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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 AND ] ORDER 

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JONATHAN K. LEVINE (SBN: 220289) 

ELIZABETH C. PRITZKER (SBN: 146267) 

SHIHO YAMAMOTO (SBN: 264741) 

PRITZKER LEVINE LLP 

180 Grand Avenue, Suite 1390 

Oakland, California 94612 

Telephone: (415) 692-0772 

Facsimile: (415) 366-6110 

Email: jkl@pritzkerlevine.com; 

ecp@pritzkerlevine.com; 

sy@pritzkerlevine.com

Counsel for Plaintiff Sterling 

International Consulting Group 

[Additional Counsel Appear on Signature Page] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STERLING INTERNATIONAL 

CONSULTING GROUP, on behalf of itself 

and all others similarly situated,

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC., 

LENOVO GROUP LIMITED, and 

SUPERFISH INC.,

 Defendants.

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This document also relates to:

CHRISTOPHER HALL, MATTHEW

KELSO, MICHAEL MORICI, JAYNE

COSTANZO, RYAN BAUMGARTNER,

LAURA BURNS, THOMAS CARNEY,

BEATRIZ DAVIS, DENNIS HASTY,

WENDY DURAN and GABE DURAN, 

individually, and on behalf of all others 

similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

LENOVO (UNITED STATES), INC., 

LENOVO GROUP LIMITED and 

SUPERFISH, INC., 

Defendants.

Case No. 5:15-cv-00964-RMW

This document also relates to:

RHONDA ESTRELLA, SONIA FEREZAN, 

JOHN WHITTLE, and ALAN WOYT on 

behalf of themselves and all others similarly 

situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

LENOVO (UNITED STATES), INC. and 

SUPERFISH, INC., 

Defendants.

Case No. 5:15-cv-01044-RMW

This document also relates to: 

KEN MARTINI, individually and on behalf 

of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

LENOVO (UNITED STATES), Inc. 

and SUPERFISH, INC., 

Defendants.

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Case No. 3:15-cv-01069-RMW

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This document also relates to: 

JGX, INC. d/b/a LEFTY O’DOUL’S’ 

individually and on behalf of a class of those 

similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v.

LENOVO GROUP LIMITED, LENOVO 

(UNITED STATES), INC., and 

SUPERFISH, INC., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 5:15-cv-01113-RMW

This document also relates to: 

STANLEY D. JOHNSON, individually and 

on behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

LENOVO (UNITED STATES), INC., 

LENOVO GROUP LIMITED, and 

SUPERFISH, INC., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 5:15-cv-01122-RMW

This document also relates to: 

MICHAEL SIMONOFF, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

LENOVO (UNITED STATES), INC., and 

SUPERFISH, INC., 

Defendants.

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This document also relates to: 

RUSSELL WOOD and THOMAS 

WILSON, individually and on behalf of all 

others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

LENOVO (UNITED STATES), INC., 

LENOVO HOLDING COMPANY, INC., 

LENOVO GROUP LIMITED, and 

SUPERFISH, INC., 

Defendants.

Case No. 5:15-cv-01166-RMW

This document also relates to: 

MICHELLE BEHREN and MARY JANE 

BARBOSA, individually and on behalf of all 

others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC. and 

SUPERFISH INC., 

Defendants.

Case No. 3:15-cv-01177-RMW

This document also relates to: 

ROBERT RAVENCAMP, on behalf of

Himself and all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

LENOVO (UNITED STATES), INC. and

SUPERFISH, INC.,

Defendants.

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This document also relates to: 

SUSAN WEBSTER SCHULTZ, on behalf of 

herself and all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

LENOVO GROUP LIMITED, LENOVO 

(UNITED STATES) INC. and SUPERFISH 

INC., 

Defendants.

Case No. 5:15-cv-01270-PSG

 

WHEREAS the above-referenced Plaintiffs filed the above-captioned cases; 

WHEREAS the Schultz action was filed after the third motion to relate was filed and 

has not yet been related to the other actions referenced above; 

WHEREAS ten other putative class actions complaints have been filed to-date in 

federal district courts throughout the United States by Plaintiffs asserting claims on behalf of 

purchasers of computers manufactured by Lenovo containing software manufactured by 

Defendant Superfish, Inc. (“Superfish”) (collectively, including the above-captioned matters, 

the “In re Lenovo Adware Litig. cases”); 

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

(“JPML”) to transfer and coordinate the In re Lenovo Adware Litig. cases for 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 parties uniformly support transfer and consolidation and disagree only 

on the issue of where the cases should be consolidated; 

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; 

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

filed in the In re Lenovo Adware Litig. cases; 

WHEREAS the above-referenced Plaintiffs and Defendants Superfish and Lenovo 

(United States) Inc. (“Lenovo”) have agreed that an orderly schedule for any response to the 

pleadings in the In re Lenovo Litig. cases would be more efficient for the parties and for the 

Court; 

WHEREAS the above-referenced Plaintiffs agree, subject to court approval, that the 

deadline for Defendants Superfish and Lenovo to answer or otherwise respond to their 

respective complaints 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, the above-referenced Plaintiffs and Defendants Superfish and Lenovo 

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 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, the above-referenced Plaintiffs and Defendants Superfish and Lenovo, 

by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. The Schultz action shall be related to the other above-referenced actions and 

transferred to this Court because it meets all of the criteria set forth in Civil L.R. 3-12 for a 

related case; 

2. The deadline for Defendants Superfish and Lenovo to answer or otherwise 

respond to any of the complaints in the above-referenced cases shall be extended until fortyfive 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; 

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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. 

Dated: March 24, 2015 Respectfully submitted, 

PRITZKER LEVINE LLP 

 By:_/s/ Jonathan K. Levine____________

 Jonathan K. Levine 

 

Elizabeth C. Pritzker

Shiho Yamamoto 

180 Grand Avenue, Suite 1390 

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: (415) 692-0772 

Facsimile: (415) 366-6110 

Email: jkl@pritzkerlevine.com; 

 ecp@pritzkerlevine.com 

 sy@pritzkerlevine.com 

 

Counsel for Plaintiff in Sterling v. Lenovo 

(United States) Inc., et al., Case No. 5:15-cv807-RMW 

KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER LLP 

Laurence D. King 

Linda Fong 

Mario Choi 

By: /s/ Laurence D. King___________ 

350 Sansome Street, Suite 400 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 772-4700 

Facsimile: (415) 772-4707 

lking@kaplanfox.com 

lfong@kaplanfox.com 

Counsel for Plaintiffs in Hall, et al. v. Lenovo 

(United States) Inc., et al., Case No. 5:15-cv964-RMW 

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GIRARD GIBBS LLP 

Daniel C. Girard

Eric H. Gibbs

Adam E. Polk 

By: /s/ Daniel C. Girard___________ 

601 California Street, Suite 1400 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 981-4800 

Facsimile: (415) 981-4846 

dcg@girardgibbs.com 

ehg@girardgibbs.com 

aep@girardgibbs.com 

Counsel for Plaintiffs in Estrella, et al. v. 

Lenovo (United States) Inc., et al., Case No. 

5:15-cv-1044-RMW 

COHELAN KHOURY & SINGER 

Timothy D. Cohelan 

Isam C. Khoury 

J. Jason Hill 

By: /s/ Timothy D. Cohelan__________ 

605 C Street, Suite 200 

San Diego, California 92101 

Telephone: (619) 595-3001 

Facsimile: (619) 595-3000 

tcohelan@ckslaw.com 

ikhoury@ckslaw.com 

jhill@ckslaw.com 

Counsel for Plaintiffs in Martini v. Lenovo 

(United States) Inc., et al., Case No. 4:15-cv1069-RMW 

COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, 

LLP

Steven N. Williams 

Matthew K. Edling 

By: /s/ Matthew K. Edling _________ 

San Francisco Airport Office Center 

840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200 

Burlingame, CA 94010 

Telephone: (650) 697-6000 

Facsimile: (650) 697-0577 

medling@cpmlegal.com 

Counsel for Plaintiff in JGX, Inc. v. Lenovo 

Group Limited, et al., Case No. 5:15-cv-1113-

RMW 

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FEDERMAN & SHERWOOD

William Federman

By: /s/ William Federman__________

10205 N. Pennsylvania Avenue

Oklahoma City, OK 73120

Telephone: (405) 235-1560

Facsimile: (405(239-2112

wbf@federmanlaw.com

Counsel for Plaintiffs in Johnson v. Lenovo 

(United States) Inc., et al., Case No. 5:15-cv1122-RMW 

SCHNEIDER WALLACE COTTRELL 

KONECKY WOTKYNS LLP

Todd M. Schneider

Mark T. Johnson

By: /s/ Todd M. Schneider 

180 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, California 94104

Telephone: (415) 421-7100

Facsimile: (415) 421-7105

tschneider@schneiderwallace.com

mjohnson@schneiderwallace.com

Counsel for Plaintiff in Simonoff v. Lenovo 

(United States) Inc., et al., Case No. 5:15-cv1125-RMW

WEITZ & LUXENBERG, P.C.

Robin L. Greenwald

James J. Bilsborrow

Christopher B. Dalbey

By: /s/ Christopher B. Dalbey____ 

700 Broadway

New York, NY 10003

Telephone: (212) 558-5500

Facsimile: (212) 344-5461

1880 Century Park East, Suite 700

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Telephone: (310) 247-0921

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Facsimile: (310) 786-9927 

cdalbey@weitzlux.com 

rgreenwald@weitzlux.com

jbilsborrow@weitzlux.com

Counsel for Plaintiffs in Wood, et al. v. 

Lenovo (United States) Inc., et al., Case No. 

5-15-cv-1166-RMW 

FARMER, JAFFE, WEISSING, 

EDWARDS, FISTOS & LEHRMAN, P.L. 

Seth M. Lehrman 

Steven R. Jaffe 

By: /s/ Steven R. Jaffe_________________ 

425 N. Andrews Ave., Suite 2 

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 

Telephone: (954) 524-2820 

Facsimile: (954) 524-2822 

seth@pathtojustice.com 

steve@pathtojustice.com 

 

Counsel for Plaintiff in Behren, et al. v. 

Lenovo (United States) Inc., et al., Case No. 

3:15-cv-1177-RMW 

STUEVE SIEGEL HANSON LLP 

Jason S. Hartley

By: /s/ Jason S. Hartley__________ 

550 West C Street, Suite 1750 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: (619) 400-5822 

Facsimile: (619) 400-5832 

hartley@stuevesiegel.com 

Counsel for Plaintiffs in Ravencamp v. 

Lenovo (United States) Inc., et al., Case No. 

3:15-cv-1206-RMW 

SAVERI & SAVERI, INC. 

R. Alexander Saveri 

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Cadio Zirpoli 

Carl N. Hammarskjold 

By: ___/s/ Cadio Zirpoli______________ 

706 Sansome Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 217-6810 

Facsimile: (415) 217-6813 

rick@saveri.com 

cadio@saveri.com 

carl@saveri.com 

Counsel for Plaintiffs in Schultz v. Lenovo 

Group Limited, et al., Case No. 5:15-cv1270-PSG

FENWICK & WEST LLP 

Tyler G. Newby (CSB No. 205790) 

By: /s/ Tyler G. Newby 

555 California Street, 12th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 875-2300 

Facsimile: (415) 281-1350 

Counsel for Defendant Superfish, Inc. 

DYKEMA GOSSETT LLP 

Daniel J. Stephenson 

By: /s/ Daniel J. Stephenson___________

333 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2100 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Phone: (213) 457-1800

Fax: (213) 457-1850

dstephenson@dykema.com 

Counsel for Defendant Lenovo (United States), 

Inc. 

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 ORDER 

Pursuant to Stipulation, it is SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ___________ ___________________________________

 HONORABLE RONALD M. WHYTE 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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