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Nature of Suit Code: 160
Nature of Suit: Stockholder's Suits
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Account Receivable

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE CASE NO. 3:13-CV-00550-SI 

ROBBINS ARROYO LLP 

Brian J. Robbins (SBN 190264) 

brobbins@robbinsarroyo.com

George C. Aguilar (SBN 126535) 

gaguilar@robbinsarroyo.com

Ashley R. Rifkin (SBN 246602)

arifkin@robbinsarroyo.com

600 B Street, Suite 1900

San Diego, CA 92101

Telephone: (619) 525-3990 

Facsimile: (619) 525-3991 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Iron Workers 

Mid-South Pension Fund

[Additional counsel listed on signature page.]

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

IRON WORKERS MID-SOUTH PENSION 

FUND, Derivatively on Behalf of PG&E 

CORPORATION,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CHRISTOPHER P. JOHNS, et al., 

Defendants, 

-andPG&E CORPORATION, a California 

corporation,

 Nominal Defendant. 

Case No. 3:13-cv-00550-SI 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

Judge: Hon. Susan Illston 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE CASE NO. 3:13-CV-00550-SI 

WHEREAS on February 7, 2013, Plaintiff Iron Workers Mid-South Pension Fund 

(“Plaintiff”) commenced this shareholder derivative action, captioned Iron Workers Mid-South 

Pension Fund v. Johns, et al., No. 3:13-cv-00550-SI (“Iron Workers Action”), on behalf of 

Nominal Defendant PG&E Corporation; 

WHEREAS other shareholder derivative actions, putatively on behalf of PG&E and 

captioned San Bruno Fire Derivative Cases, JCCP No. 4648-C, and Tellardin v. Earley, et al., 

No. CIV 534119 (collectively, the “State Derivative Actions”), are pending before the Superior 

Court of California, County of San Mateo; 

WHEREAS another shareholder derivative action, putatively on behalf of PG&E 

Corporation and its subsidiary Pacific Gas and Electric Company and captioned Bushkin v. 

Rambo, et al., No. 3:16-cv-00973-SI (“Bushkin Action”), was filed in this Court on February 27, 

2016; 

WHEREAS a criminal action against Pacific Gas and Electric Company, captioned 

United States v. Pacific Gas and Electric Company, No. 3:14-cr-00175-TEH (the “Criminal 

Action”), is pending in this District; 

WHEREAS the court in the Criminal Action vacated the previously scheduled trial date 

of April 26, 2016, and is expected to set a new trial date at an upcoming conference; 

WHEREAS the Iron Workers Action, the Bushkin Action, and the State Derivative 

Actions involve the same Nominal Defendant(s), many of the same individual defendants, and 

concern the events leading to the gas pipeline rupture in San Bruno, California on September 9, 

2010 (the “San Bruno Fire”); 

WHEREAS following the San Bruno Fire, approximately 140 actions involving claims 

for personal injury and property damage in connection with the San Bruno Fire were filed and 

consolidated into Judicial Council Coordinated Proceeding No. 4648, captioned PG&E San 

Bruno Fire Cases (the “State Consolidated Action”), which was litigated in the Superior Court of 

California, County of San Mateo; 

WHEREAS the State Derivative Actions have been stayed pending conclusion of the 

federal criminal proceedings; 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE CASE NO. 3:13-CV-00550-SI 

WHEREAS, by agreement of the parties and with the approval of this Court, the Iron 

Workers Action has been stayed in its entirety pending resolution of the State Derivative 

Actions, and no date by which the defendants must respond to the Iron Workers complaint has 

been set; 

WHEREAS on April 19, 2016, the Court clerk gave notice that the Court has continued a 

Case Management Conference in the Iron Workers Action to June 2, 2016; and 

WHEREAS on May 3, 2016, the Court entered an order in the Bushkin Action that, 

among other things, vacated an Initial Case Management Conference scheduled in that action for 

June 17, 2016; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED THAT: 

1. Counsel for all parties shall meet and confer within 30 days after conclusion of 

the trial in the Criminal Action and provide a status update to the Court. 

2. The Case Management Conference currently scheduled in the Iron Workers 

Action for June 2, 2016 shall be vacated. 

Dated: May 5, 2016 Respectfully submitted, 

ROBBINS ARROYO LLP

/s/ George C. Aguilar 

George C. Aguilar 

Brian J. Robbins

Ashley R. Rifkin

600 B Street, Suite 1900

San Diego, CA 92101

Telephone: (619) 525-3990 

Facsimile: (619) 525-3991 

gaguilar@robbinsarroyo.com

brobbins@robbinsarroyo.com

arifkin@robbinsarroyo.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Iron Workers Mid-South 

Pension Fund

Dated: May 5, 2016 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 

/s/ James K. Lynch 

James K. Lynch 

Steven M. Bauer

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94111 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE CASE NO. 3:13-CV-00550-SI 

Telephone: (415) 391-0600 

Facsimile: (415) 395-8095 

jim.lynch@lw.com steven.bauer@lw.com

James E. Brandt 

885 Third Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: (212) 906-1200 

Facsimile: (212) 751-4864 

james.brandt@lw.com

Attorneys for Nominal Defendant PG&E 

Corporation

Dated: May 5, 2016 SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, 

 MEAGHER & FLOM LLP 

/s/ Amy S. Park 

Amy S. Park 

Richard S. Horvath, Jr.

525 University Avenue, Suite 1400

Palo Alto, CA 94301

Telephone: (650) 470-4500 

Facsimile: (650) 470-4570 

amy.park@skadden.com

richard.horvath@skadden.com 

Attorneys for Defendants Barry Lawson 

Williams, David R. Andrews, Barbara L. 

Rambo, Maryellen C. Herringer, Richard A. 

Meserve, Roger H. Kimmel, Lewis Chew, and 

David M. Lawrence

Dated: May 5, 2016 McDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP 

/s/ A. Marisa Chun 

A. Marisa Chun 

275 Middlefield Road, Suite 100

Menlo Park, CA 94025-4004 

Telephone: (650) 815-7400 

Facsimile: (650) 815-7401 

mchun@mwe.com

Steven S. Scholes (pro hac vice) 

227 West Monroe Street

Chicago, IL 60606

Telephone: (312) 372-2000 

Facsimile: (312) 984-7700 

sscholes@mwe.com

Charles E. Weir (SBN 211091)

2049 Century Park East, 38th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Telephone: (310) 277-4110 

Facsimile: (310) 277-4730 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE CASE NO. 3:13-CV-00550-SI 

cweir@mwe.com 

Attorneys for Defendants Christopher P. Johns, 

Kent M. Harvey, Dinyar B. Mistry, C. Lee Cox, 

and Peter A. Darbee

I, George C. Aguilar, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Stipulation Regarding Case Management Conference. In compliance with Civil L.R. 5-1(i), I 

hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the 

other signatories. 

/s/ George C. Aguilar 

GEORGE C. AGUILAR 

* * * 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

HONORABLE SUSAN ILLSTON 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

5/5/16

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