughout the United States by Plaintiffs purporting to bring consumer class actions on behalf of 

purchasers of computers manufactured by Defendant Lenovo (United States), Inc. (“Lenovo”) 

containing software manufactured by Defendant Superfish, Inc. (“Superfish”) (collectively, 

including the above-captioned matter, the “In re Lenovo Adware Litig. cases”); 

WHEREAS a motion is pending before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation 

(“JPML”) to transfer the In re Lenovo Adware Litig. cases for coordinated and consolidated 

pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 (“MDL Motion”), and has not yet been set 

for hearing before the JPML;

WHEREAS the MDL Motion is not on the docket for the JPML’s upcoming hearing 

session, scheduled for March 26, 2015, and the next hearing session is scheduled for May 28, 

2015; 

WHEREAS the parties anticipate that one or more consolidated complaints will be filed 

following transfer and consolidation of the In re Lenovo Adware Litig. cases; 

WHEREAS Plaintiff and Defendants Superfish and Lenovo have agreed that an orderly

schedule for any response to the pleadings in the In re Lenovo Adware Litig. cases would be more 

efficient for the parties and for the Court; 

WHEREAS Plaintiff agrees that the deadline for Defendants Superfish and Lenovo to 

answer, move, or otherwise respond to his complaint shall be extended until forty-five days after 

the JPML issues an order deciding the MDL Motion, or as otherwise ordered by the MDL 

transferee Court if the MDL Motion is granted; 

WHEREAS Plaintiff and Defendants agree that preservation of evidence in the case is 

vital, that Defendants have received litigation hold letters, that they are complying with and will 

continue to comply with all of their evidence preservation obligations under governing law;

WHEREAS, in light of the pending MDL Motion, the parties have agreed that the parties’ 

obligations under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 16 and 26(f) and any other pending deadlines 

shall be stayed until further order from the Court or the MDL transferee Court if the MDL Motion 

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STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE 3 No. 5:15-cv-00819-NC

FENWICK &

WEST LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

MOUNTAI N VIEW

is granted; 

WHEREAS this Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by the parties of any of their 

respective claims, defenses or any other rights or positions they may have with respect to the 

same, including, with respect to Defendants, the defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction, lack of 

subject matter jurisdiction, improper venue, sufficiency of process or service of process; 

Now, therefore, pursuant to Local Rule 7-12, Plaintiff and Defendants, by and through 

their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. The deadline for Defendants Superfish and Lenovo to answer, move, or otherwise 

respond to the complaint shall be extended until forty-five days after the JPML issues an order 

deciding the MDL Motion, or as otherwise ordered by the MDL transferee Court if the MDL

Motion is granted;

2. The parties’ obligations under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 16 and 26(f) and 

any other pending deadlines—whether set by the Local Rules of this District, the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure, an order of this Court, or otherwise—shall be stayed until further order from the 

Court or the MDL transferee Court if the MDL Motion is granted. 

3. This Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by the parties of any of their 

respective claims, defenses or any other rights or positions they may have with respect to the 

same, including, with respect to Defendants, the defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction, lack of 

subject matter jurisdiction, improper venue, sufficiency of process, or service of process.

4. The parties agree that they are complying with and will continue to comply with 

all evidentiary preservation obligations under governing law. 

5. Nothing herein precludes any of the parties from moving to lift the stay prior to the 

extended deadlines requested herein.

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STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE 4 No. 5:15-cv-00819-NC

FENWICK &

WEST LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

MOUNTAI N VIEW

Dated: March 19, 2015 By: /s/ Rodger R. Cole

Rodger R. Cole (CSB No. 178865) 

rcole@fenwick.com 

FENWICK & WEST LLP 

801 California Street 

Mountain View, CA 94041 

Ph: (650) 988-8500 

Fax: (650) 938-5200 

Attorneys for Defendant Superfish, Inc.

 By: /s/ Rafey S. Balabanian

Rafey S. Balabanian (PRO HAC VICE)

rbalabanian@edelson.com 

Benjamin H. Richman (PRO HAC VICE)

brichman@edelson.com

J. Dominick Larry (PRO HAC VICE)

nlarry@edelson.com

EDELSON PC 

350 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1300 

Chicago, Illinois 60654 

Tel: 312.589.6370 

Fax: 312.589.6378

Samuel M. Lasser (SBN – 252754) 

slasser@edelson.com

EDELSON PC 

1934 Divisadero Street 

San Francisco, California 94115 

Tel: 415.994.9930 

Fax: 415.776.8047 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff David Hunter

 By: /s/ Daniel J. Stephenson

Daniel J. Stephenson

DYKEMA GOSSETT LLP 

333 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2100 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Phone: (213) 457-1800 

Fax: (213) 457-1850 

dstephenson@dykema.com

Attorneys for Defendant Lenovo (United States), Inc.

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STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE 5 No. 5:15-cv-00819-NC

FENWICK 

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ATTO RN EY S AT LAW

MOUN TAI N VI EW 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 

Honorable 5RQDOG0:K\WH

United States 'LVWULFW Judge 

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