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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:53(b) - Prelim &amp; Perm Inj Relief &amp; other Equitable Relief

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

DIRECTV,

 a corporation, 

and 

 

DIRECTV, LLC, 

 a limited liability company, 

 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 15-cv-01129-HSG 

Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

STIPULATED MOTION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND 

DISCOVERY DEADLINES 

Eric D. Edmondson, D.C. Bar No. 450294 

Erika Wodinsky, Cal. Bar No. 091700 

Jacob A. Snow, Cal. Bar No. 270988 

Boris Yankilovich, Cal Bar No. 257887 

901 Market Street, Suite 570, 

San Francisco, CA 94103 

(415) 848-5100 / (415) 848-5184 (fax) 

eedmondson@ftc.gov; ewodinsky@ftc.gov; 

jsnow@ftc.gov; byankilovich@ftc.gov 

Raymond E. McKown, Cal. Bar No. 150975 

Stacy Procter, Cal. Bar No. 221078 

Kenneth H. Abbe, Cal. Bar No. 172416 

10877 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700 

Los Angeles, CA 90024 

(310) 824-4343 / (310) 824-4380 (fax) 

rmckown@ftc.gov; sprocter@ftc.gov; 

kabbe@ftc.gov 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Federal Trade Commission 

Chad S. Hummel, SBN 139055 

chummel@sidley.com 

Clayton S. Friedman, SBN 245513 

cfriedman@sidley.com 

Mark D. Campbell, SBN 180528 

mcampbell@sidley.com 

Michael Yaghi, SBN 202720 

myaghi@sidley.com 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

1999 Avenue of the Stars, 17th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90067 

Telephone: (310) 595-2600 

Facsimile: (310) 595-2601 

Ryan M. Sandrock, SBN 251781 

rsandrock@sidley.com 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

555 California Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 722-1200 

Facsimile: (415)772-7400 

Attorneys for Defendants 

DIRECTV and DIRECTV, LLC 

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Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Defendants DIRECTV and DIRECTV, 

LLC (collectively, “DIRECTV”), jointly move the Court to extend the discovery deadlines in 

this matter in order to allow the parties sufficient time to complete fact discovery. The parties’ 

proposed revised schedule would not alter the current dates for summary judgment or trial. 

I. The Parties’ Proposed Schedule 

The parties jointly propose the following revisions to the current case schedule (Dkt. No. 

138) in order to allow sufficient time to complete a number of outstanding depositions and to 

review recently produced and soon-to-be produced materials. This proposal continues the 

deadline for fact discovery by three weeks, extends expert discovery by two weeks, and moves 

the settlement conference to December 5, 2016, or as soon thereafter as practicable for Judge 

Spero. (See Dkt. No. 140.) 

Current Schedule 

(Dkt. No. 138) The Parties’ Proposal

Fact Discovery Closes July 22, 2016 Aug. 12, 2016

Opening Expert Reports Sept. 2, 2016 Sept. 16, 2016

MSJ Filing Sept. 22, 2016 No Change

Rebuttal Expert Reports Sept. 30, 2016 Oct. 13, 2016

MSJ Opposition Oct. 6, 2016 No Change

MSJ Reply Oct. 13, 2016 No Change

Reply Expert Reports Oct. 21, 2016 Nov. 4, 2016

MSJ Hearing Date Oct. 27, 2016 No Change

Expert Discovery Close Nov. 10, 2016 Nov. 23, 2016

Settlement Conference Nov. 18, 2016 Dec. 5, 2016 

Pretrial Conference Jan. 17, 2017 No Change

Bench Trial Date Jan. 30, 2017 No Change

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II. Discovery Taken to Date. 

The parties have conducted considerable discovery to date:

 The FTC has produced over 133,000 pages of documents and DIRECTV has produced 

over 384,302 pages of documents, plus an additional 1,829 audio files.

 The FTC has sought documents from 22 third parties, including DIRECTV’s 

telemarketers, dealers, advertising agencies, and market research vendors; those 

companies have made substantial productions, with some productions ongoing. 

 The parties have taken 29 depositions, and have noticed an additional nine depositions of 

individuals and corporate designees.

 The parties have brought 16 letter briefs to Judge James (Dkt. Nos. 56, 66, 70, 82, 89, 

106, 107, 113, 121, 127, 130, 142, 146, 148, 149 and 152.)

III. Reasons for the Proposed Extension. 

The parties are requesting this extension of discovery deadlines for three principal 

reasons. First, due to the unavailability of some witnesses, several depositions cannot be 

completed by July 22. Second, DIRECTV has produced a large volume of material over the past 

three weeks, including 1,829 recordings of sales calls. Third, several third parties have expressed 

an intention to produce additional documents to the FTC. The FTC needs a modest amount of 

additional time to complete its review of these recent and expected productions prior to the 

commencement of expert discovery, and both parties need time to complete noticed depositions. 

*** 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED BY AND BETWEEN THE 

PARTIES through their respective attorneys of record as follows:

WHEREAS, the parties require additional time to resolve discovery disputes and 

conclude the necessary discovery, 

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THEREFORE, the parties have stipulated and agreed, and do hereby respectfully request 

that the Court extend discovery deadlines and set the following deadlines: 

Fact Discovery Closes Aug. 12, 2016

Opening Expert Reports Sept. 16, 2016

MSJ Filing Sept. 22, 2016

MSJ Opposition Oct. 6, 2016

Rebuttal Expert Reports Oct. 13, 2016

MSJ Reply Oct. 13, 2016

MSJ Hearing Date Oct. 27, 2016

Reply Expert Reports Nov. 4, 2016

Expert Discovery Close Nov. 23, 2016

Settlement Conference Dec. 5, 2016

Pretrial Conference Jan. 17, 2017

Bench Trial Date Jan. 30, 2017

SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: July 15, 2016 /s/ Eric D. Edmondson 

Eric D. Edmondson 

Counsel for Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission 

Dated: July 15, 2016 /s/ Chad S. Hummel 

Chad S. Hummel 

Counsel for Defendants DIRECTV and 

DIRECTV, LLC 

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Attestation pursuant to Local Rule 5.1(i)(3) 

Pursuant to Local Rule 5.1(i)(3) , I attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been 

obtained from all Signatories to this document. 

/s/ Eric D. Edmondson 

Eric D. Edmondson 

Counsel for Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _______________________ ___________________________________ 

 HON. HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. 

 United States District Judge 

7/19/2016

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