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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement

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Daniel C. Girard (Cal. Bar No. 114826) 

Elizabeth C. Pritzker (Cal. Bar No. 146267) 

Sheri L. Kelly (Cal. Bar No. 226993) 

GIRARD GIBBS LLP

601 California Street, Suite 1400 

San Francisco, California 94108 

Telephone: (415) 981-4800 

Facsimile: (415) 981-4846 

Attorneys for Individual and Representative Plaintiffs 

Thomas Nolan (Cal. Bar. No. 066992) 

Harriet S. Posner (Cal. Bar No. 116097) 

Jason D. Russell (Cal. Bar No. 169219) 

Peter B. Morrison (Cal. Bar No. 230148) 

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 3400 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-3144 

Telephone: (213) 687-5000 

Facsimile: (213) 687-5600 

Attorneys for Defendant Trilegiant Corporation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

HEATHER NORDBERG, WILLIAM SMITH, 

JULIE BUTLER, and FAYE E. TABER, on 

behalf of themselves and all others similarly 

situated 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

TRILEGIANT CORPORATION, a/k/a TRL 

GROUP, 

 Defendant. 

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 Case No. C 05 3246 MHP 

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER AMENDING 

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER 

 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AMENDING CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

Case No. C-05-3246 MHP 

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AS AMENDED BY COURT

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 WHEREAS, the Court entered a Case Management Order on December 12, 2005, and an 

amended Case Management Order on June 6, 2006, September 22, 2006, November 29, 2006 and January 

24, 2007, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) and Civ. L.R. 16; 

WHEREAS, the above-described Case Management Orders adopted and approved the parties’ 

agreement to devote their initial discovery efforts on matters reasonably related to Plaintiffs’ Motion for

Class Certification and to issues that will aid the parties in preparing for and completing the initial 

ADR/Mediation proceeding (“Phase I Discovery”); 

WHEREAS, pursuant to said Case Management Orders, the parties have been actively engaged in 

the exchange of Phase I Discovery, including, the exchange of documents and information responsive to 

document requests and interrogatories; 

WHEREAS, the parties have exchanged a significant amount of documents and information in 

the course of Phase I Discovery; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have taken three depositions of Trilegiant’s corporate designees pursuant 

to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6), and Defendants have deposed one of the named Plaintiffs;

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Notice of Pendency of Other Actions or Proceedings dated December 6,

2005, Plaintiffs advised the Court of the pendency of a class action styled Pederson v. Trilegiant 

Corporation et al., Circuit Court of Madison County, Illinois, Docket No. 01-L-1126 (“Pederson”); 

WHEREAS, in January 2007, Defendant Trilegiant Corporation, a/k/a TRL Group (“Trilegiant”) 

advised Plaintiffs that it was engaged in settlement discussions in the Pederson action, directed at reaching 

a class action settlement which will result in a resolution of the class claims at issue in both the Pederson

action and in this action;

WHEREAS, Trilegiant recently advised Plaintiffs that a settlement meeting in the Pederson

action will occur on April 4, 2007, which is the earliest date available to all parties in that action; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have advised Defendants that they retain all rights to intervene or object to 

any settlement in Pederson or seek other relief from this Court; 

WHEREAS, under the circumstances, the parties agree that it is not appropriate to undertake a 

separate ADR/Mediation or settlement session in the present action at this time; and 

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WHEREAS, the parties agree that the allowing additional time to complete Phase I discovery will 

minimize the potential for duplication of effort and unnecessary expenditure of the parties’ resources, 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the parties to the

above-captioned action, through their respective counsel, and subject to Court approval, as follows: 

1. The deadline for the parties to complete Phase I Discovery is extended to and includes May 

4, 2007. 

2. The parties will meet and confer on a further ADR/Mediation date, if appropriate. 

3. The briefing schedule on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification is extended as follows: 

Motion for Class Certification: File and serve by May 18, 2007. 

Opposition to Class Certification: File and serve by June 18, 2007. 

Reply in Support of Class Certification: File and serve by July 2, 2007. 

Class Certification Hearing: July 16, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. 

4. Subject to court approval, the Case Management/Status Conference date presently set for 

April 16, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. shall take place as scheduled. 

5. This stipulation is without prejudice to Plaintiffs’ right to intervene, comment upon, or

object to any proposed settlement of the Pederson action, or to seek any and all appropriate relief in this 

Court with respect to any such settlement, as may be necessary to protect Plaintiffs’ interests or the 

interests of the proposed classes that Plaintiffs seek to represent. 

DATED: March 15, 2007 GIRARD GIBBS LLP

 

 

By: /s/ Elizabeth C. Pritzker

 Elizabeth C. Pritzker 

 

 Attorneys for Individual and Representative Plaintiffs 

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

DATED: March 15, 2007 By: /s/ Jason D. Russell 

 Jason D. Russell 

 Attorneys for Defendant Trilegiant Corporation 

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[PROPOSED] 

ORDER

Good Cause appearing, it is so ordered and the stipulation is approved. 

The dates contained in the attached stipulation are adopted and the parties shall proceed in 

accordance therewith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED:________________ ______________________________________ 

 HON. MARILYN H. PATEL

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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