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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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Eugene E. Steams (Fla. Bar No. 0149335) 

[ admitted pro hac vice] 

esteams@steamsweaver.com 

Jason P. Hernandez (Cal. Bar No. 308959; Fla. 

Bar No. 18598) 

jhernandez@steamsweaver.com 

Matthew M. Graham (Fla. Bar No. 86764) 

[ admitted pro hac vice] 

mgraham@steamsweaver.com 

Giselle Gutierrez (Fla. Bar No. 100254) 

[ admitted pro hac vice] 

ggutierrez@steamsweaver.com 

Laura Farinas (Fla. Bar No. 0300939) 

[ admitted pro hac vice] 

lfarinas@steamsweaver.com 

STEARNS WEA VER MILLER 

WEISSLER ALHADEFF & SITTERSON, 

P.A. 

150 West Flagler Street, Suite 2200 

Miami, FL 33130 

Telephone: (305) 789-3200 

Facsimile: (305) 789-3395 

JONATHAN A. PATCHEN (SBN 237346) 

BAKER BOTTS, L.L.P. 

101 California Street, Suite 3600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 291-6200 

Facsimile: (415) 291-6300 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs JOHN E. ABDO, as 

Trustee of the JOHN E. ABDO TRUST 

DATED WNE 11, 2014, and JOHN E. ABDO, 

as Trustee of the JOHN E. ABDO TRUST 

DATED MARCH 15, 1976 

Rees F. Morgan (SBN 229899) 

rmorgan@coblentzlaw.com 

Stan Roman (SBN 87652) 

srornan@coblentzlaw.com 

Philip Miller (SBN 280537) 

pmiller@coblentzlaw.com 

COBLENTZ PATCH DUFFY & BASS LLP 

One Montgomery Street, Suite 3000 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 772-5799 

Facsimile: (415) 989-1663 

Attorneys for Plaintiff RISING TIDE I, LLC; 

RISING TIDE II, LLC 

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SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

Gregory A. Markel (GM 5626) 

gmarkel@seyfarth.com 

Heather E. Murray (NY Bar No. 5287099) 

[ admitted pro hac vice] 

hmurray@seyfarth.com 

620 Eighth A venue 

New York, New York 10018 

Telephone: (212) 218-5500 

Facsimile: (212) 218-5526 

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

Giovanna A. Ferrari (SBN 229871) 

gferrari@seyfarth.com 

560 Mission Street, Suite 3100 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 397-2823 

Facsimile: (415) 397-8549 

Attorneys for Defendants MICHAEL R. 

FITZSIMMONS, PETER LAI, 

CHRISTOPHER G. POWER, PETER J. 

GOETNER, CHRISTIAN BORCHER, 

ERNEST D. DEL, MARC S. YI, JAMES C. 

PETERS, and SOUHEIL S. BADRAN 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING ALL DEADLINES 

Case Nos. 17-cv-00851-TSH; 17-cv-01232-TSH 

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Plaintiffs, 

MICHAEL FITZSIMMONS; PETER LAI; 

CHRIS G. POWER; PETER J. GOETTNER; 

16 CHRISTIAN BORCHER; ERNEST D. DEL; 

MARC S. YI; JAMES C. PETERS; AND 

SOUHEIL S. BADRAN, 

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18 Defendants. 

19 JOHN E. ABDO, as Trustee of the JOHN E. 

ABDO TRUST DATED JUNE 11, 2014, and 

20 JOHN E. ABDO, as Trustee of the JOHN E. 

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ABDO TRUST DATED MARCH 15, 1976, 

Plaintiffs, 

V. 

MICHAEL FITZSIMMONS; PETER LAI; 

CHRIS G. POWER; PETER J. GOETTNER; 

CHRISTIAN BORCHER; ERNEST D. DEL; 

MARC S. YI; JAMES C. PETERS; AND 

SOUHEIL S. BADRAN, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. 17-cv-00851-TSH 

Case No. 17-cv-01232-TSH 

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

CONTINUING ALL DEADLINES 

Trial Date: August 31, 2020 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING ALL DEADLINES 

Case Nos. 17-cv-00851-TSH; 17-cv-01232-TSH 

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2 Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(l) and Civil L.R. 6-1, 6-2, and 7-12, the parties 

3 ("Parties") in related case numbers 17-cv-00851-TSH and 17-cv-01232-TSH hereby submit, for 

4 the Court's consideration and approval, this Joint Stipulation and Order Continuing Certain 

5 Deadlines as follows: 

6 WHEREAS, the deadline for disclosure of expert witnesses is March 16, 2020; 

7 WHEREAS, due to a ransomware attack on the vendor that hosts both Plaintiffs' case 

8 documents, Plaintiffs have been unable to use their document management platform to access 

9 documents and materials needed for their expert reports; 

10 WHEREAS, the vendor has estimated that restoring access to Plaintiffs' documents and 

11 materials could take up to two weeks from March 4, 2020; 

12 WHEREAS, while the vendor is working to restore Plaintiffs' access, Plaintiffs are 

13 working diligently to find alternative means to access the documents and materials needed for its 

14 expert reports; 

15 WHEREAS, due to the aforementioned circumstances and given the additional time 

16 needed to complete expert disclosures, the Parties agree and stipulate to a three-week extension 

17 for the deadline for expert disclosures; 

18 WHEREAS, to ensure the full and complete presentation of all relevant issues to this 

19 Court, the Parties understand that a three-week extension of expert disclosures would also 

20 require a continuance of all other deadlines, including the trial date, and the Parties agree and 

21 stipulate to continue trial and all associated deadlines by approximately three weeks; 

22 WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed on the schedule below and respectfully request that 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING ALL DEADLINES 

Case Nos. 17-cv-00851-TSH; 17-cv-01232-TSH 

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Event 

Disclosure of Expert Witnesses 

Disclosure of Rebuttal Expert Witnesses 

Close of Expert Discovery 

Deadline to file Dispositive Motions 

Deadline to file Opposition to Dispositive 

Motions 

Deadline to file Reply to Dispositive Motions 

Hearing on Dispositive Motions 

Jury Trial 

Current Revised Deadline Deadline 

03/16/2020 04/06/2020 

04/02/2020 04/23/2020 

04/20/2020 05/11/2020 

05/01/2020 06/01/2020 

05/15/2020 06/19/2020 

05/29/2020 07/07/2020 

06/18/2020 07/30/2020 

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08/06/2020 

08/31/2020 09/28/2020 

12 WHEREAS, in case number 17-cv-00851-TSH, the Parties have previously stipulated to 

13 and requested the Court issue an order extending the motion to dismiss briefing deadlines and 

14 hearing dates, the date for the Initial Case Management Conference, and trial in this action (Dkts. 

15 12, 17, 27, 38, 60, 100, 107, 115, 138, 141, and 143), and this Court granted those stipulated 

16 requests (Dkts. 13, 18, 28, 39, 61, 103, 108, 116, 139, 142, and 144). 

17 WHEREAS, in case number 17-cv-01232-TSH, the Parties have previously stipulated to 

18 and requested the Court issue an order extending the motion to dismiss briefing deadlines and 

19 hearing dates, the date for the Initial Case Management Conference, and trial in this action (Dkts. 

20 11, 17, 34, 50, 65, 77, 82, 92, 97, 109, 132, 141 and 144), and this Court granted those stipulated 

21 requests (Dkts. 12, 18, 35, 52, 66, 78, 85, 93, 98, 110, 133, 142 and 145). 

22 THEREFOR, subject to the Court's approval, the Parties hereby stipulate to an Order by 

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1 In accordance with N.D. Cal. L. R. 5-l(i)(3), the filer of this document attests that concurrence 

in the filing of this document has been obtained from the other signatories. 

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DATED: March 6, 2020 

DATED: March 6, 2020 

DATED: March 6, 2020 

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STEARNS WEA VER MILLER WEISSLER 

ALHADEFF & SITTERSON, P.A. 

By: ls/Eugene E. Steams 

Eugene E. Stearns 

Jason P. Hernandez 

Matthew G. Graham 

Giselle Gutierrez 

Laura Farinas 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JOHN E. ABDO, as Trustee of the JOHN E. 

ABDO TRUST DATED JUNE 11, 2014, and 

JOHN E. ABDO, as Trustee of the JOHN E. 

ABDO TRUST DATED MARCH 15, 1976 

COBLENTZ PATCH DUFFY & BASS LLP 

By: Isl Rees Morgan 

Rees F. Morgan 

Stan Roman 

Philip Miller 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

RISING TIDE I, LLC; RISING TIDE II, LLC 

BAKER BOTTS LLP 

By: ls/Jonathan A. Patchen 

Jonathan A. Patchen 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JOHN E. ABDO, as Trustee of the JOHN E. 

ABDO TRUST DATED JUNE 11, 2014, and 

JOHN E. ABDO, as Trustee of the JOHN E. 

ABDO TRUST DATED MARCH 15, 1976 

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DATED: March 6, 2020 

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SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

By: Isl Gregory Markel 

Gregory A. Markel 

Giovanna A. Ferrari 

Heather E. Murray 

Attorneys for Defendants 

MICHAEL R. FITZSIMMONS, PETER LAI, 

CHRISTOPHER G. POWER, PETER J. 

GOETTNER, CHRISTIAN BORCHER, 

ERNEST D. DEL, MARC S. YI, JAMES C. 

PETERS and SOUHEIL S. BADRAN 

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2 [PROPOSED]ORDER 

3 The Court, having reviewed the Parties' Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order 

4 Continuing all Deadlines, orders as follows: 

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Event Current Deadline Revised Deadline 

Disclosure of Expert Witnesses 03/16/2020 04/06/2020 

Disclosure of Rebuttal Expert Witnesses 04/02/2020 04/23/2020 

Close of Expert Discovery 04/20/2020 05/11/2020 

Deadline to file Dispositive Motions 05/01/2020 06/01/2020 

Deadline to file Opposition to Dispositive 05/15/2020 06/19/2020 

Motions 

Deadline to file Reply to Dispositive Motions 05/29/2020 07/07/2020 

Hearing on Dispositive Motions 06/18/2020 07/30/2020 

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08/06/2020 

Jury Trial 08/31/2020 09/28/2020 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

THOMAS S. HIXSON 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE mDGE 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING ALL DEADLINES 

Case Nos. 17-cv-00851-TSH; 17-cv-01232-TSH 

March 9, 2020

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