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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:15 Antitrust Litigation

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Steve W. Berman (Pro Hac Vice)

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3300

Seattle, WA 98101

Telephone: (206) 623-7292

Facsimile: (206) 623-0594

steve@hbsslaw.com

Bruce L. Simon (CA SBN 96241)

Aaron M. Sheanin (CA SBN 214472)

PEARSON, SIMON & WARSHAW, LLP

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2450

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 433-9000

Facsimile: (415) 433-9008

bsimon@pswlaw.com

asheanin@pswlaw.com

Plaintiffs’ Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel

[Additional counsel listed on sig. page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

IN RE: NATIONAL COLLEGIATE

ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ATHLETIC

GRANT-IN-AID CAP ANTITRUST

LITIGATION

CASE NO. 14-md-2541-CW

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE INCORPORATION OF 

JOHNSON CLAIMS IN CONSOLIDATED 

AMENDED COMPLAINT

This Document Relates to:

ALL ACTIONS EXCEPT

Jenkins v. Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n,

Case No, 4:14-02578-CW

This Document Also Relates to:

Johnson v. Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n, et 

al., Case No. 4:14-cv-5126-CW

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WHEREAS on November 26, 2014 the Court ordered Johnson v. National Collegiate 

Athletic Association, et al., Case No. 4:14-cv-05126 (the “Johnson Action”), related to this MultiDistrict Litigation entitled In Re: National Collegiate Athletic Association Athletic Grant-In-Aid 

Cap Antitrust Litigation (MDL Dkt. 66); 

WHEREAS Counsel for the Plaintiffs in the Johnson Action agrees by this stipulation to 

add the Johnson Action Plaintiffs Mr. Johnson, Mr. Brunetti, and Mr. Stephens and their claims to 

the Consolidated Amended Complaint in this MDL; and

WHEREAS Defendants have previously answered the Consolidated Amended Complaint 

(MDL Dkt. 145-149, 151, 154, 156, 158-161).

THEREFORE, the MDL Plaintiffs’ Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel, counsel for the

Plaintiffs in the Johnson Action, and all Defendants’ counsel hereby stipulate and agree that 

Plaintiffs Kenyata Johnson, Barry Brunetti, and Dalenta Jameral “D.J.” Stephens shall be treated as 

additional plaintiffs in the MDL action’s Consolidated Amended Complaint (MDL Dkt. 60), and 

that the Johnson Complaint shall be deemed amended and replaced by the Consolidated Amended 

Complaint and paragraphs 24-34 of the Johnson Complaint describing Plaintiffs Kenyata Johnson

and Barry Brunetti are hereby incorporated into the Consolidated Amended Complaint as 

paragraphs 117E-O, and paragraphs 35-39 of the Johnson Complaint describing Plaintiff Dalenta

Jameral “D.J.” Stephens are hereby incorporated into the Consolidated Amended Complaint as 

paragraphs 128A-E. 

Plaintiffs’ Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel, counsel for the Plaintiffs in the Johnson Action, 

and all Defendants’ counsel further stipulate and agree that Defendants’ Answers to the 

Consolidated Amended Complaint shall be deemed amended to respond to paragraphs 117E-O and 

paragraphs 128A-E to state that: (i) each Defendant lacks sufficient knowledge or information to 

form a belief as to the truth of the allegations in paragraph 117E-I, 117K-N, and paragraphs 128AD and on that basis denies them; (ii) each Defendant denies the allegations in paragraphs 117J, 

117O, and 128E. By virtue of the above described amendment and incorporation, Defendants are 

relieved of any further obligation to respond separately to the Johnson Complaint.

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The undersigned Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel, Bruce L. Simon, hereby attests that 

counsel for Plaintiffs and Defendants have concurred in the filing of this stipulation, in accordance 

with Local Rule 5-1(i)(3).

DATED: December 29, 2014 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

By /s/ Steve W. Berman

 STEVE W. BERMAN

1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3300

Seattle, WA 98101

Telephone: (206) 623-7292

Facsimile: (206) 623-0594

steve@hbsslaw.com

PEARSON, SIMON & WARSHAW, LLP

By /s/ Bruce L. Simon

 BRUCE L. SIMON

Aaron M. Sheanin (214472) 

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2450

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 433-9000

Facsimile: (415) 433-9008

bsimon@pswlaw.com

asheanin@pswlaw.com

Jeff D. Friedman (173886)

Jon T. King (205073)

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202 

Berkeley, CA 94710

Telephone: (510) 725-3000

Facsimile: (510) 725-3001

jefff@hbsslaw.com

jonk@hbsslaw.com

Robert Carey

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

11 W Jefferson St, 

Phoenix, AZ 85003

Telephone: (602) 840-5900

Facsimile: (602) 840-3012

rob@hbsslaw.com

Plaintiffs’ Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel

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BURSOR & FISHER, P.A.

By /s/ L. Timothy Fisher

 L. TIMOTHY FISHER (State Bar No. 191626)

1990 North California Boulevard, Suite 940

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Telephone: (925) 300-4455

Facsimile: (925) 407-2700

ltfisher@bursor.com

Bryan L. Clobes (to be admitted pro hac vice) 

CAFFERTY CLOBES MERIWETHER & 

SPRENGEL LLP

1101 Market St., Suite 2650 

Philadelphia, PA 19107 

Telephone: (215) 864-2800 

bclobes@caffertyclobes.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Kenyata Johnson, Barry 

Brunetti, and Dalenta Jameral “D.J.” Stephens

PROSKAUER ROSE LLP

By /s/ Scott P. Cooper

 SCOTT P. COOPER

Scott P. Cooper (SBN 96905)

Jennifer L. Jones (SBN 284624)

Sarah Kroll-Rosenbaum (SBN 272358)

Shawn S. Ledingham (SBN 275268)

2049 Century Park East, Suite 3200

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Telephone: (310) 557-2900

Facsimile: (310) 557-2193

Email: scooper@proskauer.com

Email: jljones@proskauer.com

Email: skroll-rosenbaum@proskauer.com

Email: sledingham@proskauer.com

Attorneys for Defendant Pacific 12 Conference 

MAYER BROWN LLP

By /s/ Andrew S. Rosenman

 ANDREW S. ROSENMAN

Andrew S. Rosenman (SBN 253764)

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Britt M. Miller (pro hac vice)

71 South Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606-4637

Telephone: (312) 782-0660

Facsimile: (312) 701-7711

Email: arosenman@mayerbrown.com

Email: bmiller@mayerbrown.com

Richard J. Favretto (pro hac vice)

MAYER BROWN LLP

1999 K Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006-1101

Telephone: (202) 263-3000

Facsimile: (202) 263-3300

Email: rfavretto@mayerbrown.com

Attorneys for Defendant The Big Ten Conference, Inc. 

ROBINSON BRADSHAW & HINSON

By /s/ Robert W. Fuller

 ROBERT W. FULLER

Nathan C. Chase, Jr. (SBN 247526)

Robert W. Fuller, III (pro hac vice)

Mark W. Merritt (pro hac vice)

Lawrence C. Moore, III (pro hac vice)

Amanda R. Pickens (pro hac vice)

101 N. Tryon St., Suite 1900

Charlotte, NC 28246

Telephone: (704) 377-2536

Facsimile: (704) 378-4000

Email: nchase@rbh.com

Email: rfuller@rbh.com

Email: mmerritt@rbh.com

Email: lmoore@rbh.com

Email: apickens@rbh.com

Mark J. Seifert (SBN 217054)

Robert R. Moore (SBN 113818)

ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE MALLORY & 

NATSIS LLP

Three Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 837-1515

Facsimile: (415) 837-1516

Email: mseifert@allenmatkins.com

Email: rmoore@allenmatkins.com

Attorneys for Defendant Southeastern Conference

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SMITH MOORE LEATHERWOOD LLP

By /s/ D. Erik Albright

D. ERIK ALBRIGHT

D. Erik Albright (pro hac vice)

300 North Greene Street, Suite 1400

Greensboro, NC 27401

Telephone: (336) 378-5368

Facsimile: (336) 433-7402

Email:erik.albright@smithmoorelaw.com

Jonathan P. Heyl (pro hac vice)

101 N. Tryon Street, Suite 1300

Charlotte, NC 28246

Telephone: (704) 384-2625

Facsimile: (704) 384-2909

Email:jon.heyl@smithmoorelaw.com

Charles LaGrange Coleman, III (SBN 65496)

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP

50 California Street, Suite 2800

San Francisco, CA 94111-4624

Telephone: (415) 743-6900

Facsimile: (415) 743-6910

Email: ccoleman@hklaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant Atlantic Coast Conference

POLSINELLI PC

By /s/ Leane K. Capps

 LEANE K. CAPPS

Leane K. Capps (pro hac vice)

POLSINELLI PC

Saint Ann Court

2501 N. Harwood Street, Suite 1900

Dallas, TX 75201

Telephone: (214) 397-0030

Email: lcapps@polsinelli.com

Amy D. Fitts (pro hac vice)

POLSINELLI PC

120 W. 12th Street

Kansas City, MO 64105

Telephone: (816) 218-1255

Email: afitts@polsinelli.com

Wesley D. Hurst (SBN 127564)

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POLSINELLI LLP

2049 Century Park East, Suite 2300

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Telephone: (310) 556-1801

Email: whurst@polsinelli.com

Attorneys for Defendant The Big 12 Conference, Inc. 

and Conference USA

SKADDEN ARPS SLATE MEAGHER & FLOM 

LLP

By /s/ Karen Hoffman Lent

 KAREN HOFFMAN LENT

Raoul D. Kennedy (SBN 40892) 

525 University Avenue, Suite 1100 

Palo Alto, California 94301 

Telephone: (650) 470-4500 

Facsimile: (650) 470-4570 

Email: raoul.kennedy@skadden.com

Jeffrey Mishkin (pro hac vice)

Anthony J. Dreyer (pro hac vice)

Karen Hoffman Lent (pro hac vice)

Four Times Square

New York, NY 10036

Telephone: (212) 735-3000 

Facsimile (212) 735-2000 

Email: jeffrey.mishkin@skadden.com 

Email: anthony.dreyer@skadden.com 

Email: karen.lent@skadden.com

Robert J. Wierenga (SBN 183687)

Gregory L. Curtner (pro hac vice)

Kimberly K. Kefalas (pro hac vice)

Jacob K. Danziger (SBN 278219)

SCHIFF HARDIN LLP

350 S. Main St., Suite 210

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Telephone: (734) 222-1500

Facsimile: (734) 222-1501

Email: rwierenga@schiffhardin.com

Email: gcurtner@schiffhardin.com

Email: kkefalas@schiffhardin.com

Email: jdanziger@schiffhardin.com

Attorneys for Defendant National Collegiate Athletic 

Association

COVINGTON & BURLING LLP

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By /Benjamin C. Block

 BENJAMIN C. BLOCK

Benjamin C. Block (pro hac vice)

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004-2401

Telephone: (202) 662-5205

Facsimile: (202) 778-5205

Email: bblock@cov.com

Matthew D. Kellogg (SBN 280541)

One Front Street

San Francisco, CA 94111-5356

Telephone: (415) 591-6000

Facsimile: (415) 591-6091

Email: mkellogg@cov.com

Attorneys for American Athletic Conference

JONES WALKER LLP

By /s/ Mark A. Cunningham

 MARK A. CUNNINGHAM

Mark A. Cunningham (pro hac vice)

201 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, LA 70170-5100

Telephone: (504) 582-8536

Facsimile: (504) 589-8536

Email: mcunningham@joneswalker.com

Attorneys for Defendant Sun Belt Conference

FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP

By /s/ Jeffrey D. Polsky

 JEFFREY D. POLSKY

Jeffrey D. Polsky (SBN 120975)

235 Pine Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 364-5540

Facsimile: (415) 391-4436

Email: jpolsky@foxrothschild.com

Attorneys for Defendant Atlantic Sun Conference

WALTER | HAVERFIELD LLP

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By /s/ R. Todd Hunt

 R. TODD HUNT

R. Todd Hunt (pro hac vice)

The Tower at Erieview

1301 E. 9th Street, Suite 3500

Cleveland, OH 44114-1821

Telephone: (216) 928-2935

Facsimile: (216) 916-2372

Email: rthunt@walterhav.com

Attorneys for Defendant Mid-American Conference

BRYAN CAVE LLP

By /s/ Adam Brezine

 ADAM BREZINE

Adam Brezine (SBN 220852)

560 Mission Street, 25th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 674-3400

Facsimile: (415) 675-3434

Email: adam.brezine@bryancave.com

Richard Young (pro hac vice application to be filed)

Brent Rychener (pro hac vice application to be filed)

90 South Cascade Avenue, Suite 1300

Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Telephone: (719) 473-3800

Facsimile: (719) 633-1518

Email: richard.young@bryancave.com

Email: brent.rychener@bryancave.com

Attorneys for Defendant Mountain West Conference

BRADLEY DEVITT HAAS & WATKINS, P.C.

By /s/ Jon T. Bradley

 JON T. BRADLEY

Jon T. Bradley (pro hac vice application to be filed)

2201 Ford Street

Golden, CO 80401

Telephone: (303) 384-9228

Facsimile: (303) 384-9231

Email: jon@goldenlawyers.com

Attorneys for Defendant Western Athletic Conference

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: __________________, 2014

THE HON. CLAUDIA WILKEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

 January 5

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