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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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Case No. C-05-5363-WHA 

LEGAL_US_W # 53189265.1

STIPULATION TO FILE AMENDED ANSWER OF BANC 

OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC. 

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

M. KIRBY C. WILCOX (SB# 78576) 

55 Second Street 

Twenty-Fourth Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 856-7002 

Facsimile: (415) 756-7100 

kirbywilcox@paulhastings.com 

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

STEPHEN P. SONNENBERG (SB# 164881)

MARIA A. AUDERO (SB# 210141) 

STEVE Y. CHU (SB# 238155)

515 South Flower Street 

Twenty-Fifth Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2228 

Telephone: (213) 683-6000 

Facsimile: (213) 627-0705 

stephensonnenberg@paulhastings.com

mariaaudero@paulhastings.com 

stevechu@paulhastings.com 

Attorneys for Defendant

BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

WILLIAM J. BETTIS, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs,

vs.

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES, 

LLC; BANC OF AMERICA 

INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.; and 

DOES 2 through 50, inclusive, 

Defendants.

CASE NO. C-05-5363-WHA 

STIPULATION TO FILE AMENDED 

ANSWER OF BANC OF AMERICA 

INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC. TO 

PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON 

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Case No. 

LEGAL_US_W # 53189265.1

-2- STIPULATION TO FILE AMENDED ANSWER OF BANC 

OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC. 

THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE AND REQUEST AN ORDER, through 

their respective attorneys of record, as follows: 

 1. On December 23, 2005, Bank of America Investment Services, Inc. (“BAIS”) filed 

its Answer to Plaintiffs Unverified Complaint in the Superior Court for the County of San 

Francisco.

 2. On December 27, 2005, BAIS removed the instant matter to the United States 

District Court for the Northern District of California and attached said Answer as Exhibit B of its 

Notice of Removal. 

 3. On or about January 9, 2006, upon further consideration of the Affirmative 

Defenses it asserted in its Answer, BAIS decided to withdraw its Sixth, Tenth, Fourteenth, ThirtySecond, and Thirty-Third Affirmative Defenses, and to modify its Nineteenth Affirmative 

Defense.

 4. In light of this decision, BAIS requests to file an Amended Answer in this matter 

to make the revisions set forth in Paragraph 3 above. In addition to these revisions, BAIS will 

also revise its Answer to provide specific denials, rather than the general denial permitted in state 

court. A copy of the proposed Amended Answer is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

 5. The Amended Answer clarifies certain legal defenses only to conform to the facts 

of this case.

 6. The Amended Answer does not add any defense that would cause the need for 

additional discovery and, in any event, the parties have not yet commenced discovery. 

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Case No. 

LEGAL_US_W # 53189265.1

-3- STIPULATION TO FILE AMENDED ANSWER OF BANC 

OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC. 

 7. The parties hereby stipulate and agree to allow BAIS to file the Amended Answer 

in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A no later than March 17, 2006. 

DATED: March _____, 2006 DOSTART CLAPP GORDON & COVENEY, LLP 

JAMES F. CLAPP 

J. KIRK DONNELLY 

MARITA MURPHY LAUINGER 

By:

JAMES F. CLAPP 

Attorneys for Representative Plaintiff 

WILLIAM J. BETTIS 

DATED: March 8, 2006 PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

M. KIRBY C. WILCOX 

STEPHEN P. SONNENBERG 

MARIA A. AUDERO 

STEVE Y. CHU 

By: /s/ 

MARIA A. AUDERO 

Attorneys for Defendant

BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC. 

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Case No. 

LEGAL_US_W # 53189265.1

-4- STIPULATION TO FILE AMENDED ANSWER OF BANC 

OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC. 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

 The Court has reviewed the instant Stipulation to File Amended Answer of Banc of 

America Investment Services, Inc. as a proper disposition of this matter. Therefore, 

 FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, this Stipulation to File Amended Answer of Banc of 

America Investment Services, Inc. is hereby granted and it is ordered that BAIS has until March 

17, 2006 in which to file its Amended Answer. 

DATED: _____________________ ________________________________________ 

 The Honorable William H. Alsup 

 U.S. District Court 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

APPROVED

Judge William H. Alsup

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