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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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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TAKING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND RELATED 

DEADLINES OFF CALENDAR

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LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP 

Michael J. McGaughey (198617) 

390 Lytton Avenue 

Palo Alto, CA 94301 

Telephone: 415-288-4545 

Fax: 415-288-4534 

mmcgaughey@lowenstein.com 

Steven M. Hecht (admitted pro hac vice) 

1251 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10020 

Telephone: 212-262-6700 

Fax: 973-597-2381 

shecht@lowenstein.com 

Counsel for Plaintiffs Special Situations 

Fund III QP, L.P., Special Situations 

Cayman Fund, L.P., and Wolverine 

Flagship Fund Trading Limited 

[Additional Counsel on Signature Page] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND III QP, 

L.P., SPECIAL SITUATIONS 

CAYMAN FUND, L.P., and 

WOLVERINE FLAGSHIP FUND 

TRADING LIMITED, 

 Plaintiffs 

vs. 

H. RAVI BRAR, SUSIE HERRMANN 

and MURRAY JONES,

Defendants. 

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Case No. 3:14-cv-04717-SC 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TAKING CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND 

RELATED DEADLINES OFF 

CALENDAR

Judge: Hon. Samuel Conti 

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 This Stipulation is entered into by and among Plaintiffs Special Situations Fund III QP, 

L.P., Special Situations Cayman Fund, L.P. and Wolverine Flagship Fund Trading Limited 

(collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and Defendants H. Ravi Brar, Susie Herrmann, and Murray Jones 

(collectively, “Defendants”), by and through their respective counsel.

 WHEREAS Plaintiffs filed a complaint in the above-captioned action on October 23, 

2014 (the “Complaint”) [Docket No. 1], which action was assigned to the Honorable Jacqueline 

S. Corley; 

 WHEREAS on October 24, 2014, the Honorable Jacqueline S. Corley issued an Order 

Setting Initial Case Management Conference and ADR Deadlines (the “Initial CMC Order”) 

[Docket No. 8], which set January 29, 2015 as the date for an initial Case Management 

Conference (“CMC”) and January 8, 2015 as the deadline for the parties to meet and confer and 

file an ADR Certification and Stipulation to ADR Process or Notice of Need for ADR Phone 

Conference under Civil Local Rule 16-8 and ADR Local Rule 3-5 (the “ADR Deadlines”); 

 WHEREAS the Initial CMC Order provided that if the initial CMC was continued, the 

ADR Deadlines would be continued accordingly; 

 WHEREAS on November 26, 2014 this Court issued an Order relating the abovecaptioned action to In re ECOtality Securities Litigation, Case No. 13-03791-SC, and 

reassigning the above-captioned action to the Honorable Samuel Conti (the “Related Case 

Order”) [Docket No. 13];

WHEREAS, on December 12, 2014, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the 

Complaint, with a noticed hearing date of February 20, 2015; 

WHEREAS, on December 17, 2014, this Court issued a Clerk’s Notice Scheduling Case 

Management Conference on Reassignment (the “Second CMC Order”) [Docket No. 19], which 

set an initial CMC for March 20, 2015, and the deadline to file a Joint Case Management 

Conference Statement for seven (7) days prior to the initial CMC; 

 WHEREAS, by continuing the initial CMC to March 20, 2015, the Second CMC Order 

continued the ADR Deadlines to February 27, 2015; 

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 WHEREAS Defendants’ motion to dismiss is now fully briefed, and has by text Order 

dated February 18, 2015 been submitted for disposition without oral argument; 

 WHEREAS the parties agree that participating in an initial CMC and filing submissions 

pursuant to the ADR Deadlines would be premature and of no benefit to the Court while 

Defendants’ motion to dismiss is pending, and that in the interests of efficient case management 

and judicial economy the initial CMC and ADR Deadlines should be continued until after the 

Court’s disposition of Defendants’ motion to dismiss; 

 THEREFORE, pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2(a), the parties hereby stipulate and 

agree, by and through their respective counsel, as follows: 

 The March 20, 2015 initial Case Management Conference, the date to file a Joint Case 

Management Statement, and the ADR Deadlines shall be taken off calendar and shall be 

rescheduled by mutual agreement of the Parties and approval of the Court as appropriate upon 

the Court’s disposition of Defendants’ motion to dismiss. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: February 25, 2015 

 /s/ Steven M. Hecht 

Michael J. McGaughey (198617) 

Steven M. Hecht (admitted pro hac vice) 

LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP 

Counsel for Plaintiffs Special Situations Fund III 

QP, L.P., Special Situations Cayman Fund, L.P., 

and Wolverine Flagship Fund Trading Limited 

DATED: February 25, 2015 

 /s/ Adam C. Trigg 

 Adam C. Trigg (261498) 

 COOLEY LLP 

TOWER C. SNOW, JR. (58342) 

(tsnow@cooley.com) 

101 California Street, 5th Floor 

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San Francisco, CA 94111-5800 

Telephone: (415) 693-2000 

Facsimile: (415) 693-2222 

JOHN C. DWYER (136533) 

(dwyerjc@cooley.com) 

JESSICA VALENZUELA SANTAMARIA 

(220934) 

(jsantamaria@cooley.com) 

ADAM C. TRIGG (261498) 

(atrigg@cooley.com) 

3175 Hanover St. 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1130 

Telephone: (650) 843-5000 

Facsimile: (650) 849-7400 

JOSEPH B. WOODRING (272940) 

(jwoodring@cooley.com) 

1333 2nd Street, Suite 400 

Santa Monica, CA 90401 

Telephone: (310) 883-6400 

Facsimile: (310) 849-6500 

 

Counsel for Defendants H. Ravi Brar, Susie 

Herrmann, and Murray Jones 

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ATTESTATION OF CONCURRENCE IN FILING 

Pursuant to the General Order No. 45, section 45 X(B), for The United States District 

Court for the Northern District of California, I, Steven M. Hecht, hereby attest that the 

concurrence to the filing of the foregoing document has been obtained from Adam C. Trigg, 

who provided the conformed signature above. 

DATED: February 25, 2015 

 /s/ Steven M. Hecht 

 Steven M. Hecht 

 LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP 

Counsel for Plaintiffs Special Situations Fund III 

QP, L.P., Special Situations Cayman Fund, L.P., 

and Wolverine Flagship Fund Trading Limited

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[PROPOSED ORDER]

 Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, the initial Case Management Conference currently 

scheduled for March 20, 2015 and the date to file a Joint Case Management Statement are 

hereby taken off calendar and shall be rescheduled by mutual agreement of the Parties and 

approval of the Court as appropriate upon the Court’s disposition of Defendants’ motion to 

dismiss. The deadline under Civil Local Rule 16-8 and ADR Local Rule 3-5 for the filing of the 

ADR Certification and the Stipulation to ADR Process or Notice of Need for ADR Phone 

Conference is hereby taken off calendar and shall be rescheduled by mutual agreement of the 

Parties and approval of the Court as appropriate upon the Court’s disposition of Defendants’ 

motion to dismiss. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ________________, 2015 ____________________________________ 

 The Honorable Samuel Conti 

 United States District Judge 

03/10

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