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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Labor/Mgmnt. Relations

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Case No. 2:08-cv-00965 LKK/GGH 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAMUEL BRANDON KRESS, LAC ANH 

LE, JASON PATTERSON, LAUREN 

SAN MATEO, JAMES STEKELBERG, 

JEFFREY LABERGE, WILLOW 

MARKHAM, DANA BLINDBURY, 

JESSE KENNY, KELLY C. JONES, 

RICARDO OCHOA and ANTOINE 

POWELL, on behalf of themselves and all 

others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs. 

v. 

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 2:08-cv-00965 LKK/GGH 

ORDER 

This is a wage and hour action arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. section 

201 et seq. (FLSA), and under California labor laws. On June 2, 2010, the Court issued an Order 

granting a stipulation between Plaintiffs Samuel Brandon Kress, Lac Anh Le, Jason Patterson, 

Lauren San Mateo, James Stekelberg, Jeffrey LaBerge, Willow Markham, Dana Blindbury, Jesse 

Kenny, Kelly C. Jones, and Antoine Powell (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and Defendant 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) (together, “the parties”) regarding conditional collective 

certification of three groups of current and/or former PwC employees under 29 U.S.C. § 216(b) for 

purposes of FLSA claims brought by Plaintiffs. The conditionally certified groups consist of all 

current and former employees of PwC who, at any time between December 11, 2005 and the present, 

(a) were employed by PwC in the position of Associate in the Disputes, Analysis and Investigations 

(“DA&I”) group of PwC’s Advisory line of service, the Threat and Vulnerability Management 

(“TVM”) group of PwC’s Advisory line of service, and/or the Tax Projects Delivery Group 

(“TPDG”) of PwC’s Tax line of service in the United States at any point from December 11, 2005 to 

the present; and (b) were not licensed as Certified Public Accountants (“CPAs”) during some or all 

of the time they worked in any of these positions (the “Stipulated Tax and Advisory Groups”). 

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The Court granted the parties fifteen (15) days in which to submit a joint proposal for notice 

to the Stipulated Tax and Advisory Groups. The parties have reached an agreement and submitted a 

joint proposal to the Court on June 17, 2010 (Doc. No. 149). Accordingly, the court APPROVES

the parties’ notice to the Stipulated Tax and Advisory Groups and Consent to Become a Party 

Plaintiff forms. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 DATED: July 21, 2010 

 

 

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