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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 05:704 Labor Litigation

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER, CASE NO. CV 09-4926 (TEH) 

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Crutcher LLP 

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

CHRISTOPHER MARTIN, SBN 82456 

CJMartin@gibsondunn.com 

RACHEL S. BRASS, SBN 219301 

RBrass@gibsondunn.com 

555 Mission Street 

Suite 3000 

San Francisco, California 94105-2933 

Telephone: (415) 393-8200 

Facsimile: (415) 393-8306 

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

JESSE A. CRIPPS, JR., SBN 22285 

jcripps@gibsondunn.com 

333 South Grand Avenue 

Los Angeles, California 90071 

Telephone: (213) 229-7000 

Facsimile: (213) 229-7520 

Attorneys for Defendant 

WEIGHT WATCHERS NORTH AMERICA, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ELAINE SABATINO, individually and on behalf 

of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

 v. 

WEIGHT WATCHERS NORTH AMERICA, 

INC., and DOES 1 through 100, 

Defendant. 

CASE NO. CV 09-4926 TEH 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER 

Date: February 1, 2010 

Time: 1:30 p.m. 

Courtroom: 12 

Judge: The Honorable Thelton E. Henderson 

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WHEREAS, on October 16, 2009, the above captioned matter was removed to this Court by 

defendant Weight Watchers North America (“WWNA”); 

WHEREAS, upon WWNA’s removal, this Court ordered an Initial Case Management 

Conference for February 1, 2010, and ordered the parties to submit a joint case management 

statement by January 25, 2010. The Court further ordered the parties to meet and confer regarding 

26(f) disclosures, ADR, and the discovery plan, and to file an ADR Certification by January 11, 

2010; 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred regarding the matters set forth in Rule 

26(f)(2)-(3) as required by Rule 26(f)(1); 

WHEREAS, in their discussions, the parties discussed types of documents and data to be 

produced in connection with their initial disclosures and/or in response to Plaintiff’s initial 

interrogatories and requests for inspection of documents; 

WHEREAS, to the extent a dispute arose regarding Plaintiff Elaine Sabatino’s request for 

WWNA to disclose and produce the names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses for all 

members of the proposed class pleaded in the Complaint in this action, the parties have resolved that 

dispute in the JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE DISCLOSURE OF 

PUTATIVE CLASS MEMBERS’ IDENTITIES, filed concurrently herewith; 

WHEREAS, counsel for WWNA has explained to counsel for Plaintiff Sabatino that the 

nature of the Weight Watchers business creates an annual spike in business and related demands in 

December and January each year; 

WHEREAS, to accommodate those demands, and to further the parties ability to review the 

initial disclosures and prepare a case schedule and discovery plan that reflects that information, and 

expedite the litigation while reducing unnecessary burden on either party; 

The parties hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

(i) The Case Management Conference scheduled for February 1, 2010 is continued to 

March 22, 2010. 

(ii) The parties shall submit a joint case management statement by March 8, 2010. 

(iii) The parties shall file an ADR Certification as ordered, by January 11, 2010. 

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(iv) Upon its approval by this Court, the parties shall implement the procedure contained 

in the JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE DISCLOSURE OF PUTATIVE 

CLASS MEMBERS’ IDENTITIES, filed contemporaneously herewith. 

(v) The parties shall submit to this Court a [proposed] Stipulated Protective Order by 

February 15, 2010. 

(vi) The parties shall make initial disclosures by March 15, 2010. 

(vii) The procedure for determining whether or not to certify a class action in this case shall 

be a motion for class certification to be filed by Plaintiff according to a schedule to be agreed upon 

and/or ordered by the Court. WWNA shall not file any preemptive motion on the issue of whether or 

not the case is appropriate for class certification. 

(viii) The parties may conduct discovery prior to the Case Management Conference as 

provided by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(d). 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: January 7, 2010 RUDY, EXELROD, ZIEFF & LOWE, L.L.P. 

STEVEN G. ZIEFF 

KENNETH J. SUGARMAN 

By: s/Kenneth J. Sugarman 

Kenneth J. Sugarman 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ELAINE SABATINO 

DATED: January 7, 2010 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

 CHRISTOPHER J. MARTIN 

RACHEL S. BRASS 

JESSE A. CRIPPS 

By: s/Christopher J. Martin 

Christopher J. Martin 

Attorneys for Defendant 

WEIGHT WATCHERS NORTH AMERICA, INC. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ____________, 2010 _______________________________________ 

 The Honorable Thelton E. Henderson 

 United States District Court 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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