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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

Case No: 3:17-cv-04915-SK

JOHN T. MULLAN (SBN 221149)

E-mail jtm@rezlaw.com

CHAYA M. MANDELBAUM (SBN 239084)

E-mail cmm@rezlaw.com

MEGHAN F. LOISEL (SBN 291400)

E-mail mfl@rezlaw.com

RUDY, EXELROD, ZIEFF & LOWE, L.L.P.

351 California Street, Suite 700

San Francisco, CA 94104

T: (415) 434-9800 / F: (415) 434-0513

JAMES M. FINBERG (SBN 114850)

E-mail jfinberg@altshulerberzon.com

EILEEN B. GOLDSMITH (SBN 218029)

E-mail egoldsmith@altshulerberzon.com

MEREDITH A. JOHNSON (SBN 291018)

E-mail mjohnson@altshulerberzon.com

ALTSHULER BERZON LLP

177 Post Street, Suite 300

San Francisco, CA 94108

T: (415) 421-7151 / F: (415) 362-8064

Attorneys for Plaintiff, DAVID MCDONALD,

on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

Attorneys for Defendants listed on following 

page,

DAVID MCDONALD, on behalf of himself 

and all others similarly situated,

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JOINT STIPULATION AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER FOR LEAVE 

TO FILE SECOND AMENDED 

COMPLAINT

Plaintiff,

v.

CP OPCO, LLC, dba CLASSIC PARTY 

RENTALS; APOLLO GLOBAL 

MANAGEMENT, LLC; INSPERITY PEO 

SERVICES, L.P.; and DOES 1-20,

Complaint Filed:

Trial Date:

8-24-2017

None Set

Defendants.

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BORIS SORSHER, SBN 251718

E-Mail bsorsher@fisherphillips.com

CHRISTOPHER M. AHEARN, SBN 239089

E-Mail cahearn@fisherphillips.com

FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP

2050 Main Street, Suite 1000

Irvine, California 92614

Telephone: (949) 851-2424

Facsimile: (949) 851-0152

Attorneys for Defendant INSPERITY PEO SERVICES, L.P.

ANDREW J. EHRLICH

aehrlich@paulweiss.com

GREGORY F. LAUFER

glaufer@paulweiss.com

PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON &

GARRISON LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6064

Telephone: (212) 373-3000

Attorneys for Defendant, APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

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Plaintiff DAVID MCDONALD and Defendants INSPERITY PEO SERVICES, 

L.P.(hereinafter, “Insperity”) and APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, LLC (hereinafter, 

“Apollo”) (hereinafter collectively, the “Parties”) hereby stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS, this putative class action was initiated on August 24, 2017, when Plaintiff

filed the Class Action Complaint;

WHEREAS, the case was assigned to the Honorable Sallie Kim;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed the First Amended Complaint on September 14, 2017;

WHEREAS, Defendant Insperity filed its Answer to the First Amended Complaint on 

October 10, 2017;

WHEREAS, Defendant CP OpCo, LLC, doing business as Classic Party Rentals failed to 

respond to the First Amended Complaint, and default was entered as to Defendant CP OpCo, LLC, 

doing business as Classic Party Rentals on October 23, 2017;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Rule 12(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 

Apollo originally had until October 10, 2017 to file a response to the First Amended Complaint;

WHEREAS, the Parties previously stipulated on October 10, 2017 that Apollo would 

have an additional twenty (20) days to respond to the Complaint, until October 30, 2017;

WHEREAS, the Parties subsequently stipulated that Apollo would have an additional 

three (3) weeks in which to respond to the Complaint, until November 20, 2017, because it was

Apollo’s position that the three additional weeks were necessary in order to provide Apollo with 

sufficient time to provide additional information to Plaintiff in connection with Plaintiff’s claims;

and

WHEREAS, Apollo has now provided Plaintiff with additional information;

NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and agree that:

(a) Plaintiff should have leave to file a Second Amended Complaint in this lawsuit for 

purposes of adding additional parties. There are no other changes to the complaint. 

A copy of the proposed Second Amended Complaint is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

(b) Neither Apollo nor Insperity nor any of their affiliates shall be deemed to have 

waived any rights, remedies or defenses (including without limitation the right to 

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object to the inclusion of any party as a defendant in this lawsuit) as a result of 

having (i) provided additional information to Plaintiff in connection with Plaintiff’s 

claims or (ii) agreed that Plaintiff should have leave to file a Second Amended 

Complaint in this lawsuit.

(c) Apollo and any parties added as defendants in the Second Amended Complaint will 

have an additional thirty (30) days to respond to the complaint.

Dated: November 20, 2017 Respectfully submitted,

RUDY, EXELROD, ZIEFF & LOWE, L.L.P.

By: /s/ John T. Mullan

JOHN T. MULLAN

CHAYA MANDELBAUM

MEGHAN F. LOISEL

ALTSHULER BERZON

JAMES M. FINBERG

EILEEN B. GOLDSMITH

MEREDITH A. JOHNSON

Attorneys for Plaintiff

DAVID MCDONALD, on behalf of 

himself and all others similarly situated

Dated: November 20, 2017 Respectfully submitted,

PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & 

GARRISON LLP

By: /s/ Gregory F. Laufer

ANDREW J. EHRLICH (appearing pro 

hac vice)

GREGORY F. LAUFER (appearing pro 

hac vice)

Attorneys for Defendant

APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, 

LLC

Dated: November 20, 2017 Respectfully submitted,

FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP

By: /s/ Christopher M. Ahearn

BORIS SORSHER

CHRISTOPHER M. AHEARN

Attorneys for Defendant

INSPERITY PEO SERVICES, L.P. 

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Attestation of Consent to File

Pursuant to Rule 5-1(i)(3) of the local rules of this Court, I, John T. Mullan, hereby attest 

that I obtained concurrence in the filing of this document from each of the other signatories listed 

above.

By: /s/ John T. Mullan

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ORDER

Plaintiff is hereby granted leave to file a Second Amended Complaint in this lawsuit for 

purposes of adding Apollo Centre Street Partnership, L.P.; Apollo Franklin Partnership, L.P.; 

Apollo Credit Opportunity Fund III AIV I, LP; Apollo SK Strategic Investments, L.P.; Apollo 

Special Opportunities Managed Account, L.P.; and Apollo Zeus Strategic Investments, L.P. as 

Defendants in this matter. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: ___________, 2017 _____________________________

Hon. Sallie Kim

United States Magistrate Judge

November 27, 2017

Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

United States District Judge

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